[OSList] Request for Government-sponsored Open Space stories!

[Tricia Chirumbole]

Hi all!

This is part 2 of a request for fodder for my discussions with the new
mayor of Pittsburgh, PA re: Open Space inspired civic engagement
initiatives. They watched the video of the Harrisonburg, VA mayoral Open
Space summits and said they were, "very cool", but apparently wanted more
"proof".

*The scoop: *Good news so far! I was in the Mayor's office last week and
learned that they are very sincere about wanting to develop a civic
engagement platform, and they even said lovely things like they don't want
it to be top-down and they want participation in actual community
development - not just feedback/town halls.

They also mentioned early on that they could use "something like this"
for *internal
work* - citing low morale from the last mayor who left in scandal and the
fact that some of the people have probably worked there for 30 years and
never been asked their thoughts on anything.

*Request: *They are interested in more examples of governments sponsoring
this type of citizen-directed and designed civic engagement.

Three specific questions: 1) How do we make sure people feel safe?; 2) How
do we ensure that there are no repercussions for people sharing openly? (in
reference to an internal Open Space); and 3) How do we get a diversity of
people to participate?

I gave responses to all of these that I think made sense, but *any
references, videos, examples of government external or internal open space
work * would be MUCH appreciated! I think any level of government in any
country would do.


Thanks so much for reading this lengthy epistle!  May you share and feel
the love today and always :)

Tricia Chirumbole
Open Space Facilitator, Certified Scrum Master
Mojo Collaborative
www.mojocollaborative.com

571-232-0942
skype: tricia.chirumbole
twitter: @themojozone
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