[OSList] How do we invite key and high conflicted people?

Thu Sep 20 11:08:45 PDT 2012

Dear Eleder:

What a wonderful project and thank you for share it with all of us! 

Congratulations also for the thoughtful way of your leadership, taking a
responsible initiative for it success.

Tú sabes que el inglés no es mi fuerte y tal vez después podamos hablar con
más detalle de manera directa.

My two cents about your questions is that perhaps now you can suggest to the
sponsor group to conform a steering committee (or a host team) that can take
charge about the co-design of all the invitation process and the follow up
stage. I’m thinking about no more than twelve persons that in the best way
could represent the diversity (one micro cosmos sample) of all the people
involved and where of course they should attend and actively participate one
or two of the “10 opponents”, along with others like you, the main sponsor
(or another from the sponsor group of seven) and other representative
persons of the total collective. I believe that in this way it is more
likely to ensure the final participation of all stakeholders.

This is my humble opinion and I would also love to know what others think.

Hugs,

Juan Luis

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Enviado el: viernes, 14 de septiembre de 2012 8:13
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Asunto: [OSList] How do we invite key and high conflicted people?

Hi all !

Last day we had the first meeting with the sponsors of a 1´5 OS.
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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