OS for theatre in Berlin

Fri Apr 16 04:47:09 PDT 2010

Congratulations, Phelim,

Thanks for your mid event report, and for what you are offering in  
Beautiful Berlin.

The energy comes through your message.

Cheerio,

Allison - in Autumnal Australia - on the Bonny Bellarine Peninsula.

On 16/04/2010, at 9:21 PM, Phelim McDermott wrote:

> Hi Friends
>
> Thanks do much for support. OS up and running 450 people...
>
> Thanks volcano
>
> Roughly 80 sessions
>
> Circle created in a very non open space space
>
> Energy good today.
>
> Thanks so much for help and advice.
>
> Michael I met your friend he's joining in sessions as we speak.
>
> Phelim x
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 12 Apr 2010, at 20:42, Michael M Pannwitz <mmpanne at boscop.org>  
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Phelim,
>> the German ones are close to what I use which goes like this:
>>
>> -Die da sind, sind genau die Richtigen
>> -Was auch immer geschieht: Es ist das Einzige, was geschehen konnte
>> -Es fängt an, wenn die Zeit reif ist
>> -Vorbei ist vorbei - Nicht vorbei ist nicht vorbei
>>
>> -Das Gesetz der zwei Füße...or, in the tradition of leaving things  
>> off, shorter
>> "Das Gesetz"
>>
>> The advantage of the version that I use is that it is not a  
>> "translation" from English into German but more consequently  uses  
>> German idiom (also a tribute to the principles being universal).
>> By the way, I also call the "principles" "facts of life" which in  
>> German is "Tatsachen des Lebens".
>>
>> Where will the event take place? I might be close by, living in  
>> Berlin.
>>
>> Regarding your questions:
>> The number of breakout spaces results from the number of issues  
>> posted divided by the number of time slots.
>> In your case you can figure on 75 to 120 issues. Having 3 time  
>> slots, you need 25 to 40 break out spaces.
>>
>> I have no experience with simultaneous Open Space events taking  
>> place in different spaces...but people have reported on this on  
>> various occasions in this list and felt it worked well.
>> From my experience, its great to have large spaces (like the large  
>> tents we had for the 2108 in Würzburg ... 232 issues...70 breakout  
>> spaces...total chaos that the participants managed with ease) but  
>> from your description the space you have is neither very large nor  
>> empty!!!
>>
>> The weather forecast for Berlin is, well, like April, unpredictable.
>> Today it was sunny, warm, windy and chilly...all within hours.
>>
>> Have a great time in Berlin
>> mmp
>>
>> Phelim McDermott schrieb:
>>> These are the translations we've got so far how do they look?
>>> in French:
>>> -    Les personnes qui se présentent, sont les bonnes
>>> -    Ce qui arrive devait arriver
>>> -    Quand ça commence, c’est le bon moment
>>> -    Quand c’est fini, c’est fini
>>> -    La loi de la mobilité
>>> In German:
>>> -    Wer auch immer kommt, es sind die richtigen Leute
>>> -    Was auch immer geschieht, es ist das Einzige, was geschehen  
>>> konnte .
>>> -    Es beginnt, wenn die Zeit reif ist
>>> -    Vorbei ist vorbei - Nicht vorbei ist Nicht-vorbei
>>> -    Gesetz der zwei Füße
>>> Phelim
>>> On 12 Apr 2010, at 17:00, Phelim McDermott wrote:
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> In the next few days we are doing an open space in Berlin for  
>>>> the European theatre community IETM. They have asked us to open  
>>>> space in the middle of their conference. Initially they said  
>>>> this would probably be for about 400 people. The space they have  
>>>> is in a not ideal space for opening with this number but we  
>>>> thought we could work around the raked seating in their theatre  
>>>> space to create the semblance of a circle. We have now been told  
>>>> 700 have signed up!! The invite obviously has some charge to it.  
>>>> So we are looking at trying to open space at the beginning  
>>>> outside hoping that the weather holds out. Of course it may not  
>>>> so we may have to deal with being inside.  Does anyone have  
>>>> experience of suddenly having to deal with a lot more people  
>>>> than originally planned for? Of opening the space in different  
>>>> rooms? Using video links in order to accommodate the numbers.
>>>>
>>>> We have a day for three sessions and another day to reopen space  
>>>> for action?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Questions:
>>>>
>>>> How many sessions for 700 people for 1.5 days.. and so  
>>>> consequently roughly how many break out spaces?
>>>>
>>>> What are the principles and law in German?
>>>> What are the principles and law in French?
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any thoughts or advice.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for advice anyone.
>>>>
>>>> Love
>>>>
>>>> Phelim
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