[OSList] briefing after an "Open Express" in Bilbao_Eutokia

[Harrison Owen]

Totally marvelous! Once again “it” happens in spite of ourselves.
(Surprise!) thank you for the story.

 

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Subject: [OSList] briefing after an "Open Express" in Bilbao_Eutokia

 

I was certainly a bit reluctant about the stuff...

*	someone who had seen us facilitate another OS had asked for an Open
Space but time passed and passed and we didn´t get to meet (it was finally
just one week before the event the first and only meeting, after some short
phone and e-mail conversations); 
*	my mind was unconfident and (definitely illy-) judging the situation
from time to time ("they seem to want to do it just to be trendy,..." and
the kind of missthinking);
*	they had scheduled and distributed an "Open Space" event but they
were fixing the subjects to be spoken about and even had planned for time
when "each 15-20 people group would present their conclusions"; 
*	they had planned for just 2 hours; I was even "punishing" myself
(you are doing it just for the money, you may be doibng damn to the
os_community),...
*	i was told in the first conversaton that around 40 people where
going to take part, i said "ok, but this place is quite small for 40
people"; a week before the event i was told it woud be for 70 people!!! and
that it must be in the same place!
*	I had taken the responsibility to contract a Graphic Recorder (the
cc-oed alex carrascosa, great job!) and to supply the catering (both first
time) ....

something strange happened, nevertheless, even if I tended to be negative
from time to time, I had a deep confidence (whatever,... :o). I even decided
to take it upon myself without asking this wonderful community for advise
(it would also had taken its time...)

as I said, just a week before the event we finally got to meet...

*	 I found a profoundly respectful and helpful team. 
*	They really knew what we where going on, and those who didn´t, did
immediately assume the OS spirit. 
*	I proposed (and immediately had it accepted) to stretch the event to
a 3´5 hours thing with opening, to 45´ time-lines and closing

The day (last Thursday, June 2nd) came and

*	we had the "young-spirited :o)" sit on the floor, some stood up in a
third line, the walking space was minimal
*	I finally could not take my 15 minutes for relaxing and reviewing
(but all the in-site preparation time had really been relaxed and so good
humoured, and I had reviewed my opening mind-map the night before),...
*	the group (once-more-very-illy supposed to be quite pasive,...
"administration people, you know?") was surprisingly, even to the point to
propose a short, brilliant, funny (risky for my need of control)
all-group-intervention in the middle of the opening; I let go and accepted
and it, sure, was energizing!
*	as soon as i stopped the opening some 4 people where writing
topics...
*	as it usually is it resulted in great fun, great work, satisfaction,
peace, involvement,...and the closing circle was a very nice reflection of
this,

Definitely, I feel more confident than ever and more and more prepared to be
surprised... 

love,

Eleder BuM31    Mind Mapping-Open Space Technology-Creativity 

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pd: by the way, I explained a bit about the OS community and just mentioned
the 5th pinciple conversation in the opening as a sign of its life without
explaining it,...  but someone asked what it was about, and, as I said
"wherever it is, is the right place" and linked it to these days
#spanishrevolution gatherings, everybody caught it so quickly!... good times
for opening space around here :o)!

pd2: Next event on the agenda, first 2´5 days OS (July 4-6, in the so
beautiful San Sewbastian) in the nearby, first full in Basque (if we forgot
the centuries of OS life before us :o),...with this subject: "Dreaming and
acting about the future of education: who are we educating our future
generations?". Here the invi
<http://burumapak.blogspot.com/2011/05/nola-hezi-behar-ditugu-hurrengo.html>
(in Basque).

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