[OSList] The youngest OS convener?

[Suzanne Daigle via OSList]

Like Kari I am smiling too in the simplicity of what you described Linda!
Thank you!
Suzanne
On Jun 24, 2015 7:26 PM, "Kári Gunnarsson" <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
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> This post brings a smile to my face
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> /Kári
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> On 24 June 2015 at 19:21, Linda Stevenson via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
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>> Last week while facilitating an Open Space on "creating a
>> vibrant parish community" which included 85 people ages 3 to 93, the
>> youngest took some markers and paper just to color, so I thought, but
>> she reappeared to hold up her drawing and with her older sister by her side
>> who announced that the drawing was the playground she wanted.
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>> This adorable three year took everyone by surprise, myself included, and
>> a session was convened around her drawing and the feasibility of creating a
>> playground at the parish.
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>> Passion doesn't know age!
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>> As always, the community was surprised and amazed with the participation
>> and the results.  One long-time parishioner said it was the first time she
>> had had a voice in the parish, and another asked me to leave behind The
>> Five Principles poster on the wall to remind them of what they had
>> experienced.  More than a few said they were very skeptical before hand and
>> delighted afterwards.  Some intended to leave after an hour but stayed
>> until the closing.  Things that we all hear all the time when opening and
>> closing space.
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>> Thank you, Harrison, for sharing your 30 year experiment with all of us,
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>> Linda
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