[OSList] Renewing the Mission of the Open Space Institute U.S.

[Bhavesh Patel via OSList]

Hey Harold,

I have been playing with an approach for something else that might work
here as well.

The MISSION should simply be a blank circle with a small comment in the
middle that says "Add your question/statement here."

Around the blank mission circle should be about 8 eight questions that
together hold the tensional diversity of your mission. These questions can
all be different and coming from different perspectives, they could be
conflicting and contradictory, not too much and not too little, trying to
hold the paradoxical nature of...

Why am I taking this approach? I am finding that defining things, even
questions, does not support the reality of something that is dynamic and
yet coherent. A whirlpool is a great example, you know what it is and you
can see it, yet the whole thing is always moving and completely dependent
on everything around it. It's identity/mission relies on the constant
change happening, stop the change and it dies.

Maybe an Open Space Institute's mission is something like that?

I feel like Paul L is always trying to support us recognising the delicate
balance of 'fixing/defining/naming' something like Open Space...


Smiles Bhav...

On 18 July 2016 at 22:10, Harold Shinsato via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Dear People of Open Space:
>
> The Open Space Institute of the U.S. has been "holding space for open
> space" since at least 1997. It's origins lie in the summer of 1996, 20
> years ago. In the beginnings, there were many serious conversations in the
> community as to the role and mission of such an institute, and that role
> has certainly evolved over the years. The board has determined it is time
> for us to revisit our mission and role, and especially to invite and trust
> the rest of the community refresh and renew our purpose.
>
> Rather than have a mission statement, we hope instead to have a mission
> question. Or series of questions. What are the most valuable and alive
> questions for our community right now, and for the foreseeable future?
>
> To start the "question storming", here are some questions that have been
> reportedly asked deeply within our community in the early days:
>
> What is Open Space Technology?
> What is Open Space?
> What is Space?
>
> And here are some practical questions that would help guide the OSI-US's
> operations:
>
> How can the OSI-US best support our community?
> How can we best work together with the community to co-create a broad and
> diverse circle of people holding space for open space?
>
>     Thanks!
>     Harold Shinsato
>     on behalf of the Board of the Open Space Institute, U.S.
>
> --
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