[OSList] Dead Moose Society...just in case you don't know about it!
Alan Stewart
alanmstewart at gmail.com
Thu Jun 28 20:29:56 PDT 2018
G’day Birgitt and All
Enthralling idea!
Re: Collaborative initiatives to resuscitate...
If there’s dancing count me in. 👍 😊
Al (formerly known as Alan)
Promoter of ‘turning and dancing together’
Blog: Conversare.net
Way Downunder in Adelaide
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> On Jun 29, 2018, at 11:48 AM, doug via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> Birgitt--
>
> Wonderful, wonderful!
>
> Let's do put some life into the old dead moose!
>
> :- Doug. Germann
>
>> On 06/28/2018 05:03 PM, Birgitt Williams via OSList wrote:
>> Dear friends and colleagues who work with Open Space Technology,
>> Ever so long ago (1997) and not so far away (Ontario, Canada) a few of
>> us came up with a new society that we named The Dead Moose Society. I
>> came across the invitation again just now doing some research....and
>> want to share the invitation with you...just in case it has interest to
>> your heart and sense of humor, and just in case you haven't yet come
>> across this opportunity.
>>
>> in genuine contact,
>> Birgitt Williams
>>
>>
>> Dead Moose Society
>>
>>
>>
>> *You are invited to join The Dead Moose Society*
>>
>>
>>
>> Beware all of you in the world of Open Space. Another
>> entity has formed and we are extending an invitation to all of you to
>> participate. At an Opening the Space event in February 1997 in Ontario,
>> Canada, we discussed the importance of living our *truth*, with good
>> heads, good hearts, and extending care and compassion out into the
>> world. We then talked about the hazards associated with living this
>> way. What happens when collusion (co-illusion) is named? What happens
>> when a truth that everyone knows about but no one ever talks about
>> (except for parking lot gossip) is named? What happens when Space is
>> Opened and truth surfaces?
>>
>>
>>
>> At first glance, the answer would seem that the air gets
>> cleared and life goes on better that before. Our collective experience
>> has told us that this is not so. It is more common that the truth
>> teller comes to harm, is targeted for harm somehow. Or Open Space
>> itself is called into question, with people being so angry about the
>> *truth* having come out, that they end up being angry at the Open Space
>> process that they say “it didn’t work, look at what resulted.”
>>
>>
>>
>> So . . . we identified that all of this was like having
>> a dead moose under the table. Everyone knows it’s there, it smells,
>> maybe has gathered flies, is sickening, but no one wants to say the
>> obvious. And we decided that Open Space is to be honored for putting
>> “*the dead moose on the table*” so that it can be identified and
>> appropriately dealt with.
>>
>>
>>
>> And thus we formed the Dead Moose Society as an adjunct
>> to the Open Space Institutes and all good Open Space work everywhere.
>> The purpose of the Dead Moose Society is to get the Dead Moose on the
>> table wherever we can, and to support each other in efforts to do so.
>> The principles that will govern our Society are:
>>
>>
>>
>> Harrison Owen’s four principles for Open Space:
>>
>> 1. Whoever comes is the right people
>>
>> 2. Whenever it starts is the right time
>>
>> 3. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have
>>
>> 4. When it’s over, it’s over
>>
>>
>>
>> As well as Angeles Arrien’s four laws of Spirit:
>>
>> 1. Show up and be present
>>
>> 2. Tell the truth
>>
>> 3. Follow what has heart and meaning
>>
>> 4. Let it go
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *The Invitation*
>>
>> Please form your own Dead Moose Society when needed (NOW
>> isn’t such a bad time) with whomever you can interest in this very
>> important work. They must be people who are willing to take risks, have
>> courage, have vision, and enjoy community. And be committed to living
>> by the principles as above that encourage us to be about our own truth also.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Location*
>>
>> The first meeting of this first group took place in a
>> pub in Unionville, Ontario on April 16^th , 1997. That sets a possible
>> tone for where other Society meetings should be located - a good pub.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Fees*
>>
>> We would like to say there are none, but for those of
>> you who try to live your truth, and who have tried to name truth in an
>> organization, you know the price can be very high - nothing less than
>> your soul sometimes.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Agenda*
>>
>> Whatever happens, playfulness is certainly essential.
>> We all need to come forward with the abundance mentality of giving and
>> sharing. For us, some of the agenda items of our first meeting included:
>>
>>
>>
>> v Where did the dead moose come from anyway?
>>
>> v The loudest burp
>>
>> v When moose(s) extend their mating call, do we try to mate with them?
>>
>> v What is the plural of moose?
>>
>> v How do you spell carcass?
>>
>>
>>
>> We brought fun items along - a moose caller, a moose
>> puppet, a moose statue - the list goes on and on. We formally signed a
>> register and pretended like “Robert’s Rules of Order.” To sign the
>> register, we each took on a moose name. So much hilarity happened that
>> poor Robert’s Rules fell to the wayside, and we actually got a lot done.
>>
>>
>>
>> As you might guess, with the help of humor, the real
>> Dead Moose stories came out - very painful, very serious. We support
>> one another to carry on with bringing truth into the workplace. And
>> because we are able to laugh, amidst the tears, we are able to hold on
>> to the space that Open Space and truth need, to bring healing into the
>> organization.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Stay in touch*
>>
>>
>>
>> If you have a Dead Moose story to share or if you start
>> your own “chapter” of the Dead Moose Society, please let us know. Just
>> for the record.
>>
>>
>>
>> Contact Birgitt Williams at
>> birgitt at dalarinternational.com <mailto:birgitt at dalarinternational.com>
>>
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