Youth Leaders (on Boards)

[Lisa Heft]

Well there are examples of perhaps not prominent organizations, but  
effective ones, that operate in Open Space and on Open Space  
principles -

One has been the Swannanoa 4-H camp (a mountain camp for young people)  
in North Carolina USA - at least when our colleague Chris Weaver ran  
it (he described it as an Open Space Camp) that had both the camp days  
co-created by the young people each day in Open Space - plus held its  
strategic planning retreats in Open Space, and perhaps some other  
elements as well. I don't know about Board of Directors - but clearly  
these actions and activities reflected the organizational values,  
productivity, and co-creation.  Clearly, strategic planning (as one  
example) involves the Board and informs its (and the organization's)  
work.
Here is a 2003 article that does not describe OS but is a small note  
about that camp:
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/summer03/adventure.htm

There was Wondertree - a school in the Vancouver, Canada area, that  
was (still is?) operated in Open Space -
http://www.wondertree.ca/about.html
I do not know as much about their early days but schools often have to  
prove to local, regional or state overseeing agencies that they are  
operating according to fairly strict guidelines.
And still they co-created, in Open Space.

And there are also some (all?) of the Open Space Institutes - I know  
best about Open Space Institute US (OSI-US) - our Board operates in  
open Space - perhaps some of you representing some of the other  
Institutes can share how you work as well.
We have official Bylaws and such as required by law, have all the  
items legally required for our non-profit organizational status.
And yet we were able to write out Bylaws both legally and reflecting  
our OS values, language and culture.
And every meeting, and every project we work on, every action - it's  
all done in Open Space.

What I'm saying is that even if there is the legal requirement for a  
Board of Directors it can still be an organization run in Open Space.

I look forward to hearing about others...

Lisa


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

Ask me about the Open Space Learning Workshops - December 15-17, 2010  
- San Francisco and in 2011 -- and the Power of Pre-Work in 2011



On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:24 AM, Harrison Owen wrote:

> Bui – I can’t think of any such organizations. But now would  
> definitely be a good time to start some. And I have absolutely no  
> doubt that the results will be outstanding.
>
>
> Harrison
>


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