[OSList] Certification?

[Chris Corrigan]

Oh no!  To be certified as unconfused would ruin everything!  

:)

C

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On 2013-08-08, at 12:30 PM, Michael M Pannwitz <mmpannwitz at gmail.com> 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
> 
> 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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