Brian Bainbridge Memorial Scholarship

Fri Apr 23 13:14:57 PDT 2010

Beautiful contribution, Jo.  Many thanks to you and the organizing  
team for WOSonOS 2010.
Christine

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On Apr 22, 2010, at 1:39 AM, Jo Toepfer wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> the organising team for the WOSonOS 2010 in Berlin feels privileged  
> to contribute to the Brian Bainbridge Memorial Scholarship. Our  
> contribution for the moment: free participation for the awarded  
> person. We can't wait to hear the name of the person who deserved it.
>
> Greetings from Berlin
> Jo
> ******************************
> Lisa Heft schrieb:
>>  *
>> / Hello all --  /
>> I want those of you who were unable to receive OSLIST messages in  
>> February to know the sad news of Brian's passing.  And also to know  
>> that there is a scholarship project going on right now in his  
>> honor.  This first section shares the news of his passing (do look  
>> in the archive to see as people shared their thoughts and memories  
>> - or add some of your own), and following that, a description of  
>> the scholarship project. Thank you all and I see you in all of our  
>> work, Brian.... - Lisa
>> _________________________
>> Father Brian Bainbridge passed away in his sleep, early morning on  
>> Tuesday, February 2, 2010. It was a sad surprise to us all - in  
>> fact, he just sent out an Open Space OZ newsletter the evening  
>> before. Some of us know him by sitting with him at WOSonOSs around  
>> the world, as he shared his stories and learnings of using Open  
>> Space everywhere from the World Bank to his church parish  
>> community. Most recently he joined some of his international  
>> friends at WOSonOS 2009 in Taiwan. Some know him by reading his  
>> book, 'The New Parish Priest. Some of us know him by sharing a few  
>> glasses of lovely red wine and an evening's thoughts about Open  
>> Space, and about life.*
>> *
>> ___________/and a message from Viv McWaters about our project/ 
>> ______________
>> /
>> The other day I had lunch with Brendan McKeague and Andrew Rixon to  
>> discuss the future of the Open Space Institute in Australia. I'm  
>> sure many of you are aware that Brian Bainbridge WAS the Open Space  
>> Institute in Oz and we'd like to honour his contribution by  
>> continuing the OSI.
>> Also at lunch was Brian's friend and executor of his will, John  
>> Grace. I asked John if he thought Brian's parish had any idea what  
>> he did when he wasn't there. Not surprisingly, he answered 'no'. He  
>> also told us the story of how the locals who were short of cash and  
>> wanted a hand-out from the church would wait till the office staff  
>> had gone home and would knock on Brian's door - even very late at  
>> night. No-one ever went away empty handed. So I think Brian would  
>> be chuffed to know that there's a scholarship in his name to enable  
>> someone to attend this year's World Open Space on Open Space in  
>> Berlin, someone who wouldn't be able to otherwise.
>> This scholarship is being coordinated this year by Lisa Heft (aka  
>> the Access Queen). I think Brian would be happy with this as he  
>> always wanted to spread the understanding and use of open space far  
>> and wide.
>> Some of you may wish to individually contribute to the Fr. Brian  
>> Bainbridge Memorial Fund for the 2010 WOSONOS.  Please make your  
>> own individual contributions as appropriate. The details of how to  
>> do so are explained below. At our Fringe WOSonOS in Melbourne on  
>> May 11 we will talk about an Australasian Scholarship for future  
>> WOSonOS events. And most exciting for me (personally) at this  
>> Fringe WOSonOS will be that we'll have access to Brian's beloved  
>> shalalee for our talking stick. Yay! Stay tuned for photos.
>> If you have any questions please contact me offline <viv at mcwaters.com.au 
>>  <mailto:viv at mcwaters.com.au>>
>> /
>> _________/how to contribute - and as the WOSonOS is fast  
>> approaching, thank you for your timely response/_________________ *
>>    U S Bank check / money order
>>    Made out to Lisa Heft , and mailed to 2325 Oregon Street,  
>> Berkeley,
>>    California 94705-1106 USA
>>    B e sure to write 'Access Queen / Brian Bainbridge' in the memo
>>    portion of the check
>>    (the Access Queen Project is not an NGO so US citizens cannot  
>> get a
>>    tax deduction for payments made in this way)
>>    PayPal      (for which you can set up a connect to your bank  
>> account or use your
>>    Visa, American Express, MasterCard or Discover Card)
>>    Go to http://www.paypal.com <http://www.paypal.com/>
>>    Log into your existing PayPal account or sign up for one, then  
>> click
>>    on the "Send Money" tab     Send a payment to  lisaheft at openingspace.net
>>    <mailto:lisaheft at openingspace.net>         Be sure to write  
>> 'Access Queen / Brian Bainbridge' in the notes section
>>    For any US citizen who wishes a tax deduction for this charitable
>>    contribution
>>    Donate through the nonprofit Open Space Institute US
>>    -either-     with  * PayPal *  (for which you can set up a  
>> connect to a bank
>>    account or use your Visa, American Express, MasterCard or  
>> Discover Card)
>>    Go to
>>     http://osius.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/brian-bainbridge-memorial-scholarship/ 
>>                                                   -or-
>>    with  *US Check or Money Order*      Made out to Open Space  
>> Institute US
>>    with complete contact information, including email address -  
>> and  be
>>    sure to write ' Access Queen / Brian Bainbridge' in the notes /  
>> memo
>>    section
>>    Mail to Peggy Holman, Open Space Institute US, 15347 SE 49th
>>    Place, Bellevue, Washington 98006 USA
>> *
>> ________/thank you and a deep bow to Brian../.___________________
>> Lisa
>> *
>> * Lisa Heft *
>> Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
>> * Opening Space *
>> lisaheft at openingspace.net <mailto:lisaheft at openingspace.net>
>> www.openingspace.net <http://www.openingspace.net>
>> /
>> /
>> / /
>> /Ask me about the Open Space Learning Workshops/ //- April 21-23  
>> and December 15-17, 2010 - San Francisco//
>> /October 15-17, 2010 - Medellin, Colombia/
>> /
>> /
>> /
>> /
>> /
>> /
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