WOSONOS - feeling of a missed opportunity.

[Suzanne Daigle]

Karolina, As much as I love Open Space and as excited as I was to see
old friends and meet new friends, I felt similar confusion and
emptiness at times -- difficult to explain.  By imagining the circle
as you described it to us now, I feel it got created a bit through
love, equality, compassion and great courage on your part.  Thank you.

Under the surface, you raise important questions that seem to describe
a need for more caring  with a conscious spirit of shared welcome that
is so very inclusive whether one is new or old to the Open Space
community.  On the other matter of financial support, while the Access
Queen funds, for example,  provide important assistance to many, I
think what you describe is a bit different.  Perhaps it's more about
sharing the tasks, the work and the intention and by doing so, Open
Space becomes a part of each of us. I don't know the answers to the
issues you raise. All I can say is that I deeply appreciate your
questions and reflections. Suzanne


On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Karolina Iwa <karolina.iwa at gmail.com> wrote:
> coming back home from the wosonos made me sad.
> trying to figure out where it comes from
> i realised there was something i was missing a lot in this meeting.
> and i find it a pity i just realised it in the closing round and could only
> verbalise it on the way back, but i take my chance and still would like to
> share it with you here over the list.
> i had this impression we all as a group / community during this meeting
> were mostly busy with topics related to the method
> and to us in various roles and relationships with others while using the
> method
> and to our personal and organisational growth and development.
> i had this visualisation of us standing in a circle, shoulder to shoulder,
> facing inside,
> feeling the power, the confusion, the energy, the movement. focused on the
> centre and its content.
> maybe feeling / sensing the world outside, but neither relating to it a lot
> nor taking common actions in its direction.
> there were so many people, so much energy and emotions
> and i guess i just miss us turning our backs to the centre of the circle,
> turning our faces and fronts to the world outside,
> feeling the energy behind our backs
> and with it feeling empowered to take common action and send a message to
> the world,
> use the resources we have and see how we can use what we are blessed to be
> experiencing and having.
> if the collecting of issues or action planning was to happen again
> i wish i had posted for example an idea for each of us
> to offer an open space to the community we belong / relate to or are
> connected with for free.
> that we would create and share a gift.
> share the energy, the spirit so often referred to with the ones who need it
> but cannot afford it or don't know where to ask.
> and i know many of us do it anyway, i am totally aware of that.
> i just wish we had taken the chance for using the collective we were
> for making a big something, a big action, sending a lot of invitations to
> the world
> to enjoy and spread and have fun and love and development and support the
> self-organisation...
> i am thinking as well of yaaris question in the closing round
> if os is white and rich.
> i wonder what to do to break the impression i share. what can i do?
> i wonder how to invite people who cannot afford coming to wosonos because
> they are missing resources.
> as i work with european funds i came up with the idea of applying for a
> grant which would co-fund the participation of people who would come to the
> wosonos, but for whom the participation fee and all related costs are an
> barrier in participating.
> this is just a small idea,
> but i would like to give with it a shot and try to support a tendency
> and make os more inclusive and make us a more diverse and welcoming group.
> as i know more about european funds i could take care of coordinating such a
> project
> and try to get additional funds for the 2012 wosonos in london.
> i am quite anxious of people misunderstanding my point,
> and it takes quite some courage of me to write this email,
> but i still want to share it.
> with everybody who was and was not there and with everybody here.
> karolina.
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