[OSList] Is Open Space a meeting?

Thu Nov 20 12:59:07 PST 2014

slippery ground there, Daniel, talking about what OS "is"! :-)

however, on a very practical level, I will speak from my own experience,
about what OS can *do*:

to me, it offers a space where people can figure out *what *they
really want to meet about, and then meet with others who also care about
the same thing.

So in that sense, it creates a space for *many* "meetings" to happen --
the kind of "meeting", that people *want* to show up for!

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On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:35 AM, via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
wrote:

> 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>
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 20, 2014 12:22 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Is Open Space a meeting?
>
> 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 commit*
> *t**ee**, 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?
>
>
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