Thinking about hosting a future WOSonOS? New to travel? Lessons learned papers

[funda oral]

Dear Lisa and everbody,

Thank you for the lessons, i am sure there is a lot to learn about hosting Wosonos.
We have some experience here about hosting and organizing events and some OS events as well.

After having sent my proposition, 2 thoughts came to my mind.

1st : as far as i remember there has been  a decision of as having one Wosonos in Europe and one Wosonos in America , so maybe next year it shouldn't be Istanbul although we will never know if Istanbul is Europe or Asia...  

2nd : other then Istanbul, i would suggest some other cities in the sea side in Turkey, such as Antalya, Bodrum, Datça and Kaş.

I would be glad to meet any of you any time on any occasion, 

Lots of love and best wishes to Berlin,

Regards,
Funda


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From: Lisa Heft <lisaheft at openingspace.net>
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Sent: Sun, May 2, 2010 4:00:12 PM
Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Thinking about hosting a future WOSonOS? New to travel? Lessons learned papers

I will send you that paper with collected wisdom from past WOSonOS hosts, Annamarie and Funda. 


My recommendation is that anyone who is thinking of hosting for a future year read the paper thoroughly because there are some lessons learned not just about the easy parts but about the challenging parts - much more than I listed in my posting.

For example needing to have a substantial amount of money in advance (in some countries) to pay for reserving a site, contract with caterers or pay for other services in advance (for one host I know that meant losing money on the deal because she expected many more international folks to register than were actually able to afford the travel expenses).  

Or knowing that a full Host Team of several people who love event planning would be needed far in advance to share the pre-work tasks, which can range from visiting all the hotel sites you will be recommending to travelers to going around to see all the potential conference sites, to writing visa invitation letters, figuring out transport for travelers and more.

And I am guessing in some regions it may have been a bit more challenging because there were not Open Space-knowledgeable people yet in that region, and it might (in hindsight) have been better to grow a community of OS / facilitators first.

So just a fair warning that in my own observation and experience it is not just about holding space for fabulous colleagues but a lot of pre-work, as you may both know, Ms. Annamarie and Ms. Funda.

I look forward to sharing a lovely beverage with each of you in person wherever we may travel in this world - and I shall send you the lessons learned papers, indeed. If any others of you are thinking of hosting in future years please do contact me directly at lisaheft at openingspace.net (before May 8 or after June 8) and I shall send you this paper with wisdom of lessons learned from past Host Teams,

Lisa


Lisa Heft
Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
Opening Space
lisaheft at openingspace.net
www.openingspace.net


On May 2, 2010, at 12:15 AM, funda oral wrote:

I am not able to participate in Wosonos this year:-(
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>We would be glad to invite you to Istanbul for next Wosonos.
>
>Regards,
>Funda
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