[OSList] An invitation for future invitations to WOSONOS

Tue Oct 13 11:49:45 PDT 2015

Hi all!
Thanks all for your input, stories and further thinking out of my invitation
for future invitations. It¹s a rich conversation, it brings clarity and some
new questions to me.

To me it seems like naming The one and only (W)osonos might not be that
important anymore, or at least not for a while. The possibility of having a
multitude of gatherings all over the world and at different times seem to
open up for more space, breathing and fun (and brings us back to core
practice, as some of you pointed out).

If that is the case (the future will tell) there would maybe be a few less
things to do:
- The invitation doesn¹t have to come from a well prepared team or from an
area with an Open space community (whatever that is). It could be a single
person who wants to open up their place and welcome others to join.
- No Œvoting¹ at the end or the ceremony when the stick is handed over to
the Selected Team. Instead we could find out ways to celebrate the multitude
and richness of invitations, maybe to the tunes of ³the more the merrier² or
³we can¹t get enough of complexity².

What stands out for me is Michael¹s question on Who is osonos really for? Is
it a gathering for people who are more or less familiar to Open Space? A
place where we pass on knowledge and experiences, even traditions? Were we
take the liberty to be somewhat exclusive and excluding for a while? I
certainly have a need for those kind of meetings every now and then.

I reckon the ambition with most (w)osonoses is to be open for newcomers as
well. So how do we keep it new without burdening it with Œtraditions¹? An
event where the we try to avoid saying ³we usually doŠ². An event where the
newcomers have the same opportunity to co-create the event as the
Œold-timers¹. An event that is opening up for something new to happen that
no one knew about before? Like Paul pointed out in a Hotline call  why do
we put numbers on the (w)ononos¹es at all, isn¹t every event no 1?

How do we make Open Space instead of doing it?

And thanks Jan, for the link to ŒHow to make a decision without making a
decision¹. I my view the only tool I have for this, as a facilitator and
participant within an Open Space, is time - lots of time.  I usually only
get one day for an Open Space and if it¹s a tough decision and if the
question doesn¹t seem Œripe¹ enough, I simply don¹t invite for that process.
I find it too painful.
And that reminds me of what Chris said; this ³teaches us a lot about our
personal orientation to the practice of holding space. Also, it provides us
with many opportunities to examine, reflect and develop the personal
practice of opening space.²

The show goes on!

Pernilla

Den 2015-10-11 19:46, skrev "Lisa Heft - via OSList"
<oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>:

> Hello, Barbara - good to hear your voice.
> 
> Just sharing what I have heard, regarding one aspect you mention - there have
> been conversations about a WOSonOS in a few locations in Africa, but those
> prospective hosts - at least the ones I have talked with - have felt that
> though we others want it to be there to share about OST, they themselves have
> not had a community of practice to host it, so they (these different people,
> from different countries, in the different years I have chatted with them)
> have preferred to build their community of OST facilitation learners and
> facilitators first, before hosting. Because when one hosts, the most people
> who attend are from the immediate region. And also because in these
> conversations there has usually just been one person in their region, so they
> did not have the capacity and sometimes not the interest to be an event host,
> as their energies were more about learning and facilitating things. That¹s
> just the pattern I have seen - some of you others may have been involved in
> other conversations over the years.
> 
> My own question: With your first #2 item below - do you mean have a session
> about the next WOSonOS live, at the WOSonOS itself? Because that is what
> Karolina did at this year¹s WOSonOS. She posted and hosted a session on a day
> previous to the Closing Circle day at the conference, and made sure it was
> timed so I could be there to answer any Access Queen questions anyone might
> have. Other possible hosts chatted with me before that for their own private
> questions and conversations. Or maybe you mean something different than
> hosting a session up at the WOSonOS event itself - and it¹s just going into my
> head in a different way. Thanks for clarifying for me.
> 
> And personally, I agree with you - I love keeping the closing circle free for
> the group¹s¹ reflection about its WOSonOS conversations and learnings. Plus
> one more delicious thing: often in a WOSonOS, after Closing Circle ends, there
> is a really lovely moment when the current host passes the Talking Stick to
> the next-year¹s host (or their representative if they are not physically at
> that WOSonOS). It is really celebratory, and a nice sense of
> closure-plus-connection/community across the years. So personally, I like that
> part, too. 
> 
> Barbara, I think the communities and organizations in Cyprus are lucky to have
> you...
> 
> Lisa
> 
> Lisa Heft, also known as Access Queen
> 
> 
> On Oct 11, 2015, at 10:11 AM, Barbara Kozok via OSList
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> 
>>     
>>  
>>  
>> Dear Community,
>>  
>> 
>>  
>>  
>> I was happy for the opportunity to talk about the hosting process for the
>> WOSonOSes in Kraków.
>>  
>> 
>>  
>>  
>> Pernilla gently reminded me to put my comments into this forum.
>>  
>> I do it now.
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>> 
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>>  
>>  When I read though your proposal, Pernilla
>>  
>>  I really like the idea:
>>  
>>  
>> 1. to post the ambition to host a WOSonOS on social media. We have to find
>> the right place, where everybody has an access.
>> 2. to have a session about the next WOSonOS on a WOSonOS. Experience could be
>> shared, the Access Queen could be involved on the spot, and all
>> necessary/crucial questions could be discussed. The next host will get to
>> know the amount of work and the obstacles...
>> I am wondering 
>>  
>>  
>> 1. how we might integrate the idea, that the WOSonOS should rotate around the
>> world. (Have we ever had an WOSonOS in Africa?) However - this might happen -
>> or not. 
>> 2.  
>> 3. and I am not quite sure how to combine the hosting-question with the
>> closing circle. I would like to keep the closing of a WOSonOS free for
>> closing of what has happend. The next WOSonOS is something to come in the
>> future. Therefore it belongs - for me - into the action phase before closing
>> the circle. 
>> 4. If we integrate the hosting-question of the next WOSonOS into our agenda
>> it becomes transparent. And if everybody wants to join this session, we have
>> to make space for it. :-o
>> So far my thoughts.
>>  
>> 
>> ***********************************************************
>> 
>> WHO I am:
>> 
>> Founding member of boscop, the Berlin Open Space Cooperative. After more than
>> 20 years in SM and Big Enterprises out of which 7 years in Sweden I am living
>> in Cyprus and work on a volontary basis with diffferent NGOs which want to
>> make CY to a better place.
>> 
>> 
>>  --
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>>  
>> \
>>  
>> Dr. Barbara Kozok
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>> berlin open space cooperative eG
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>> POB 50257
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>> 3602 Limassol - Cyprus
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>> mobile: 00357 97 687876
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>> barbara.kozok at boscop.org
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