temporary OFF THE OSLIST -- and on to the future!

[Anne A Hiha]

I had wondered why it was so quiet on this list recently so read to the end of your email, Harrison, and got my answer. Even though I did not participate often I do miss the rich conversation amongst other participants that popped up in my OS mail box every day when I checked my messages. As you say Harrison, when it's over it's over, but then again whoever's here is the right people. I only open space formally once a year and only for 3.5 hours and it is a special time for me and for most of the participants so far.
I enjoyed reading your story about to 'Strategic plan' or not to Strategic plan. I spent may years railing against the wishes of planners but have spent the past 10 years in a governance role and somewhere along the way resigned myself to accepting sound bites of reality that make a strategic plan and the the fallout of such plans that have to be evaluated and audited ad infinitum. I have even found myself studying these documents for anomalies and inconsistencies because perish the thought that a strategic plan would have anything in it that did not align with the organisations stated culture and vision. Happily this is my last term in governance. 
I look forward to knowing the outcome of your wonderful suggestion Harrison and will follow develops here if you choose to stay.
Regards
Anne

> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:19:59 -0400
> From: hhowen at verizon.net
> Subject: [OSLIST] temporary OFF THE OSLIST -- and on to the future!
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
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> As they say -- When it is over it is over. But just think about all that new
> space! For myself, I have just had a marvelous lunch with the Dean of a
> Seminary who is thinking about using Open Space for their strategic Planning
> efforts. My suggestion was -- Don't do it! At least don't do it if all you
> want is another Strategic Plan. I told him that if he opened space for all
> who cared about his community you might just find out that those who cared
> were a lot more (people) than he had thought, that they cared about a whole
> mess of interesting new things, and finally that if they really had the
> space/time in which to express and share their "caring" -- the community
> could only grow and evolve. But be very careful for things could definitely
> get interesting, robust, rich, out of control... Not exactly according to
> The Plan, Strategic or otherwise.
> 
> Harrison
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael M
> Pannwitz
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:00 PM
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> Subject: Re: help: temporary OFF THE OSLIST
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> Dear Brendan,
> there is a rumour that everybody except you and me followed my
> instructions and thats the result! 628 deletions in 24 hours.
> Greetings from Berlin and see you in May at the WOSonOS
> mmp
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> Brendan McKeague schrieb:
> > HI folks - testing - this is the last message I've received from
> > OSLIST....I'm checking to see if I'm missing out??? cheers Brendan
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> > On 21/03/2010, at 12:19 AM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote:
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> >> Dear Gijs, I tried to simulate signing off the OSLIST myself. 
> >> First, I went to
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