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

Mon May 3 02:49:30 PDT 2010

Dear Funda,
as to your 1st:
There has been a recommendation and suggestion by a group giving thought 
to WOSonOS that WOSonOS moves around the planet with the idea that this 
movement might go in the order of Europe, the Americas and "other" places.
In 2008 it was in San Francisco, in 2009 in Taiwan and this year it is 
in Berlin (which is more European, Berlin or Istanbul?) so, continuing 
this rhythm, the thought is that it be in the Americas in 2011 (there 
seem to be some signals from South America) and in "another" place in 
2012 (there seem to be some signals from Africa).
Now, this is really just a suggestion.
Decisions on where it takes place are usually taken at the WOSonOS.
Here, the idea is that at a particular WOSonOS a decision should be made 
for the next two WOSonOS because of the long pre-work required in some 
places.
At the last WOSonOS in Taiwan there was only a re-confirmation for 
Berlin which had already been decided on in San Francisco in 2008.
This means that in Berlin a decision should be made for 2011 and 
hopefully also for 2012.
In fact, what the folks in Berlin decide might be totally different from 
the suggested procedure since it takes a sponsor for WOSonOS.
That sponsor has not yet raised her voice, neither for 2011 nor 2012.
Be prepared to be surprised.
Greetings from Berlin
mmp

PS: Since some of us in "Europe" want an OSonOS every year, the idea is 
to have one in Europe in those years where the WOSonOS is not in Europe. 
That event is called the "European Open Space Learning Exchange". Last 
year it was in Paris. In 2011 it might very well be in Italy. In a 
location that can easily be reached by boat from Istanbul.

funda oral schrieb:
> 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
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 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:-(
>> We would be glad to invite you to Istanbul for next Wosonos.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Funda
>>
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