[OSList] Open Space Outdoors

Thu May 11 21:04:13 PDT 2017

Birgitt's story reminds me of a big OS meeting, 70+ topics on the "wall"
which was actually small panes of glass, as the space was a large open area
in the pool atrium of a giant, sprawling resort complex.  same thing, lots
of humidity overnight.  long soggy-ish pile of topics along the wall when i
arrived.

it's not exactly exotic or remote and wasn't even outside, but one hotel
had a habit of wiping the airwalls with furniture polish.  nothing would
stick to them.  finally, they brought out some 3' magnetic disks they used
to hang large banners outside.  they stuck so well to the wall we could
hardly get them off.  we used them to hold up long pieces of tape with the
sticky side turned out and stuck our papers to that.

chris corrigan and i proved once on bowen island that a bushy hedge and
some clothespins will make a workable wall, too.

m

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On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Birgitt Williams via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> This reminds me of a moment of great laughter, The setting was Highland,
> North Carolina for the Organizational Transformation conference, I think
> 1997. It was a conference that was a turning point in my life in so many
> ways I cannot list them all. Of greatest note is I met Chandra Christianson
> there, we became close friends after she walked across the circle and said
> 'I would like to get to know you', and she eventually introduced me to one
> of her dearest friends Ward...whom I married in 2000 which then resulted in
> my move from Ontario, Canada to Raleigh, North Carolina and ultimately to
> becoming a US citizen.
>
> It was also the event at which I met Barry Owen for the first time, out in
> some rocking chairs, and we instantly became fast friends. Barry also has
> been influential in my life in so many great ways, including a BIG lesson
> in facing a fear....he visited us in Canada, we went for a hike, and as I
> started sliding down a very ice covered hill with a dangerous fall off to
> one side, I was overwhelmed by fear. In that very calm way that Barry has,
> he scooted down the hill to catch up to me, and stayed by my side the whole
> way down, not rescuing me in any way but encouraging me inch by inch saying
> 'Birgitt, you can do it...face your fear and just do it'. Barry was also a
> catalyst in my meeting Ward. I flew to Tennessee to attend his wedding on a
> Feb 13 in 1999. It was such a short trip from there to Chandra in North
> Carolina, a bit of a detour on my way back to Canada. And it was on that
> trip and that detour that I met Ward.
>
> I had lots of surprises in that OST event! Transformative in the extreme!
>
> So, now back to the funny moment that caused me laughter. In an early
> morning walk at the crack of dawn, I and friends walked past the big white
> tent that our OST meeting was in. We peered through the windows sure we had
> seen something inside. And indeed there was someone even at that early
> hour. It was Harrison and he was rescuing reports and agenda items.
> Overnight there had been so much dew that everything had fallen off of the
> walls. Harrison was hard at work so that everything would be in top notch
> shape when we all arrived. The laughter by those of us who were close
> friends of his was the acknowledgement that he secretly worked much harder
> than he ever let on!
>
> A good time was had by all,
> Birgitt
>
>
> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 1:29 PM Daniel Mezick via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Greetings Chad,
>>
>> Regarding Open Space outside:
>>
>> Some years ago I did arrange an OST event for outside. We used one of
>> those tents you can rent with the white tops and roll-down sides with the
>> little plastic windows (in case of wind or rain.) You can rent big round
>> ones, or big, rectangle-shaped ones.
>>
>> One thing that worked good was blue-taping the OST posters to a piece of
>> cardboard cut from a large box. We took that and then duct-taped it to each
>> of the tent poles. That actually worked pretty good-- they did not fall
>> down or spin or flap around or anything like that. The duct tape held good.
>>
>> So you might want to try this also, that is, if you are also getting a
>> big tent for your event.
>>
>> Materials:
>>
>>    - Posters
>>    - Blue tape
>>    - Duct tape
>>    - Cardboard backing (cut from a larger box) for the posters
>>
>> Marketplace:
>>
>> We used a big white board on wheels and wheeled it out to the meeting
>> area, and put the marketplace on that. This also worked great.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> On 5/5/17 8:40 PM, Michael Herman via OSList wrote:
>>
>> you might search the archives for "beach" ...and you should find ralph
>> copleman's query years ago for ideas for dealing with the challenges of
>> seaside open space.
>>
>>
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>> Michael Herman
>> Michael Herman Associates
>> 312-280-7838 <(312)%20280-7838> (mobile)
>>
>> http://MichaelHerman.com
>> http://OpenSpaceWorld.org
>>
>>
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>> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Chad Clippingdale via OSList <
>> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
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>>> I'm interested in learning about people's experience of
>>> hosting/facilitating open space outdoors, specifically in more remote
>>> locations. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Chad
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