[OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?
Daniel Mezick via OSList
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Thu Nov 13 06:03:46 PST 2014
Hi John,
I wonder what kind of group your report of the [prescriptive gathering]
is describing.
I wonder if it is:
* an open-to-the-public event; like a conference, or
* a community-type gathering; like people in a community of practice, or
* an event inside a business org, like a corporation.
Regards,
Daniel
On 11/13/14 12:46 AM, John Baxter via OSList wrote:
> So where are all the examples of failures to open space against the
> tide? Who has those?
> They're the ones we can really learn from...
>
>
> A couple come to mind, essentially the same, not quite failure, but
> non-events at least, that reflect the story that I mentioned earlier...
>
> A small handful of people were fed up with a prescriptive
> gathering.... mostly as a sense of lost potential.
> Opportunity was taken to raise this concern with the whole group.
> The organisers tweaked somewhat in response, but ultimately in a way
> that did little to address the confines of the format. (In both cases,
> the organisers had planned in 'open space' working time towards the
> end of the event.) That absorbed the energy for rebellion. And in
> fact it meant those groups of dissidents spent more time sharing
> frustrations in what little space we could find, than actually getting
> down to work as we so desired.
>
> What didn't work
> a. Raising dissent about the formal structure without either a
> concrete plan of action, or sufficient space for a group to
> self-organise to create one... And also when most fellow participants
> are probably quite happy with the status quo. (Reflecting on this
> thread, perhaps the better response would have been focusing not on
> changing the existing structure, but on extending an invitation to
> others from the group to work within the gaps of that structure to
> have the conversations that mattered.)
>
> b. Tacking on a little bit of open space (1-3 hours) to the end of a
> prescriptive gathering. We know this is a bad idea, but it is
> interesting how this then absorbs the energy for self organisation.
>
>
>
>
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> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com
> <mailto:sdaigle4 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> John, some years ago I opened space in the middle of a 3 day
> conference. National Alliance of Arts and Culture... 350 people in
> a fancy hotel in Boston. No possibility of creating circle of
> chairs but at least we had a market place wall. I opened the space
> by inviting people to create a circle in their mind. Quite
> surprising that it all worked. People were in their sessions
> within the hour, super engrossed to the point where many skipped
> lunch.Topics got added over the course of the conference.
> Breakouts self-organized in unusual places with notes posted on
> walls to meet at the bar or at breakfast. Was not ideal but it
> seemed to work
> Enough that they created an adapted monthly or bimonthly open
> space like conference call for a year or two after. I was not
> involved.
> The sponsors were pleased and the participants were engaged. Not
> what I prefer but if I had to do it over again, I totally would.
> Suzanne
>
> On Nov 12, 2014 7:38 PM, "John Baxter via OSList"
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>
> Thank you everyone for your examples... I love the
> demonstrations of Open Space incorporated symbiotically into
> the structure of a more formal event. It is making me rethink
> what is possible with gatherings... there is strong pressure
> to have prescriptive formal structures even when everyone
> agrees that open space is really needed... so I very much like
> the idea of generative symbiotic combinations.
>
> I'm curious about the Official Story that Open Space doesn't
> work in parallel. Can anyone speak to that?
>
> I look at Open Space Technology in this context as an attempt
> to bring open space from the background or the cracks of a
> prescriptive structure, into the foreground. So it should not
> be surprising at all that those cracks can be expanded and
> built upon with OST??
>
> Thanks
>
>
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> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Harold Shinsato via OSList
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>
> The Open Jam events at the Agile 20xx conferences have
> increasingly been the place where (at least in my opinion)
> the cool things happen. Even though the official story is
> that Open Space doesn't work in parallel, and I've
> definitely seen it work horribly in a software conference
> attempting to put OST in parallel - the Agile Software
> community seems to really enjoy hanging out in this space
> and holding interesting sessions on the fringes of a very
> well populated main track. Even though it's not "official
> OST", it's very Open Space like.
>
> Thanks to the Agile 20xx conference folks, and to you
> Diane, for having this as a constant feature in my Agile
> 20xx experience!
>
> Regards,
> Harold
>
>
>
> On 11/12/14 3:16 PM, Diana Larsen via OSList wrote:
>> One more story:
>>
>> Since 2008,, every year at the Agile 20xx conference
>> there has been an area called "Open Jam" (in homage to a
>> now defunct Music Festival analogy). It's usually
>> prominently located near the main traffic patterns of the
>> conference and arranged with a variety of sub-areas
>> variously décor-ed with chairs of different kinds, some
>> tables, some not, flip charts, markers and other supplies
>> for easy access, etc.
>>
>> The "Open Jam" offers an opportunity each morning of the
>> five-day conference to propose new,
>> not-on-the-formal-program sessions that will run
>> throughout the day. It's right out in the Open, not sub
>> rosa at all, and for some attendees, it's the best part
>> of the conference. Every year different folks step up to
>> organize it with a very light touch.
>>
>> Beyond the Open Jam, the conference organizers work with
>> the new venue to emphasize the importance of a variety of
>> seating + small conversation areas throughout the
>> facility. People use them a lot, and at some times of day
>> it can be hard to find a free one.
>>
>> It's an acknowledgement of the "always open" nature of
>> spaces.
>>
>> Diana
>>
>>
>>
>> ***********
>> Diana Larsen
>> "Your Path Through Agile Fluency"
>> http://agilefluency.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 12, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Brendan McKeague via OSList
>> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
>> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>>
>>> A wee story of
>>>
>>> Last year at a 200-participant (tables of 8) conference,
>>> myself and a colleague Peter Wilde (with the blessing of
>>> the organisers) offered an 'alternative' space to the
>>> mainstream process.
>>>
>>> We introduced the notion of 'self-organising'
>>> conversations at the beginning of the conference and set
>>> up a 'market place' for offering/requesting
>>> conversations during the breaks and alongside the
>>> afternoon pre-planned workshop sessions. The market
>>> place was on a wall in the main meeting area and people
>>> were invited to go along at anytime and post their
>>> topic, indicating where they would meet to host their
>>> conversations. Needless to say, these conversations
>>> started at the right time, at the right place and
>>> continued until they were over...
>>>
>>> It was a practical way to provide meeting spaces for
>>> those who wished to connect with others - and it worked.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Brendan
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/11/2014, at 4:37 PM, Jeff Aitken via OSList wrote:
>>>
>>>> I remember that story Michael! Some year afterward,
>>>> John Abbe came
>>>> south from Eugene and we cofacilitated a two day
>>>> 'recent changes camp'
>>>> outside and inside of the Social Text offices in Palo
>>>> Alto. Folks from
>>>> Europe were there too.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>> On 11/11/14, Michael Herman via OSList
>>>> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
>>>> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>>>>> first, to paul, yes i've definitely done as you say.
>>>>> was a very small
>>>>> group of us, not a conference but a "team meeting"
>>>>> held too late in the day
>>>>> and made everyone ripe for some harmless mutiny. i
>>>>> led the charge or made
>>>>> the suggestion, and the next day we did the team
>>>>> meeting in open space. we
>>>>> put up 8 issues, discussed only 3, and the next weekly
>>>>> meeting looked like
>>>>> all the previous ones, except that the team leader's
>>>>> agenda was really just
>>>>> an ongoing updating of our original 8 issues, which
>>>>> were the answer to "how
>>>>> do we get this project finished successfully?"
>>>>> mission accomplished.
>>>>>
>>>>> next, to the main question...
>>>>>
>>>>> some years ago, ted ernst (who some here will
>>>>> remember) and some other
>>>>> friends got excited about wiki websites. they met up
>>>>> in portland, drove to
>>>>> seattle to pick up others, then drove all the way to
>>>>> san diego, using
>>>>> *part* of the minivan windshield as an open space
>>>>> bulletin board,
>>>>> discussing all the way, to a symposium called wikisym.
>>>>>
>>>>> when they got there, this merry band made themselves
>>>>> stickers that said
>>>>> "ask me about open space." as they met folks, they
>>>>> told the story and made
>>>>> more stickers. pretty soon everyone knew about open
>>>>> space, a bulletin
>>>>> board was created on a wall in a hallway, sessions
>>>>> went up and started
>>>>> happening. the conference organizers came to the
>>>>> merry band and asked them
>>>>> nicely not to wreck the conference. since wrecking
>>>>> was not the intention,
>>>>> it was all worked out.
>>>>>
>>>>> part of that is that the organizers asked ted to
>>>>> facilitate open space at
>>>>> the next symposium and make it official, so to speak.
>>>>> another part was
>>>>> that some of the merry band, having been teased by
>>>>> these first attempts,
>>>>> wanted to see what happened in a full-blown 2.5 days.
>>>>> so they organized
>>>>> "recent changes camp" which itself sparked a bunch of
>>>>> other gatherings.
>>>>>
>>>>> gerard muller can maybe say more about the follow-on
>>>>> from the wikisym in
>>>>> open space, as it was in denmark or nearby and i think
>>>>> he ended up working
>>>>> with ted on that one.
>>>>>
>>>>> m
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael Herman
>>>>> Michael Herman Associates
>>>>> 312-280-7838 <tel:312-280-7838> (mobile)
>>>>>
>>>>> http://MichaelHerman.com
>>>>> http://OpenSpaceWorld.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:32 PM, John Baxter via OSList <
>>>>> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
>>>>> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I hosted an 'Elephants' Gathering' at a conference
>>>>>> once upon a time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I knew there were people there I wanted to talk to,
>>>>>> but the program was
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> little interest.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I didn't try to compete with the mainstream agenda, I
>>>>>> put it in the
>>>>>> evening.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nobody had any intent on the formalities of Open
>>>>>> Space, but it was indeed
>>>>>> an open space, and the right people came (far less
>>>>>> than I thought would
>>>>>> come, but all the ones I wanted to talk to!).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Someone (Eisenstein?) wrote a post recently, I think
>>>>>> posted here, about
>>>>>> trying to subvert the structure of a conference and
>>>>>> being beaten down.
>>>>>> My
>>>>>> interpretation of events obviously...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The right people can always be found in the cracks
>>>>>> (at the bar, the
>>>>>> coffee
>>>>>> station etc). Some of them might need an invitation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think it's appropriate to force Open Space on
>>>>>> the others in a
>>>>>> gathering who have little interest.
>>>>>> Good on anyone that makes the call that Open Space is
>>>>>> right for everyone
>>>>>> and goes with it. But I fear that may likely more
>>>>>> driven by ego than
>>>>>> care
>>>>>> (e.g the above dramatisation).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good discussion!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *John Baxter*
>>>>>> *Cocreation Consultant & CoCreate Adelaide Facilitator*
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>>>>>> good word about
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Skye Hirst via OSList <
>>>>>> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
>>>>>> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> yeah, indeed flash mob Open Space always a great
>>>>>>> possibility. Thanks,
>>>>>>> Skye
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Royle, Karl via
>>>>>>> OSList <
>>>>>>> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
>>>>>>> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Great!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sent by iPhone
>>>>>>>> Karl Royle
>>>>>>>> Head of Enterprise and Commercial Development
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing
>>>>>>>> University of Wolverhampton
>>>>>>>> 01902323006
>>>>>>>> 07815416698
>>>>>>>> @karlroyle. On Twitter
>>>>>>>> Karlr61 Skype
>>>>>>>> Www.academia.edu/karlroyle
>>>>>>>> <http://Www.academia.edu/karlroyle>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 11 Nov 2014, at 20:51, "paul levy via OSList" <
>>>>>>>> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
>>>>>>>> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <http://rationalmadness.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/w3.jpg>
>>>>>>>> <http://rationalmadness.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/w3.jpg>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I wonder if anyone reading this has experiences to
>>>>>>>> share of what I am
>>>>>>>> about to describe. Most published stories of open
>>>>>>>> space tend to go by
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> book. The book is often referred to as the *user *
>>>>>>>> <http://www.openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm>
>>>>>>>> <http://www.openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm>*guide*
>>>>>>>> <http://www.openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm>
>>>>>>>> <http://www.openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm>",
>>>>>>>> and it tends towards
>>>>>>>> a process that is largely based on an* instruction
>>>>>>>> manual*
>>>>>>>> <http://elementaleducation.com/wp-content/uploads/temp/OpenSpaceTechnology--UsersGuide.pdf>
>>>>>>>> <http://elementaleducation.com/wp-content/uploads/temp/OpenSpaceTechnology--UsersGuide.pdf>.
>>>>>>>> Dogmatic application manual can then lead, in my
>>>>>>>> humble opinion, not to
>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>> less thing to do, but often one more thing to do.
>>>>>>>> These are "guides"
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>> rules, and that is the spirit in which they were
>>>>>>>> written. In many
>>>>>>>> cases,
>>>>>>>> the user guide proves remarkably resilient and
>>>>>>>> applicable. Yet there is
>>>>>>>> always the next moment, the new story, the moment
>>>>>>>> that needs something
>>>>>>>> playful.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There's a lot in the manual (and the many trainings
>>>>>>>> that have come into
>>>>>>>> being from it) about sponsors and invitations, and
>>>>>>>> the things that need
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> be done before an Open Space to ensure the open
>>>>>>>> spacer er... opens space.
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> have no difficulty with the manual. It's full of
>>>>>>>> good advice and is the
>>>>>>>> foundation you might just need to open some space.
>>>>>>>> But, hey, what about
>>>>>>>> this... I'm at a company away day that is looking
>>>>>>>> at product innovation.
>>>>>>>> It
>>>>>>>> is business critical, and it is floundering.
>>>>>>>> Powerpoint after
>>>>>>>> Powerpoint
>>>>>>>> has resulted in a stifled audience, and when they
>>>>>>>> get to breakout
>>>>>>>> sessions,
>>>>>>>> the flipcharts look empty, the energy is low, and
>>>>>>>> it all looks a bit
>>>>>>>> too
>>>>>>>> quiet. There's a feeling in the room that the event
>>>>>>>> is dying on its
>>>>>>>> feet.
>>>>>>>> Several sessions are lost in badly facilitated
>>>>>>>> action planning. I am on
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> team and the lead facilitator looks to me for any
>>>>>>>> ideas. It must be
>>>>>>>> because
>>>>>>>> I am silent and looking knowing and wise.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Actually I'm seething inside at this
>>>>>>>> over-facilitated, over-designed,
>>>>>>>> overplanned conference crash. Do you mind if I... I
>>>>>>>> ask, a bit pompously
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> the lead facilitator is up for whatever help he can
>>>>>>>> get. I leap up, and
>>>>>>>> step into the mess. I have a loud voice and it
>>>>>>>> can't get any worse than
>>>>>>>> this. An idea has just occurred to me and I decide
>>>>>>>> to hurl it into the
>>>>>>>> cluttered room. "Er, hey." I roar. "Why don't we
>>>>>>>> open some space?" I'm
>>>>>>>> loud. It goes silent.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is what I say: "This is crap isn't it?"
>>>>>>>> Silence. "Can everyone
>>>>>>>> bring their chairs and let's get into a big circle.
>>>>>>>> Tuts, irritation,
>>>>>>>> doubt
>>>>>>>> and mostly relief. Two minutes later there's a big
>>>>>>>> circle.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I introduce open space in about four minutes and
>>>>>>>> quickly crab some flip
>>>>>>>> chart paper and tack it to the wall, creating four
>>>>>>>> corners at new
>>>>>>>> breakout
>>>>>>>> spaces.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I ask people to take their chairs with them and,
>>>>>>>> within about ten
>>>>>>>> minutes we have a whole bunch of different
>>>>>>>> sessions, many based around
>>>>>>>> action.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The bosses in the room are gobsmacked.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We have a two hour open space until wrap up and
>>>>>>>> there's a huge buzz in
>>>>>>>> the room from this pop-up open space.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The invite was improvised and spontaneous.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The space opened because it wanted and needed to.
>>>>>>>> It popped up and out
>>>>>>>> as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
>>>>>>>> It transformed the
>>>>>>>> day
>>>>>>>> and sent the clutter fleeing for cover. It was done
>>>>>>>> without fuss and
>>>>>>>> chairs
>>>>>>>> from the main circle quickly went into breakout and
>>>>>>>> back again. The
>>>>>>>> facilitator team were edgy because they felt they
>>>>>>>> were supposed to be
>>>>>>>> doing
>>>>>>>> something and I dragged them away for coffee. We
>>>>>>>> chatted a bit about
>>>>>>>> "emergence" and I was looked on as if I'd done some
>>>>>>>> kind of magic. I
>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>> young and enjoyed the attention. I was also looked
>>>>>>>> as as if I was a bit
>>>>>>>> weird. Well, I am a bit weird. I do wonder if
>>>>>>>> pop-up open space could
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> should happen a lot more.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A lot of open spacers I know loved improvisation
>>>>>>>> and spontaneity, yet
>>>>>>>> when it comes to open space are a bit locked in the
>>>>>>>> process in the book
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> instructions -- the manual that tends to overplay
>>>>>>>> the "prep" for the
>>>>>>>> event.
>>>>>>>> So, I'm waving a flag for pop-up, guerilla open
>>>>>>>> space. Why not open
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>> space even for the process of open space? Let's
>>>>>>>> shimmy it a little and
>>>>>>>> see
>>>>>>>> what falls out.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Flash mob" open space has, I think, a big future.
>>>>>>>> My intuition tells
>>>>>>>> me
>>>>>>>> a fair number of facilitators have done it, and a
>>>>>>>> fair few of them
>>>>>>>> haven't
>>>>>>>> reported it, telling instead there more
>>>>>>>> "responsible" by-the-book open
>>>>>>>> space stories. But why not? Why not open some space
>>>>>>>> on the spur of the
>>>>>>>> moment? The invite is still there -it just takes a
>>>>>>>> hell of a lot
>>>>>>>> shorter.
>>>>>>>> The opportunity is always there where an
>>>>>>>> over-organised event is
>>>>>>>> disappearing up its own proverbial...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It is also there in an event that has some inbuilt
>>>>>>>> flexibility. Why not
>>>>>>>> throw some open space into the flexible mix? But
>>>>>>>> best of all, why not
>>>>>>>> open
>>>>>>>> space when space is there to be open?
>>>>>>>> Self-organisation is often crying
>>>>>>>> out
>>>>>>>> for a chance in the midst of failing over-organisation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So, here's to some more pop-up open space...
>>>>>>>> On 11 Nov 2014 19:59, "Peggy Holman via OSList" <
>>>>>>>> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
>>>>>>>> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I got the query below from my friend Tom Atlee. It
>>>>>>>>> seemed like a
>>>>>>>>> great question for the list. Since Tom isn't on
>>>>>>>>> it, I told him that
>>>>>>>>> I'd
>>>>>>>>> forward any responses.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> appreciatively,
>>>>>>>>> Peggy
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *From: *Tom Atlee <cii at igc.org> <mailto:cii at igc.org>
>>>>>>>>> *Date: *November 10, 2014 at 12:51:54 PM PST
>>>>>>>>> *Subject: **Guerilla Open Space?*
>>>>>>>>> *To: *Peggy Holman <peggy at peggyholman.com>
>>>>>>>>> <mailto:peggy at peggyholman.com>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Peggy,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thinking about the NCDD conference, I got the idea
>>>>>>>>> for "guerilla Open
>>>>>>>>> Space" to be used in conferences where you want to
>>>>>>>>> open the space in
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> middle of a too-organized gathering. It would
>>>>>>>>> involve a central
>>>>>>>>> website
>>>>>>>>> with instructions on what to do and why. It would
>>>>>>>>> involve passing out
>>>>>>>>> cards with messages like "Is there something that
>>>>>>>>> you'd really like to
>>>>>>>>> talk
>>>>>>>>> about or do here that the agenda here is
>>>>>>>>> preventing you from talking
>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>> or doing?" "Would you like to be learning,
>>>>>>>>> contributing, and having
>>>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>>>> fun here?" with the web address on it. Tweets
>>>>>>>>> might also be used.
>>>>>>>>> Then,
>>>>>>>>> on the main website it would tell people about how
>>>>>>>>> to do a guerilla
>>>>>>>>> open
>>>>>>>>> space, referring them perhaps to meetup.com
>>>>>>>>> <http://meetup.com> to arrange places to talk.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Or something like that. Have you heard of such
>>>>>>>>> thing before? Do you
>>>>>>>>> have any thoughts/responses?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hugs,
>>>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> _________________________________
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