[OSList] Expenses

Sun Nov 15 06:52:52 PST 2015

Dear Tony,

part of the Open Space World Map project is the policy on surpluses: 
They can be used for spreading open space. Mostly, it has been zero 
interest loans pay-back-as-you can... and occasionally, there have been 
grants (for instance to assist in the funding of someone from Africa to 
come to a WOSonOS, in this particular example it was the first Berlin 
WOSonOS and the sum was 700 Euros... in the end the WOSonOS had a 
surplus itself and reimbursed the World Map revolving credit fund).

But I was thinking of the times when I was scratching together funds for 
rural development projects in the coop field in the Bootheel of South 
East Missouri, long before Open Space Technology saw the light of day. 
We often could generate funds when we were able to point to some funds 
already raised, especially locally.

I imagine that a good number of the 750 members of OSLIST having earned 
money with the free for everyone OST are contributing to the spread or 
use of OST in various ways. So why not asking them. Consider ourselves 
as a "Foundation" supporting an NGO to facilitate an os-event.
Some of us might even be interested in facilitating such an event if 
they in turn would get someone from the NGO helped in this way supplying 
facilitation the first donor would be doing in the future. In this  way 
there would be no money flowing at all... but interesting activities on 
a cooperative and collaborative support. This kind of arrangement could 
also be reported on in OSLISt spawning more of the same stuff.

Good fortune and greetings from Berlin
mmp

On 15.11.2015 01:47, Tony Budak via OSList wrote:
> Hi Michael, Gee, it just didn't occur to me that a EU agency would be
> interested in local development, I have a lot to learn.
>
> So you are teasing right, you have funding available? ;-)
>
> Best,
> Tony
>
> On 11/14/2015 5:03 PM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote:
>> Did you ask the EU?
>> Imagine they were interested or imagine not only interested but
>> actually granting a bundle, how would that shame the locals.
>> I remember how activists in Seattle got Japanese collaborators to send
>> care packages (rice) to Seattle when the food stamp program for the
>> city was threatened.
>> It worked. Back in the 80s, I think.
>>
>> By the way, you never asked me. How come?
>>
>> Cheers
>> mmp
>>
>> On 14.11.2015 22:10, Tony Budak via OSList wrote:
>>> Yes of course Harrison and Léa,  I should have known that the sauce is
>>> the secret. Thanks
>>>
>>> Are there any archives of sets of measurable success indicators for key
>>> outputs of the project events that use OST?
>>>
>>> Here in the rust belt provinces of Ohio, I doubt that EU is interested.
>>> But I'm certain that local foundations would look favorable on proposals
>>> that use base line data gathered from particular lines of change in
>>> terms of social or self-organizing results, evidence  (sauce)?
>>>
>>> On 11/14/2015 3:02 PM, Léa via OSList wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello there...
>>>> I think depending the issue u are dealing with, you can have grants
>>>> from a lot of eu programs (witch are quite heavy) or from private
>>>> foundations like evans or open society
>>>>
>>>> Le 14 nov. 2015 8:55 PM, "Harrison Owen via OSList"
>>>> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
>>>> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>     Tony – I was going to answer that I didn’t know of any. Then I
>>>>     recalled that our State Department has put multiple millions into
>>>>     Opening Space in a foreign land. I seem to recall that the EU has
>>>>     done similar sorts of things, as has The World Bank. Even parts of
>>>>     the UN are guilty. Although I am totally certain that none of the
>>>>     above would ever admit to such a thing. I guess the secret sauce
>>>>     is the program and intent – OST is just a funny incidental.
>>>>
>>>>     Harrison
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>>>>     Newbie here, who are the Foundations which grant funds to
>>>>     non-profits to facilitate Open Space gatherings?
>>>>
>>>>     Thank you kindly,
>>>>
>>>>     Tony
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