[OSList] First open space, advices needed :)

Sat Dec 20 12:27:30 PST 2014

Anne- Beatrice said: “As for the children, yes, I will love to include them :) I just wonder how it is possible to have children from 0 to 8 included in OS conversations... I would be happy to hear your thoughts about it. I think the best way would be to let it open : children who want to join do so and the other ones do whatever they want with the adults that are there for them.”

Frankly it has always been my experience that if the children are present it is impossible NOT to include them. I am always amazed how a two month old baby can totally mesmerize a room full of adults. You would think that absolutely nothing else in the world made any difference. I do confess that on occasion I have wished that I could get that much attention. J But once they achieve some degree of verbalism – they are just chatter boxes. Sometimes we may think they talk too much, but this (as I remember) was about school, and therefore children’s learning and development. Always helpful to have a constant reminder of what the REAL business is. And if you are looking for experts, just wait until the 8 year olds show up. They know positively everything! 

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From: OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Anne-Béatrice Duparc via OSList
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 12:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :)

I will go with your proposal concerning the report Chris, including next steps and follow up in it. I like the proposal to have a date to meet again and have everyone reporting on what is going on. I wonder though how we could include a step in between that would help towards a synthesis and action planning, because similar or close next steps might emerge from different sessions, and also things that are important for most of the group, things that are important only for some of them... 

Do you think that could be done through the internet?

I will also see with the organizers (thanks Harrison) if that's okay for them that we don't have a formal lunch so that we can have more sessions. I love that idea :)

Daniel, I would like to have two days, but that is not the actual setting... Maybe I can propose that for the next one. As for the moment, I would like to help them have the best possible experience for this already planned short period of time and I feel like I am well engaged in this process thanks to all the good advices here :) 

And thanks again, I feel so much more intelligent and confident when I have all your ideas :)

Anne-Béatrice Duparc
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On Saturday, December 20, 2014 12:28 AM, Anne-Béatrice Duparc <abeaduparc at yahoo.com> wrote:

Thanks to all of you for the trust you allow me to feel through your words. That's just what I need!

I am really grateful to be part of this community :) 

Hugs,

Béa

Anne-Béatrice Duparc
(0)76/378.69.98
Comité de BIEN-Suisse Initiative fédérale pour un revenu de base <http://www.revenudebase.ch/> 
Génération RBI www.rbi-oui.ch <http://www.rbi-oui.ch/> 
Association Solid'Art Solid'Art <http://www.solidart.ch/> 

On Friday, December 19, 2014 6:03 PM, Chris Corrigan <chris.corrigan at gmail.com> wrote:

Anne Beatrice. 

You will be fine. Make sure the sessions are as long as possible. Two sessions of at least an hour will be important. Keep your intro short. Don't tell people what to do just tell them how it works and stand back and let them post their topics and get on with hosting their conversations. 

Provide them with a report form that has a so for the groups to record next steps and what they commit to do for follow up. Photograph those reports and send them by email to everyone. This saves you having to have a report back session. 

Make a date to meet again and tell everyone to come then and report on what is going on. 

See who stays behind. That group will be a good team to help move the issues forward and plan the next meeting. Go for a celebration drink with them. 

Chris 

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On Dec 19, 2014, at 3:47 AM, Anne-Béatrice Duparc via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I am asked for my first Open Space! By a group of parents who are homeschooling their children and want to form as an association. 
They already planned the meeting for the 10th of January. The duration for the planned event is 3h30 and there will be a shared meal before it. It really seems short to me for an Open Space. 

There will be around 40 adults and 30 children. The children will be taken care of by some adults, but some of them may also take part to the event. It would be great :)

We had no preparation meeting so on as I was just contacted but they already sent me by email some of the subjects they would like to discuss. Even if I know that in OST subjects are not planned in advance, I share them with you as a way to determine if OST can be a good thing for this group of people  :

 -  Aims and objectives of the non-profit we could create.
-  What are the resources we want to give ourselves (time, energy, money) ?
-  What are our resources for the long term? 
-  How to build a sustainable association or group that does not depend on one or two persons? 
-  The creation and role a committee could have in the non profit
- Would we like to merge or collaborate with the Homeschool Association of Switzerland?    Pros, cons, how?        
-  Next steps
-  Articles of the non-profit
- What is the aim of the non profit? Create activities? Support people in their choice? To be known?  

I have also understood that the situation is tense, because some cantons in Switzerland are going towards forbiding Homeschooling.

As it would be my first Open Space, any advice is welcome. I am especially wondering if Open Space is a first good step in that case and what can be realistically achieved in 3h30 by a group of people that mostly don't know each other and would like to have some consensual concrete next steps at the end of the afternoon. 

Any advice welcome, even if it is to say : please do something else :) 

Thanks!

Béa

Anne-Béatrice Duparc
(0)76/378.69.98
Comité de BIEN-Suisse Initiative fédérale pour un revenu de base <http://www.revenudebase.ch/> 
Génération RBI www.rbi-oui.ch <http://www.rbi-oui.ch/> 
Association Solid'Art Solid'Art <http://www.solidart.ch/> 

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