[OSList] inquiry OS

[Harrison Owen]

Celia - Odd indeed! My first thought is two questions: A) Is participation
totally voluntary, or have the people, in some way or another, been "told"
to come? B) Is the subject (Theme) of the OS something that the people truly
care about? If the answers are No, No - then I am not very surprised with
the results. On the other hand, if the answers are Yes, Yes - this is
definitely weird and worthy of study.

 

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[mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Celia Bray CEO
Omni One
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 2:05 PM
To: oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
Subject: [OSList] inquiry OS

 

Dear OS community

 

HELP NEEDED.

 

I have been working in Kenya for the last 8 months and facilitated a few
open space forums. I have noticed a pattern developing in my OS forums that
is not great. I am not sure if i am doing something wrong when opening the
space. It seems that when it is time to start session 1, if people don't
have their own topic in session 1 they just sit there. People only really
engage in the topic they put up themselves and sit around being butterflies
for the rest of the forum, complaining they are bored and waiting for their
session. Also, when they have finished their discussions they don't join
other people's group to contribute.

 

It has happened a few times. I wonder if it is normal or if I am missing
something. I do explain that if they are not discussing their topic they can
look at other people's topics and go to other groups, but it seems to not be
heard. It is not just a few, it is many people, sometimes half or more of
the forum are sitting waiting for their topic.

 

Please help me to understand what might be going on or what I might be doing
wrong. 

 

Thank you

 

Celia Bray

CEO

Omni One Ltd

Peace, Enterprise and Community Development

P  +254 735 191 344

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