[OSList] OSONOS Whenever, Wherever, with Whomsoever

[Lisa Heft]

I am glad that this session at the WOSonOS also talked about what is  
lost if chairs are not used, and what is created if chairs are used.

I for one would not be able to attend a session without chairs.
Which is fine - whoever comes. But the removal of chairs would remove  
me from having the option to join that particular discussion.
So Whoever Comes would not be me, and not by my choice.

My hope is that with every single detail we think about adjusting,  
dropping or adding - we simply think for a moment (before doing it)  
why we are doing / not doing it, who and what it serves, what will be  
added or offset by our doing it. Is it because of cost? Then what are  
the other creative things we can do about cost. Is it about freedom?  
Then is it a projection of our own individual sense of freedom and  
felt by others the same way? Is it about providing resources? Then  
what resources can we gather or make visible that diverse kinds of  
participants can choose so that they, too, are Whoever Comes?

My sadness about where 'one less thing' means less inclusion... turns  
to happiness when more thought and creativity creates more  
opportunity...

I am all for simple, and for not doing 'for' people while facilitating  
an Open Space. But as a host of Open Space or any other dialogic  
process - I like to practice thinking of the complexity of what it is  
that I cannot see but can provide options for... And as a participant  
in Open Space or any other dialogic process, I notice when someone  
like me - or someone not like me - has been giving the richness of  
choice, comfort and access.

Loving this conversation...

Lisa

On Oct 24, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Harold Shinsato wrote:

> http://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/events/world-open-space-open-space/reports/os-circles-opening-evening-news-break-ups-without/
>
> The last one was about doing open space without chairs. That's a  
> cool conversation because removing chairs brings options for lower  
> cost.

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