[OSList] Invitation #2: Open Space in New York City - Martin Luther King Weekend

Fri Nov 24 19:15:10 PST 2017

Happy Thanksgiving Barry! Thrilled that you're coming. Truly!

There are affordable rooms available at International House.  I'll ask
Karen Davis to follow up with you.

Golly gee, really happy we'll finally get to meet in person. Plus this year
more than ever this gathering feels so very important.

Suzanne
s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com
203-722-2009
www.nufocusgroupusa.com

On Nov 24, 2017 11:06 AM, "Barry Owen via OSList" <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> HI Suzanne!
>
> I am intending to come to this and working on arrangements now.
>
> Is there a nearby hotel that you recommend?
>
> Best,
>
> b
>
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> On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 6:55 PM, Suzanne Daigle via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> *Long Invitation*
>> From the heart; I could not not write what I wrote.
>> *Signed* Suzanne
>>
>>
>> Dear OS community and friends,
>>
>> This will be the first of many invitations. To a gathering for which I
>> feel a pull now more than ever before. I have not been able to find the
>> right words to extend this invitation to you on this OS list so I've been
>> sitting on it, and sitting on it. For about 4 to 5 years now, I have been
>> partnering with Harrison and Karen Davis to lend a hand in hosting Open
>> Space at this special place in New York City called International House.
>> The Open Space Insitute US and many others have also been there to support
>> and help.
>>
>> This year as I invite others, I feel its pull even more poignantly.
>> Because of the world we live in, because so many of us feel a calling that
>> seems more urgent, more critical and more important than ever before.
>>
>> With a tradition that has lasted more than 20 years, happening during
>> this same time period and at this same place every year, people have
>> gathered to learn Open Space or to deepen their practice of it - to feel
>> its magic for the first time or to feel renewed by it with others *as if*
>> for the first time. As I let my mind and my heart wander, I relive the
>> moments of being there, feeling the presence of those in my life who have
>> become mentors, friends and familiar faces. I feel myself climbing the
>> well-worn steps of this auspicious place full of history, remembering the
>> buzz of conversations, the silence, the reflections and the bursts of
>> insight and courage that emerged so naturally. For those who have attended,
>> once, a few times or more often, you each know what transpired afterwards
>> because you came. Afterwards, YOU opened more space than you could ever
>> have imagined. Countless individuals and entire communities from near and
>> far have been touched, inspired and activated because YOU opened space
>> inside yourself and for others.
>>
>> As I fled the Florida hurricanes this year, finding myself in Montgomery
>> Alabama where Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and the entire Civil Rights
>> movement found their footing, I felt in awe of the space they had opened in
>> the world...courageously and strategically. Sitting in the Dexter Church,
>> standing in the kitchen where late into the night, Martin Luther King
>> questioned if he would have the courage to continue, to put at risk his
>> life and that of his lovely wife and newborn daughter. I felt transported
>> to the time later when he recited his "I had a dream" speech during the
>> March on Washington.
>>
>> One would think that after all the sacrifices and all the bloodshed, that
>> we would be many steps closer to living what is in the Declaration of
>> Independence:
>>
>> "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_men_are_created_equal>, that they are
>> endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
>> are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life,_Liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_Happiness>
>> ."
>>
>> It would seem that as our planet gets smaller, that we would feel more
>> united and connected. And yet on so many fronts, we have reason to feel
>> discouraged and despaired. Indeed all the ingredients that invite us to
>> Open Space are there in its raw fury of opportunity.
>>
>> Harrison Owen explains that this approach works best when these
>> conditions are present, namely high levels of
>>
>>    1. *Complexity*, in terms of the tasks to be done or outcomes
>>    achieved;
>>    2. *Diversity*, in terms of the people involved and/or needed to make
>>    any solution work;
>>    3. *Conflict, real or potential*, meaning people really care about
>>    the central issue or purpose; and
>>    4. *Urgency*, meaning that the time to act was "yesterday".
>>
>>
>> Indeed one could venture to say that there has never been a time in
>> history where the need was ever greater to Open Space, to know Open Space
>> and to be Open Space.
>>
>> PEACE and HIGH PERFORMANCE is the timeless theme of this historical
>> invitation happening from Friday January 12th to Sunday January 14th, 2018.
>>
>> We invite you from the bottom of our heart and invite you to invite many
>> others.
>>
>> Here is the link with the official Invitation
>> <http://www.osius.org/peace-high-performance-2018> where you can
>> register.
>>
>> With much love for this community - please spread the word!
>>
>> Suzanne
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Suzanne Daigle
>> Open Space Facilitator
>> NuFocus Strategic Group
>>
>> FL 941-359-8877 <(941)%20359-8877>
>> Cell: 203-722-2009 <(203)%20722-2009>
>> www.nufocusgroupusa.com
>> s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com
>> Twitter @Daiglesuz
>>
>>
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