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

[Daniel Mezick]

The irony of the venue name in this story, "Harrisonburg" just makes me 
laugh! You just cannot make stuff like this up.

On 2/14/14 5:09 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:
>
> Tricia -- "Proof" will never be forthcoming. Reason is simple. Every 
> Open Space is unique. What happens in one place is not a firm 
> indication that "it" can/will happen again. So whenever anybody says 
> they want "proof" -- my answer is that it can't happen, won't happen, 
> and if it did they would never believe it anyhow. In this case... what 
> happened in Harrisonburg happened in Harrisonburg. Pittsburg, of 
> course is unique!   So what else is new? However, maybe a conversation 
> Mayor to Mayor might help? Kai Degner (who did all of that) is no 
> longer Mayor of Harrisonburg, I believe. But he is still there, a good 
> person, and probably would respond positively to an email 
> Kai.Degner at gmail.com <mailto:Kai.Degner at gmail.com> . I know him. He 
> knows me. Good luck.
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> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Tricia 
> Chirumbole
> *Sent:* Friday, February 14, 2014 10:35 AM
> *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list
> *Subject:* [OSList] Request for Government-sponsored Open Space stories!
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> 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
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