New analogy...?

[Michael Herman]

i usually think and say something to the effect i don't think it's
really about the length of that first or any meeting, but about the
commitment to a long-term process and conversation.  an evening might
be the wedding dinner, but 2.5 days is still just the honeymoon.  what
i want to know about is the vows and commitments.

that said, i guess this new analogy works well for me, ralph.  thanks!

m


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On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Ralph Copleman <rcopleman at comcast.net> wrote:
> Shared with future search and open space listserves...
>
> Friends,
>
> Lately I've had some conversations with representatives of various communities who are considering doing what we did here in my town to organize our community-wide sustainability effort.  We created the program with a Future Search in the spring of '06, and we have used open space both before and after that event.
>
> Questions from people in other communities revolve around issues you have all heard before, namely:
>
>        Do we really have to spend 2.5 days to do this, etc.?
>
> I used to offer up a medical or dental analogy, along the lines of... if you come in with a toothache or need a new kidney, don't tell the doctor how much time you have available to fix it.
>
> Now I think I may have stumbled on a more effective analogy, and I pass it along for what it's worth.  It goes like this:
>
> Trying to meet your long-term needs by building a meeting around short-term concerns of convenience is like judging the likely success of a marriage based on what you are served at the wedding dinner.
>
> Anybody got any other analogies or metaphors that really work?
>
> Ralph Copleman
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>From  Thu Mar 11 22:12:49 2010
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Allison--

The Open Space Institute-US board meets in open space monthly via
conference call, using one of the free conference sites.

Climate Space people met internationally for several months using Skype.

And people are using Skype and conference calls to meet in open space
from all over the horizon, by posting an inviting question on the OSlist
or elsewhere, offering some alternative times (you can sort through them
with sites like doodle.com), and then giving out the telephone number.

So I'd say come up with an inviting question, send it out and open the
space. Maybe 4 or 5 of you can meet that way ahead of the rest to decide
on the inviting question.

			:- Doug.





On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 09:31 +1100, Allison & Jim Baensch wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am unsure how to proceed and would appreciate your suggestions or  
> thoughts.
> 
> As one of a hundred members of an Australian professional  
> association, I have offered to be on a new, nine person working group.
> I was asked to set up this group, by ringing people who had expressed  
> interest in the association's future.
> (Concerns had been expressed by several members about our future and  
> how to establish a suitable structure.)
> The working group had been asked to look at structures including  
> incorporation and to write a constitution for the association.
> 
> Members of the working group are scattered through much of Australia,  
> so phone or similar meetings are more likely than face to face.
> 
> There is some interest in using Open Space.
> One member of the group recently attended a 5 day Open Space  
> gathering and was most impressed.
> I have sent the openspaceworld web site to group members.
> 
> For some reason I am having difficulty with finding the next step.
> I guess it has to do with invitation.
> And with knowing how we can best 'meet' if Open Space is chosen as  
> our group's meeting and operating structure.
> It might be to do with finding a suitable technology.
> 
> The bodywork we all perform has many of the same principles as Open  
> Space, in a physical way.
> 
> Greetings from a cool, clear Autumn day in South-East Victoria,  
> Australia,
> from Allison.
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