[OSList] Certification?
David Steveson
adavidstevenson at gmail.com
Thu Aug 8 13:12:04 PDT 2013
what a great conversation. I believe as part of keeping my uncredentials as an open spacer, I need to weigh in on the list once a year, I am pleased to do that now. And since I have long ago been certifiable, ;as Chris can attest to in more then one sense, I believe we created adhoc certificates at a training in the 90s so we could get funding from our sponsors....!! So I would like to propose a grandfather clause which would allow everyone automatic de certification. a kind of Bastille Day for those who may still carry the shackles of old, adhocy certification...I will burn my certificate, If I ever find it as I believe we just recycled them that day...as a moment of liberation for the movement.
I too believe OST will take care of itself and is its own continuos quality improvement expert. I cant remember if that was me who stood up and said "this isnt OST!!" or did I just think it on a number of occasions....
On Aug8, at 12:30 PM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote:
> Chris,
> I did not certify you to award certificates such as the certificate No. 1. You will get my certification to do such things only after you transferred the 5000 Euro I decided people like you have to pay to me, please see my earlier mail in this.
> In case you dont oblige I uncertify you in all the roles you are impersonating: facilitator, trainer, etc. In addition I will certify you as un-confused and utterly useful. You will see where that gets you to.
>
> Unhugging
> mmp
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> On 08.08.2013 20:01, Chris Corrigan 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
>> <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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
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