[OSList] Opening Space for Listening, after the US election

Fri Dec 2 20:01:54 PST 2016

Chuni Li, thank you for the kind words.

Michael H, I took your suggestion last week and dropped by my Congressman's
office.  Their staff thought the idea of holding conversations with people
to be very foreign, and I find that to be unfortunate.  The sad truth is
that they don't even know what they don't know.

The reality is that we all have limited time to pursue these kinds of
volunteer, community building efforts due to the requirements of work,
family, and other responsibilities.  When we (and we all do) face
roadblocks, we have to get our second wind and try again if we want to
achieve any meaningful results.

Everyone on this list wants to change the world in some big way or a small
way–or at least invite the world to change itself.  I'm probably not alone
in thinking that it's tough to know which projects to double-down on when
the initial level of interest is moderate.  I realize I'm only interested
in doing the hard work of opening space and not the very hard work of
invitation.  It's easy for me to walk away and say "whomever few came were
the right people" but I know that I didn't give the invitation process my
best effort; I just wasn't willing to sacrifice a lot of time to a project
that didn't start gaining traction on its own.  Maybe that's me being wise
and conserving energy for the next project, or maybe it's me being lazy, or
a combination of both.

Either way, that's me thinking out loud.  I hope y'all have a great weekend.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 7:19 PM, <chunili2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sorry to learn that you pulled the plug Lucas.
>
> I forwarded your email to my won who is a military veteran. He replied it
> looked really interesting and he would sign up for a slot.
>
> Chuni Li
>
>
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> *From:* Michael Herman via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> *To:* Lucas Cioffi <lucas at athenabridge.org>; World wide Open Space
> Technology email list <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 17, 2016 10:21 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Opening Space for Listening, after the US election
>
> lucas, i wonder if this is something that any of your local congress
> people would be interested in sponsoring.  if even one or two decided it
> was a good idea, it might spread.  or you might find they're not interested
> now but some issue or set of issues comes up and they come back to you
> about the idea then.
>
>
> --
>
> Michael Herman
> Michael Herman Associates
> 312-280-7838 (mobile)
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>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Lucas Cioffi via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I pulled the plug on the American Townhall series
> <http://townhalls.qiqochat.com/>, rather than letting the experimental
> project run for a month.
>
> I want to sincerely thank those who signed up for it and for everyone who
> helped to spread the word.
>
> Unfortunately, I must cancel the project, because with a moderate level of
> effort over the past week, I was not able to find more than 12 people who
> were interested in participating (outreach was over the past week on
> Facebook and email discussion lists).
>
> Of course, we could let this experiment continue and try to build momentum
> day after day for the next 30 days, but in my estimation, there just isn't
> enough interest to make this worth your time or my time.
>
> So let's save our energy and make space for more promising efforts. I'm
> happy to chat if you have any questions or suggestions.
>
> Thanks again, and I look forward to crossing paths online.
>
> Lucas Cioffi
> Charlottesville, VA
> 917-528-1831
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 7:49 PM, Jeff Aitken via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.
> org <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>
> 430 pacific is tough but I'm glad to see this now.
> Jeff
> SF
>
> On Nov 17, 2016 4:39 PM, "Skye Hirst via OSList" <oslist at lists.openspacetech.or
> g <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>
> I am so sorry no one showed up. I was there.  I think perhaps folks are
> just tired of talking.  Thanks this time I got on and I'm getting how it
> works.  Let's try again soon.  Thank you so much for your efforts to keep
> this in front of us as a option.
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Lucas Cioffi via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.or
> g <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Whether their side won or lost, I see that many of my friends across the
> political spectrum are hurting for reasons that may surprise the other
> side. People have stories they want heard.
> One powerful way to change minds is to tell your story to someone who has
> a different perspective, so I'm setting up a month of nightly video chat
> breakout tables that are open & free: http://americantownhalls.org/
> *These 30-minute interactive video chats start tonight and happen each
> evening at 7:30pm Eastern through December 17th.*  Please drop in
> anytime.  This is opening space but not OST; the format is breakout tables
> with no specific topics selected.
>
> If you know an American military veteran who may want to host the space
> one evening, there's a volunteer sign-up form at the bottom of the page
> (see link above).  This is also an experiment in seeing how people who have
> little formal training in dialogue can open space.
>
> Lucas Cioffi
> Charlottesville, VA
> Mobile: 917-528-1831
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