[OSList] Is Open Space a meeting?

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I like your description of Open Space being a "way"....
It can be a way in terms of a path, or a way in terms of a means, or a way in terms of a mindset.
Hence, "the way that can be described is not the universal way, and the name that can be named is not the universal name." (Lao Tzu) 
Sorry, I seem to have made it even more unclear....
Chuni Li
       From: John Baxter via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
 To: Harold Shinsato <harold at shinsato.com>; World wide Open Space Technology email list <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> 
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I can tell you if a meeting is Open Space (though there are plenty of grey examples), but not if Open Space is a meeting.
In my personal lingo, Open Space is a way of being together, not a whole package that describes an event.

You can hold meetings in Open Space, you can hold gatherings in Open Space, you can hold conferences in Open Space...  you can do any of these things in any other way... and you can have Open Space in any myriad forms of 'gathering' too.
My response feels unclear, though it was perfectly clear before I wrote it, I promise...  Hopefully it comes out okay at your end.
Cheers

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On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Harold Shinsato via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

 

 Hi Daniel,
 
 I think we can count Open Space as a "meeting" by both definitions 1. and 2. in your dictionary listing. But it doesn't fit well to me in the poetic sense. I prefer conference or gathering. Or even better, it is something that stands alone and apart, as its own sort of thing. So instead of saying "we're going to the open space meeting", we just say "we're going to the open space."
 
 In general, my sense of a "meeting" is something where we all meet in the same place at the same time and talk about the same things, *mostly* one at a time.
 
     Harold
 
 On 11/18/14 5:29 AM, Daniel Mezick via OSList wrote:
  
 I have a simple question: Is Open Space a meeting?
 
 For purposes of discussion, let's use this definition of /meeting/:
 
 meet·ing
 ˈmēdiNG/
 noun
 noun: meeting; plural noun: meetings
 
     1.
     an assembly of people, especially the members of a society or committee, for discussion or entertainment.
     "the early-dismissal policy will be discussed at our next meeting"
     synonyms: gathering, assembly, conference, congregation, convention, summit, forum, convocation, conclave, council, rally, caucus; More
     power lunch, power breakfast;
     informal get-together
     "he stood up to address the meeting"
         a gathering of people, especially Quakers, for worship.
     2.
     a coming together of two or more people, by chance or arrangement.
     "he intrigued her on their first meeting"
     synonyms: consultation, audience, interview More
 
 
 
 Is Open Space a meeting?
 
 
 Daniel
 
 
 
 
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