[OSList] How do we manage time in an evening+morning shortish OS? (II part of:: How do we invite key and high conflicted people?)

[Eleder_BuM]

Hi lovely people around! Some lines with feedback of one OS meeting I
presented on the list.

The Open Space meeting in Zerain has been fantastic and has offered us some
learning also. Here you can watch a picture of the opening in the church of
the village and read the conversations´
reports<http://zerainherrieredua.wordpress.com/>.
Have you got any Basque speaker around? A good chance to approach her/him
for a coffee,.. :o)!

At last, no one from "the critics" came. They were invited, they liked the
idea,... but no one came around. Would they have come if we as facilitators
had met them in a previous meeting? How could we have the sponsors and
thier critics to think the big question and write and expand the invitation
together?

Sponsors seemed easy with this, though, ("we invited them, we would have
liked them in,... but whoever comes,...". Yes, the 1st principle brought
them a big amount of serenity...:o)!

Maybe next time? This will be an important issue in the evaluation meeting.

People loved OS. Many of them said at the closing thinks like...
"I was very afraid of such a long meeting,... and it happened to feel
short..."
"I was afraid of one more fashion technique, that tend to be mainly
bubbles,... but this felt very simple and deep stuff..."

After reading your wise advice, finally, I opted to open the possibility
for new subjects+action proposals during the second morning (The OS, was
Friday 16:00-21:00 + Saturday 10:00-14:00). The group stayed in just more
conversations (not much action proposed yet), with some inspirations for
future action,  yes. My learning here was clear. As Lisa had suggested, it
would have been easier for me to propose from the beginning a just
conversation OS. Perhaps asking (in the last 30 minutes before the closing)
for action ideas and quick multivoting, maybe .

Thanks so much for your support,

xoxo,

@Eleder_BuM <http://twitter.com/Eleder_BuM>

pd: I co-facilitated with someone new to OS, but very experienced in other
kinds of facilitation, Asier Gallastegi <http://korapilatzen.com/blog/>,
and the work as a tandem was fantastic. I (no car) even drove his car (he
has no licence) :D! Besides, he has done a great visual documenting work,
and we´ll be editing and publishing it soon.





2012/10/23 Eleder_BuM <eleder.aurtenetxe at gmail.com>

> Some weeks ago I asked some questions regarding and OS in which we had a
> big concern: how to invite a small and conflicted group (you can see the
> message below),... After a conversation beween both parts it seems that
> this group is willing to come to the OS.
>
> Now I come with another question.
>
>    - the subject is quite broad (*The self-managing model of our town:
>    how do we make it a continually innovating one? *. You can see context
>    and subject below).
>    - we have scheduled Friday (16:00-21:00) & Saturday (10:00-14:00),
>    shiortish I would say, for such a wide topic and conflicted context,...
>    - we told the promotors that we would have action proposals and first
>    meetings during the second morning... and I´m thinking now that might be an
>    error.  I´m afraid that  we are giving too short time for just
>    conversations as they emerge, forcing a bit all the stuff to have a report
>    with *recommended actions*
>
> The thing as we had proposed would be sth like:
>
> Friday 15:30 reception; 16: openinng; 17: first convs; 18: 15; 2nd convs;
> 19: 30: 3rd convs 20: 45 evening news
>
> Saturday: 10:00 morning anouncements; 10:30 Action proposals 11:00 Action
> teams meetings 12:30 Action teams short reports 13:00 closing
>
> *I would like better now sth more spaced and real* (things tend to delay
> a bit around here :o), like:
>
> Friday 15:30 reception; 16: openinng; 17:30 first convs; 19:00 2nd convs;
> 20:30 evening news
>
> Saturday: 10:00 morning anouncements; *10:30 3rd convs *(from first day
> proposals)* 12:00 Action proposals+meetings+short reporting *13:30 closing
>
> but this kind of Saturday morning would be new to me, combining stuff from
> first day proposals with time for action proposals,...convening the big
> dircle at midday 12:00 for new action proposals,...  and I feel a bit
> unsure that would be working fine...
>
> Any similar experience? Any suggestions?
>
> Love,
>
> ** <https://twitter.com/Eleder_BuM>@Eleder_BuM
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>
>
>
> Context:
> A 300 people´s village council. They are proud for their 40 years
> experience of self-management, very common in the ancient Basque tradition,
> but very uncommon here, these days. Every 4 years people that want to get
> involved in the administration will appear, and citizens choose (before the
> official polls) who will be the representatives. Then the 7 people  more
> voted form the only list on the official polls and form the ruling team for
> the next 4 years.
>
> Then, some 8 self-managed and executive teams are formed (whoever comes
> been the right people; nowadays some 60-80 people taking part
> regularly),...
>
> Political parties -that rule the neighbour towns- have no word here. "It´s
> just we the people who govern ourselves".
>
> Sponsor:
> The 7 elected people that now are ruling. 6 amateurs, just one technician
> paid.
>
> Subject:  *The self-managing model of our town: how do we make it a
> continually innovating one? *
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Eleder_BuM <eleder.aurtenetxe at gmail.com>
> Date: 2012/9/14
> Subject: How do we invite key and high conflicted people?
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list <
> OSList at lists.openspacetech.org>
>
>
> Hi all !
>
> Last day we had the first meeting with the sponsors of a 1´5 OS. We expect
> som 70 participants.
> We could define the subject, dates (9th & 10th Nov). We designed the
> invitation text and process. We arranged for the logistics,...
>
> There´s still something important un solved. I´ll try to explain it
> shortly:
>
> Context:
> A 300 people´s village council. They are proud for their 40 years
> experience of self-management, very common in the ancient Basque tradition,
> but very uncommon here, these days. Every 4 years people that want to get
> involved in the administration will appear, and citizens choose (before the
> official polls) who will be the representatives. Then the 7 people  more
> voted form the only list on the official polls and form the ruling team for
> the next 4 years.
>
> Then, some 8 self-managed and executive teams are formed (whoever comes
> been the right people; nowadays some 60-80 people taking part
> regularly),...
>
> Political parties -that rule the neighbour towns- have no word here. "It´s
> just we the people who govern ourselves".
>
> Sponsor:
> The 7 elected people that now are ruling. 6 amateurs, just one technician
> paid.
>
> Subject:  *The self-managing model of our town: how do we make it a
> continually innovating one? *
>
> There´s *a group of some 10 people highly opposed to the managing and
> ruling model*. They have become a problem for the ruling team. The mayor
> said on the meeting: *"I would like to sleep well after taking
> decissions..."*. They are part of main political parties and are said to
> be planning to "break the self-management tradition ". Last months they
> have written and put in the post-boxes of the neighbours very critical
> annonimous writings against the council team,...
>
> Invitation:
>
> The sponsors want* to have all the people from the town rethink, adapt,
> their model. They want that everyone feels part of it. They want that even
> the minorities can feel represented. *
>
> But they say that "the others" just usually say ·*"I don´t like this;
> neither this; neither this,... "* but don´t help to solve anything.
>
> We´ll invite, too, people from outside the village to enrich the
> conversations, bring some fresh air and new views,...
>
> Problem:
> They think that this "10 opponents" will probably refuse coming. Everyone
> of us agreed that the OS would be richer if they take part. That conflict
> could transform in great new process,...
>
> During the meeting we agreed that the person of the sponsors (council team
> of 7) in best terms with the "leader" of the opponents would meet her and
> explain that the OS will be a good opportunity to find solutions to the
> conflict and grow for everyone,...
>
> Some questions:
>
>    - how would you act as facilitators?
>    - Should we just wait and see?
>    - If, as expected, they decline the invitation, should we as "neutral"
>    facilitators have another try to have then come?
>    - Should we contact the sponsors before they meet the opponents and
>    ask to be present during this invitation meeting?
>    - Could it be better to tell the sponsor "let us contact the opponents
>    directly and meet them, as you are part of the conflict and they will
>    probably refuse you"?
>    - Could we invite them to co-write the invitation, to take part in the
>    designing process?...
>
> After several OS processes facilitated since Berlin, this one is probably
> the one that best fits the 5 conditions for OS... it has deep conflict! I´m
> eager with it, yeah! And I would really love to have *all *the system in
> the room, and the highly conflicted minority are an important part, I
> guess...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Enjoy this great day,
>
> Eleder
>
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