[OSList] Certification?

Thu Aug 8 11:57:05 PDT 2013

Too late, Chris.  We are already certifiably confused.
Warm wishes from sunny Sedona,

Christine 

On Aug 8, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Chris Corrigan <chris at chriscorrigan.com> wrote:

I hereby award you certificate No. 1 as the first ever officially certified non-certified OST facilitator.  You are now entitled to nothing at all and no one can be guaranteed of anything regarding your offerings in this field!  

Excellent...the movement is beginning!

Chris

PS...this discussion could lead to us all becoming certifiably confused.

On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:41 AM, paul levy <paul at cats3000.net> wrote:
I'd like to formally propose that we introduce a Certificate of Non-Certification which states: "This is to certify that X is not certified". This I believe would add enormous credibility and endorsement to our practice. We could even certify a group of certified non-certifiers to ensure the non-certification process is properly certified.

I'm more than happy to be certified over this issue.

Paul Levy

On 8 August 2013 15:50, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
Certification (whatever that might mean) seems to be a perennial topic. I suppose that is understandable, but for myself it is a horrible idea. My reasons are several. First of all it is too much work. The thought of developing the criteria, programs, and even worse, “protecting the brand” is totally exhausting. We’d have to have certifiers to certify the certifiers and so on ad infinitum. Second reason – Open Space seems to be taking care of itself. When folks come on with “A little Open Space,” “Sort of Open Space,” “Modified Open Space,” ... the participants (increasingly) understand that they aren’t getting the genuine article—and say so. I recall one instance where a large gentleman stood up in the middle of the “program” and loudly proclaimed, “This sure ain’t Open Space! I’m out of here.” And he walked. I guess you could call that “Market Certification.” Best of all  --- it works all by itself. One more thing not to do!!

Harrison

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