London 2012

Phelim McDermott phelim at mac.com
Tue May 18 17:05:09 PDT 2010


Thanks Chris

Will be great to see you there and hopefully before then.

Phelim x
On 19 May 2010, at 00:02, Chris Corrigan wrote:

> Hi Phelim:
>
> I'll be there in London...and Juan Luis, who knows, possibly  
> Santiago as well.
>
> And as a former host of OSonOS, I echo Harrison's earlier note about  
> not doing too much, and I offer up myself in whatever way I can be  
> useful to share what I learned those ten long years ago when Laurel  
> Doersam and I accepted the responsibility of convening an OSonOS  
> after one had been held in Berlin.
>
> So please feel free to call, skype, email and otherwise plunder what  
> ever I know if it seems helpful.
>
> Chris
> ----
> Chris Corrigan
> chris at chriscorrigan.com
> http://www.chriscorrigan.com
>
>
> On 2010-05-18, at 3:07 PM, Phelim McDermott wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I've just got back to London from USA and have been checking in  
>> with Matilda and the OSlist. I am very excited about the prospect  
>> of London for Wosonos 2012 and Improbable working on hosting this  
>> event. I'd got the impression we had got a YES and I was waiting to  
>> speak to the rest of our team before saying anything but realise  
>> that I should say something now.
>>
>> I had been talking to other members of our company  about the  
>> potential invite for a while and wanted to say that this was a very  
>> heartfelt invitation from myself and Improbable which involved us  
>> supporting Matilda to fly to the centre of the circle to Berlin to  
>> make the invitation at the very last minute.  It was like one of  
>> those sessions that don't happen unless you .... Hold... Wait...  
>> Hold...... The space and could so easily  not have happened. A true  
>> impulse that Matilda really supported and I'd like to thank her for  
>> that. I'd also like to thank Sarah Jane and Nick at Improbable for  
>> buying her ticket out to Berlin the day before she left !
>>
>> I also wanted to say that part of my excitement, having been to  
>> both wosonos and Harrisons "osonos by the sea," is to support the  
>> potential for our UK Open space community to connect to itself and  
>> to the rest of the worldwide community. I think Improbable are in a  
>> unique position to get support for making this event happen and to  
>> also connect it to the burgeoning community of people who are now  
>> working with OS through our open space events. It's a chance to  
>> both look inward across the space and outward in a welcoming way to  
>> the world.
>>
>> So as Harrison said " I hear you're having a party". Well it's true  
>> we are and you are all invited. I've heard enough positive response  
>> and celebration to feel it's going to happen and the invitation has  
>> been accepted. (Can singing Waltzing Matilda be considered a yes?)  
>> So If your process around that wasn't finished in Berlin its time  
>> to speak now before we start buying the bunting.
>>
>> In much excitement and love
>>
>> Phelim
>>
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>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 18 May 2010, at 21:12, Thomas Herrmann <thomas at openspaceconsulting.com 
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Dear friends in Open Space
>>>
>>> I would like to thank the UK team and in particular Matilda for  
>>> making a wonderful invitation for coming to London 2012 for the  
>>> 20th WOSonOS and I have already put the teabag in my cup ;-).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I don’t know how others experienced the process/decision making.  
>>> My understanding is that the offer to go to Chile 2011 was  
>>> accepted right after the presentation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regarding London 2012 there was one concern raised in the group  
>>> which I did not feel was discussed enough at that point – so I did  
>>> not feel the decision was made at that point. I did get that  
>>> feeling though, later when Lisa during the closing circle shared  
>>> her appreciation for the offers and invited us to celebrate the  
>>> acceptance with her. We all danced in the center (all who were  
>>> left) and to me it felt clearly like the offer to go to London was  
>>> accepted by the group then. But that is my story and I am not sure  
>>> about others. I do feel  it is important to know if we did decide  
>>> to go to London 2012, so that’s why I bring this up.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just as some others pointed out, one learning for future sponsors,  
>>> I think, is to make sure there is lots of time for deciding on  
>>> whatever offers are made – and be prepared to be surprised. And  
>>> the only preparation needed when you want to be prepared to be  
>>> surprise, IMHO, is space/time.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> With appreciation for all who had part in making my week in Berlin  
>>> deeply learning and full of joy.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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