[OSList] WOSonOS 2005 Nova Scotia - do you remember

Tue Jul 16 08:11:31 PDT 2019

Hi to all the Nova Scotia WOSonOS Alumni,
I am writing to you from beautiful New Brunswick Canada where I am
vacationing with family.  How I revel in the spirit of this inquiry which
happened before my life transforming exposure to Open Space in 2009.  Soon
after that first introduction, I collected all my air miles and rushed to
Taiwan for the WOSonOS there. I relish the memories of it so deeply, in the
same "spirit" as folks sharing here.

Thank you Marai for posting this inquiry. It reminds us of the huge impact
of those global gatherings and our deep connection and affection of Open
Space. Even though our stories aren't the same, the awe and gratitude we
feel are beyond words.

I smile thinking of the title of my post yesterday on Facebook extending an
invitation to this year's WOSonOS  to old pals and new pals: "Come Create
New Memories with Us". Prescient perhaps, synchronicity certainly.  How
wonderful it would be if many came to share their old memories.
https://osius.org/wosonos2019

Thank you!
Suzanne

Suzanne Daigle
Open Space Facilitator
NuFocus Strategic Group

FL 941-359-8877
Cell: 203-722-2009
www.nufocusgroupusa.com
s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com
Twitter @Daiglesuz

On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 9:28 AM David Osborne via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> It sounds like it must be time for a return to Nova Scotia.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 15, 2019, at 7:46 PM, Chris Corrigan via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> I have to admit my memory is light on those details. I think from my
> perspective I was facilitating a circle. And I do remember personally at
> some point that Moscow seemed like a clear choice. It just shimmered I to
> being.
>
> I also remember that I think we deeply entrusted the next Wosonos to the
> Moscow deep, and there is a bit of a sacred trust in taking responsibility
> for this gathering.
>
> Chris
>
> _____________
> CHRIS CORRIGAN
> www.chriscorrigan.com
>
> On Jul 15, 2019, at 11:28 AM, Marai Kiele via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> That’s exactly what I am intending to describe in my short story, Peggy!
> I smile, reading your description.
>
> I don’t remember „Bohm dialogue“ (Are talking objects used in that?)
> Please remind me of what exactly you are referring to, so I can integrate
> that in my story.
>
> I do have a clear memory of the moment when Chris Corrigan picked up the
> talking object and spoke up.
> As I remember it, besides the „I“ language, he invited all who where
> expressing themselves to broaden their perspective.
>
> Not just think of „what do I want“ or „what do we, in this room, want“ but
> include all those around the globe who are not physically there.
> What would be best for the longterm flourishing of OST and for all those
> who belong to the community, in some way or another?
> What would be best for those who weren’t capable of bringing their
> perspective in themselves?
>
> To me, that was a sacred moment. I experienced that the whole atmosphere
> shifted, and after a while the next location had become clear to the whole
> group:
> Moscow / Russia.
>
> But I won’t give all the details of my whole story away in this email! ;-)
>
> Marai
>
>
> Am 15.07.2019 um 18:17 schrieb Peggy Holman via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>:
>
> Yes, it was the year of Harrison’s 70th birthday. I remember the dancing!
>
> The closing circle keeps coming back to me. We had invitations to go to
> two places in 2006. We used Bohm dialogue to discern where to go. I
> remember we used a talking piece among the 50-60 people. I recall setting
> it up with something like listen to each other and speak when moved. And
> you, Chris, added the essential guidance to speak “I” language — from
> personal experience.
>
> Peggy
>
>
> On Jul 14, 2019, at 11:17 PM, Chris Corrigan via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> I remember 2005…it was celebrating Harrison’s 65th birthday I think too
> (or was it 70th?  I just know it was significant).  I wrote a song for him
> based on a Nova Scotia folks song…I’ll look through my old note books and
> see if I still have the lyrics.  I was so nervous to sing it!  I thin I
> rehearsed it with Esther Ewing, but I was too nervous to do it as a duet!
>
> I remember too that we also mourned our colleague Colin Morley, who was
> killed in the July 7 2005 London Underground bombings the month before.
>
> I met some life-long friends at that OSonOS, including Feliz Telik from
> Turkey and Piret Jeedas from Estonia who were both working (along with
> Kairi Birk) at Tim Merry’s Split Rock Learning Centre in Yarmouth.
>
> Halifax is such a great city.  And it was a really fun time, probably my
> favourite of the three full OSonOS’s I attended (including the OSonOS IX
> which I co-hosted with Laurel Doersam in Vancouver in 2001).  There was
> great conversation, a beautiful, community location and dancing and
> drinking every night!
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Jul 14, 2019, at 1:37 PM, Jeff Aitken via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> That (first or second) Day's Inn osonos was late '94. It was after the
> November US election when Newt G became Speaker of the House (he was on TV
> at the hotel.) Funny how memory works.
>
> Jeff
> San Francisco
>
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 1:10 PM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, the archives don't seem to go back that far. Were we on the MetaNet
>> back then? Then the oslist was born in mid 90s when we needed a listserv
>> instead of a website based conversation?
>>
>> I remember the first or second Day's Inn gathering.
>>
>> Was a nice complement to the OT "Symposium on Organization
>> Transformation" taking place each July in different locations. The 9th US
>> OT was in Colorado '91 and the 12th US OT was in Napa California '94 - and
>> that's the limit of my memory :)
>>
>> Jeff
>> San Francisco
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 10:02 AM Harrison Owen via OSList <
>> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>
>>> The questions of when, how many and where have persisted over the years.
>>> Frankly I can't remember either. Even the first one is foggy in terms of
>>> year -- but I know where... Day's Inn at Dulles Airport. Suggestion is that
>>> you use the search function on OSLIST. Somewhere "back there" I am sure you
>>> will find the collective ruminations.
>>>
>>> Harrison
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Marai Kiele via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
>>> To: ost list international <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
>>> Cc: Marai Kiele <genuine-contact at joyful-together.com>
>>> Sent: Sun, Jul 14, 2019 7:07 am
>>> Subject: [OSList] WOSonOS 2005 Nova Scotia - do you remember
>>>
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> I am writing a short story about my experience at WOSonOS 2005 in Nova
>>> Scotia. This will likely be published as a contribution to a short stories
>>> book.
>>>
>>> It was my first and life-changing experience with collective sense
>>> making (the way the location for the next WOSonOS was chosen, or rather:
>>> how it became obvious to the group).
>>>
>>> I have the session reports from back then, but what I am missing are
>>> numbers like:
>>>
>>>     - How many participants were we?
>>>     - From approximately how many countries?
>>>
>>> And then the questions that probably have been asked many times before.
>>> Yet I still couldn’t find the „right“ answer:
>>>
>>>     - Since when does WOSonOS exist?
>>>     - In which locations / or in how many locations has it taken place
>>> up to this year?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot in advance!
>>> Marai
>>>
>>> https://about.me/maraikiele
>>>
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