[OSList] openspacing in Jordan

Bhavesh Patel bhavmail at gmail.com
Sun Jun 3 01:48:15 PDT 2012


This line has sooooo much to it, made me smile and feel peaceful - "And so
it went – just like usual…"



On 31 May 2012 15:49, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:

> Kerry – Your pointing out the power of the circle brought to mind a story
> from another OS Michael Pannwitz and I did several years ago. I know the
> tale has been told, but it surely fits well here…****
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> Just imagine 250 Senior Rabbis and Imams gathered together in the service
> of Peace. Place was Seville and the participants were the upper echelon, so
> to speak. The sponsors, assuming that a little transition into Open Space
> would be helpful for this bunch of folks, had designed the 1st day in the
> Standard Way. Straight rows of chairs, dais, and endless speeches. The
> proceedings began at 9 am, but by noon the room was total chaos. Delegates
> were standing on desks and screaming at each other.  I wasn’t in the room,
> finding such a meeting more than I can handle, but as I was walking towards
> the  dining room for lunch I was intercepted by the sponsor’s associate.
> Frantically he called my name and popped the big question, “How quickly
> could I Open Space?”****
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> The Open Space part of the 3 day program wasn’t due to start until the
> next day, but plans do change when driven by necessity. I replied that we
> were good to go just as quickly as the hotel could re-arrange the room –
> which turned out to be 2 hours. That gave us time for lunch and a little
> cooling off period for a very overheated group of people.****
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> Somewhere around 3 pm – there we were. The same group of folks who in the
> morning were close to killing each other (at least verbally) – now all
> sitting peacefully in a circle. And so it went – just like usual…****
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> *From:* oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:
> oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Kerry Napuk
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:02 PM
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> *Subject:* [OSList] openspacing in Jordan****
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> Hi Phelim
>
> Great story about opening space in a traditional society like Jordan.
>
> You hit it on the head showing the power of the circle as the basic marker
> in opening and creating new space.  Most people everywhere are conditioned
> to be talked at within traditional architecture, i.e. podium, theatre
> seating and speaker.  This old tired setup ruthlessly permeates much of our
> lives.  And how incredible boring it is!
>
> So, it was not surprising in the beginning that one after another person
> tried to keep space closed by controlling it.  If you hold the floor, no
> thing will happen.  But, lo, the energy emerged and flowed once a circle
> appeared followed by a marketplace.  What energy, what freedom - it must
> have been heady.
>
> Well done for persevering and, once again, trusting the process makes
> things happen.  Thanks for sharing your experience in the Middle East.
>
> Yours is just one of many stories which will be discussed at WOSONOS 2012
> in London between 11-14 October.  How exciting it will be to hear about
> other great experiences around the world.
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> Be there or be square.
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> Cheers
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> Kerry
> Edinburgh****
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