[OSList] An invitation for future invitations to WOSONOS

Tue Oct 13 12:06:24 PDT 2015

Love this summary, Pernilla.  Works for me.

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Pernilla Luttropp via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi all!
> Thanks all for your input, stories and further thinking out of my
> invitation for future invitations. It’s 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 doesn’t 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 ‘voting’ 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 “the more the
> merrier” or “we can’t get enough of complexity”.
>
> What stands out for me is Michael’s 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 ‘traditions’? An
> event where the we try to avoid saying “we usually do…”. An event where the
> newcomers have the same opportunity to co-create the event as the
> ‘old-timers’. 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)ononos’es at all, isn’t every event no 1?
>
> How do we make Open Space instead of doing it?
>
> And thanks Jan, for the link to ‘How to make a decision without making a
> decision’. 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 it’s a tough decision and if the
> question doesn’t seem ‘ripe’ enough, I simply don’t invite for that
> process. I find it too painful.
> And that reminds me of what Chris said; this “teaches 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.”
>
> The show goes on!
>
> Pernilla
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> 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. That’s 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 year’s 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 it’s
> 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 group’s’ 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-year’s 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
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> On Oct 11, 2015, at 10:11 AM, Barbara Kozok via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
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> Dear Community,
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> I was happy for the opportunity to talk about the hosting process for the
> WOSonOSes in Kraków.
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> Pernilla gently reminded me to put my comments into this forum.
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> I do it now.
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>  When I read though your proposal, Pernilla
>
>  I really like the idea:
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>    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
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>
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>    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.
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> 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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