[OSList] One thing less to do and other neat ideas from the field of experience and practice

Mon Apr 15 05:10:50 PDT 2019

Depending on the design, I have only had two variations:

   - One option is to have a lunch break.
   - The other option is not to. The food arrives and can be grabbed
   whenever it's the right time.

The above has never been an issue in the many spaces of many sizes that I
have held...

On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 at 04:47, Harold Shinsato via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Dear Michael,
>
> This inquiry inspires me to write something. Thank you Michael!
>
> I cheer on your reminder that sharing our learning is a Law. Harrison Owen
> did not license, patent, or copyright Open Space Technology. But it was
> gifted with the requirement we sharing our learning. Maybe no Government
> can enforce this Law. Yet perhaps it's reality is even more REAL than most
> laws that governments can enforce.
>
> As for breaks, this has been something that has bothered me. Many groups
> that I have helped or participated with strenuously wanted formal breaks
> between the breakouts. I'd prefer to trust people to take care of
> themselves. And yet maybe when a group that self-organizes their own Open
> Space event force in not only end times, but also break times, I've seen it
> can help people give themselves some space.
>
> But I'm curious how you and others help people give respect to those who
> schedule sessions. Very often I find that extroverts and assertive people
> just hold onto their space and the more introverted and reserved wait
> patiently for the space to vacate. I like to ask people to respect the
> groups that follow to find another space. And so very frequently, groups
> (especially larger ones), will not find another space even though "it's not
> over", at least from what I could see.
>
> Very eager to hear your thoughts, and those of others, on their experience
> of End-Times, No-End-Times, Formal Breaks between sessions, etc. etc.
>
> Thanks!
> Harold
>
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 12:54 AM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear Gray and Juliane and everyone out there,
>>
>> lonely souls!
>> Right, this is one reason to have OSLIST. It works.
>>
>> Remembering and honoring that "breaks" were the beginning of open space
>> technology I looked out for ways to have the entire os event in the
>> spirit and the structure of a break... and it is not over and probably
>> will never be.
>> Here are some of my details:
>>
>> --- the event starts with a "break". Its there in the schedule: 8:30 Break
>>
>> --- there are only beginning times for breakout sessions, no slots (and
>> in the introduction I address this aspect in context of one of the Facts
>> of Life "When its over, its over... When its not over, its not over")
>>
>> --- instead of time slots for meals or coffee breaks, there is a
>> permanent buffet, from 8:30am, in the first "break", until after the
>> closing circle. The permanent buffet has always fresh fruit, vegetable
>> sticks, dips, nuts, coffee, tea, water, juice and someone who looks
>> after it. During what we usually would call "lunchtime" (lets say from
>> 11:30 to 14:30) the permanent buffet is expanded with something like a
>> hot soup, salad, bread or even fancier stuff and in the afternoon 14.30
>> to 16:00 there is another expansion with light cakes cut into small pieces
>>
>> --- the beginning times for the breakout sessions are fixed and there is
>> a longer break between those breakout sessions in the middle of the day
>> (I have not experimented without beginning times and am interested to
>> hear more details, stories with this approach)
>>
>> Ok, come out of your lonely place and spread your learning (which, as
>> you might have heard, is a Law)
>>
>> Greetings from Berlin
>> mmp
>>
>> >>
>> >
>> > Yes, this! For my open spaces since 2007 (at least in one particular
>> > flavor) we never break up the day - not even for lunch (“At a certain
>> > time, Lunch will magically appear! If you are hungry then, feel free to
>> > partake. If not, feel free to keep doing what you’re doing.”) My
>> > experience has been that I often have to reassure certain people that
>> it
>> > will be alright - the lack of pre-determined slots makes them nervous.
>> > By the end of the day, they are almost always happy with it - and
>> > meanwhile we have sessions (which is what I call them) ranging from 5
>> > minutes to four and half hours, however much it truly needs.
>> >
>> > Juliane, thank you for being the first OS practitioner I’ve ever known
>> > who also practices this way. I feel less lonely.
>> >
>> > :-)
>> >
>> > Gray
>> >
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