[OSList] A 24/7 Hotline for OS

[Lisa Heft -]

Hi, Lucas - one thing that comes to mind here is that we are an international group across different time zones. Something to inform cost, access, and other elements.
The other thing to think about is that the OSLIST itself is a 24 hour / 7 days a week international consulting-feedback-support network. So it might be interesting to think about how phone technology, cost, time zone alignment, speaking / reading in languages that are not one’s first-language and other things are improved or not by phone contact. And then another thing to think about are that questions asked / thoughts shared here on the OSLIST are written for all to ‘listen in on’ and share thinking about. So that might speak to how the learning accessed by two people (on a phone conversation) can be shared for other peoples’ learning as well - as not everyone has the same ability / time / life to be able to schedule or sit in on calls (or ‘hangouts’ or whatever may be the technology), access audio files / podcasts, and so on.
Just some ideas to share into that fertile mind of yours…
Lisa


On Aug 22, 2014, at 9:07 AM, Lucas Cioffi <lucas at QIQOCHAT.COM> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> So the reason for this email is that I'm inspired by the pioneering spirit of our community's, Tricia Chirumbole who has tenaciously hosted the weekly Open Space Hotline video conference calls over many months using Skype and Google Hangout.  I've joined about 15 of them and they are always fun and insightful.  I encourage more folks to do the same-- just look for her announcements on this discussion list every Monday or Tuesday.  The calls are at 12pm Eastern Time on Tuesdays.
> 
> I'm looking to build on the work of the OS Hotline.  The hotline is for group discussion and meets for one hour per week, and I'm looking to create space for informal 1-on-1 phone discussions that can happen anytime, any day of the week to connect members of our community.  It will be pretty simple-- people who are open to receiving calls, can flip their status to "available" and then they can receive calls from those that call the hotline.
> 
> There will be one hotline for dialogue/deliberation practitioners in general and a separate one for open space; people can join one or both and it will be free.  Full details are in the email below that I sent to the NCDD listserv yesterday.  
> 
> I'm excited to build infrastructure that the community can truly depend upon!  I may have to change the name from Open Space Hotline to Open Space Cafe since the Tuesday calls are already called "hotline".
> 
> I'm looking for a few brave souls who would like to help me test it out and give me feedback on which features to add while it's still in development.  If you're interested, here's the Google form to add your name & email: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1q8z4GvUrLxE1QFpqFmvNbDnPypBq76HT-YjBkadoytg/viewform
> 
> We are a delightfully chatty bunch and given the opportunity to speak with each other by phone for informal, 10-15 minute chats, we will have lots of fun and help each other ride this wave of learning that is life.
> 
> Please feel free to reply to me or reply to all with your feedback-- what do you think about this hotline idea?
> 
> -- 
> Lucas Cioffi
> Co-Founder, QiqoChat.com
> Charlottesville, VA
> 917-528-1831 

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