[OSList] 2/3 separate Saturday mornings Open Space?

[Lisa Heft]

Wonderful Eleder - here are some questions that would come to my mind  
if I myself was considering doing an Open Space on two or three  
consecutive Saturday mornings:

- why is just the morning available?

- can time be found for a full-form Open Space - one that has the  
gifts of multiple sessions of enough time each - plus opening and  
closing circles - that does not rush people and allows for the  
reflective thinkers as well as the slow responders?

- what is my reason for thinking there should be more than one Open  
Space or that they should be on consecutive Saturdays - what is the  
objective and how is it served by doing consecutive short Open Spaces

- am I thinking about how the mix of people will be different or the  
same from one Saturday to the next? is this useful for the objectives?  
not useful?

- what is my documentation design for these OSs - in a way that can be  
realistically done in a short OS and in a way that is useful to the  
needs of the participants and the meetings?

- does another process than Open Space offer what this group may find  
useful? (just to check to see in my own mind whether OS is the right  
fit - for example, in this case is World Cafe or another process  
something that delivers what this group may find useful, or is OS what  
I would best use on all consecutive Saturdays, or are there different  
tasks for each Saturday, defining the need to use different processes  
because of what each process offers and delivers?

Curious,

Lisa



On Nov 8, 2012, at 3:38 AM, Eleder_BuM wrote:

> Hello, today we go to Zerain for the OS on the conflicted self- 
> managed village (here the invitation, in Basque) we´ve been  
> commenting on some messages on the list.
>
> In the meanwhile someone asked me yesterday about Opening Space in a  
> town where there are many people organized in  consumer clubs (is it  
> the correct translation for "grupos de consumo" - groups of  
> neighbours who join to buy their "eco" vegetables, bread, eggs,...)  
> to get closer to their food sovereignty.
>
> We were considering time availability, and this seemed to be the  
> best possibility: having the OS in two consecutive Saturday mornings  
> (22+29 Dec, for example). We could even think about a 3 Sat morning  
> OS, I guess, as they intend to get much into action.
>
> Is there any con on doing so? Have you tried? Any advice or issue to  
> consider?
>
> Thanks for your being there,
>
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