[OSList] Inviting non-invitation

[Daniel Mezick via OSList]

"Is it accurate to say that some self organizing happens by invitation 
and some happens by coercion/force? "


Great question Lucas!


The [invitation] wall-poster you suggest feels wall-worthy to me, so 
long as no one is obligated to examine it... or even look at it.


My turn to ask a question: What might a world "void of manipulation" and 
"replete with invitation" actually look like?


Daniel



On 8/31/15 9:57 AM, Lucas Cioffi via OSList wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Is it accurate to say that some self organizing happens by invitation 
> and some happens by coercion/force?
>
> For example, from the perspective of someone who lives outside of 
> Iraq, the way the Ba'ath Party took charge of Iraq through a coup 
> seems like an example of self-organizing by force to us, because we're 
> outside the system of Iraq.  I welcome some thoughts on this.
>
> Over the past few months (and working with Michael Herman for VOSonOS) 
> I've seen that the spirit of invitation shouldn't end with the writing 
> of the invitation, and instead it should be present throughout the 
> open space. When someone posts a topic on the marketplace wall, they 
> are inviting others to a conversation, not taking over a time slot 
> (like having a coup and taking over a small country).
>
> When someone wants to be a "dictator" of their open space session, yes 
> others can use their two feet and walk out, but that comes at a cost 
> to the social fabric of the organization.  A better outcome would be 
> that the would-be dictator holds a welcoming space from the start.  So 
> I'd recommend that another sign worth posting on the wall near "Law of 
> Two Feet" would be "Spirit of Invitation".  I think it's wall-worthy, 
> do you?
>
> Lucas Cioffi
> Founder, QiqoChat.com <http://qiqochat.com/>
> Charlottesville, VA
> Mobile: 917-528-1831
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Paul Levy via OSList 
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org 
> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>
>     I think the clue lies in the wonderful word "self".
>
>     We are the selves that organise.
>
>     Beautiful.
>
>
>
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