[OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 107, Issue 8

[Jeff Aitken]

Dear Anne must be holding the space! I had a question, and needed someone
to reflect back, "well, what do you WANT to do?"

Xo
Jeff
San Francisco


On Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 3:34 PM anne stadler via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Virtual OS experiment:
>
> We’re IN one! Now At the Chaos period of complex self-Organization. As an
> entity in the system, you need to ask what has heart & meaning for you & DO
> IT. Give your support to something already attracting energy (a Strange
> Attractor) and/or initiate a “session”!! Right now. Right where you ARE.
> Love!  ANNE
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 1:40 PM <oslist-request at lists.openspacetech.org>
> wrote:
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>>    1. A VIRTUAL OPEN SPACE EXPERIMENT (Suzanne Daigle)
>>    2. Re: A VIRTUAL OPEN SPACE EXPERIMENT (Barry Owen)
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>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 10:14:10 -0400
>> From: Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com>
>> To: OSLIST <OSList at lists.openspacetech.org>
>> Cc: Lucas Cioffi <lucas at qiqochat.com>, luis at beit.world,  Suzanne
>>         Daigle <s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com>, Barry Owen
>>         <barryowenost at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [OSList] A VIRTUAL OPEN SPACE EXPERIMENT
>> Message-ID:
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>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>>
>>
>> A huge leap, a bold move. Later today and this week, we are launching the
>> Virtual Agora Gardens as part of the World Happiness Fest activities. It
>> will be a self-organizing conversational space using the combined
>> technologies of QiQo Chat (where you can choose your garden and topic) and
>> Zoom (where you then engage directly in face-to-face conversations on
>> topics of your choice).  A unique feature of this Virtual Agora
>> (gathering)
>> is that people will be hosting each other. No leaders, facilitators or
>> official hosts. Self-organizing like in nature!
>>
>>
>>
>> You can check out the space and concept here;
>> https://worldhappinessfest.qiqochat.com/cafe
>>
>>
>>
>> All are warmly invited to join this experiment, lending your passion and
>> skills as hosts and facilitators, helping us informally open and hold
>> space
>> for others and with others.  It is free and lasts all week. You can drop
>> in
>> anytime and stay as long as you want.
>>
>>
>>
>> As the planning for the World Happiness Fest was underway, there was no
>> way
>> to predict the alarming and unfolding circumstances of the coronavirus.
>> The Global Happiness Event is in its third year and has been increasing
>> exponentially. Over the past weeks and month, the planning team,
>> organizers
>> and world hosts have been adjusting, creating and responding with such
>> sensitivity, generosity and heart.
>>
>>
>>
>> With this latest Virtual Garden initiative, it?s also been a race against
>> the clock. What was intended to be a small Open Space experiment,
>> complementing the many activities (presentations, live events, and more)
>> of
>> the World Happiness Fest is now potentially a place and space that will
>> fill an urgent and important need for many.
>>
>>
>>
>> *A bit more background:*
>>
>>
>>
>> The World Happiness Fest Week (March 16th - 22nd)
>> https://www.happinessfest.world/en/ is launching today from Madrid.  All
>> in-person events and presentations *now *?without audience? will be
>> recorded and live streamed free. Many of the in-person Agoras (gatherings)
>> ? about 80 around the world have been cancelled or scaled down which will
>> certainly shift the attention to virtual. Many of our colleagues in the
>> Open Space community were/are hosting Agoras where they live: in Canada,
>> Nashville, Spain, India and other places.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Lucas Cioffi*, founder of QiQo Chat and a great friend of Open Space, has
>> worked tirelessly to develop this virtual garden concept with input from
>> our friends and colleagues here and there, along the way.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Luis Gallardo*, Founder and President of Happiness, also an ardent
>> supporter of Open Space, came up with the idea of having a virtual garden
>> setting for this conversational intiative. Luis was at World Open Space in
>> October and he, with core members of his planning team, also attended the
>> Peace and High Performance gathering in New York.
>>
>>
>>
>> This is an excerpt of Luis? message to a global community a few days ago
>> as
>> their team continued to plan, adjust and respond to the needs and current
>> happenings.* It is in the spirit of his heartfelt words that we are
>> extending this invitation to you. *
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Given the almost widespread alarm that is causing the spread of
>> Coronavirus
>> throughout the world, we want to take a very special role, a role of hope
>> in view of fear, and the remembering that we are all responsible for the
>> decisions we make.
>>
>> This is the time when we need positive, calm and aware leadership. It is
>> now when we need to talk about stress, before trauma and after, the impact
>> of negative news on our behavior, the crippling effects of fear and
>> anxiety
>> and its consequences. This is the time to contrast the facts, to learn
>> from
>> the past and to build a future full of hope, because we know that
>> isolation, loneliness and depression are devastating to human beings.
>>
>> We have decided to take advantage of this alarm situation and the
>> celebration of The World Happiness Fest between March 16 and 22, 2020 to
>> set an example and remain the forum we are. We are a forum for reflection
>> on integral human development, on new economic and development models, on
>> peaceful coexistence and the flourishing of all; family, work, school and
>> community.
>>
>> We will keep the agenda online and by video streaming giving free access
>> to
>> anyone who wants to access the contents and wisdom of the experts of our
>> community, and we will enable our online platform so that there is
>> dialogue, from any corner of the planet, without moving from home if it is
>> what you want.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your support and feedback. Forgive the bumps along the way.
>> This is truly an experiment and we?ve still got lots to learn and test.
>> But
>> we felt we just had to leap!
>>
>>
>>
>> As always, ever appreciative,
>>
>> Suzanne
>>
>>
>>
>> Suzanne Daigle
>> Open Space Facilitator
>> NuFocus Strategic Group
>>
>>
>> Cell: 203-722-2009
>> www.nufocusgroupusa.com
>> s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 09:34:25 -0500
>> From: Barry Owen <barryowenost at gmail.com>
>> To: Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com>, Joe Brodnicki
>>         <joe at joebrodnicki.com>
>> Cc: OSLIST <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>, Lucas Cioffi
>>         <lucas at qiqochat.com>, luis at beit.world, Suzanne Daigle
>>         <s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com>
>> Subject: Re: [OSList] A VIRTUAL OPEN SPACE EXPERIMENT
>> Message-ID:
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>>
>> Fantastic! Joe and I will proceed with the original plan for the Nashville
>> Agora.  We will open space each morning and am quite certain we will spend
>> lots of time together in your amazing garden cafe
>> Let's GO!
>>
>> b
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 9:14 AM Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello All,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > A huge leap, a bold move. Later today and this week, we are launching
>> the
>> > Virtual Agora Gardens as part of the World Happiness Fest activities. It
>> > will be a self-organizing conversational space using the combined
>> > technologies of QiQo Chat (where you can choose your garden and topic)
>> and
>> > Zoom (where you then engage directly in face-to-face conversations on
>> > topics of your choice).  A unique feature of this Virtual Agora
>> (gathering)
>> > is that people will be hosting each other. No leaders, facilitators or
>> > official hosts. Self-organizing like in nature!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > You can check out the space and concept here;
>> > https://worldhappinessfest.qiqochat.com/cafe
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > All are warmly invited to join this experiment, lending your passion and
>> > skills as hosts and facilitators, helping us informally open and hold
>> space
>> > for others and with others.  It is free and lasts all week. You can
>> drop in
>> > anytime and stay as long as you want.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > As the planning for the World Happiness Fest was underway, there was no
>> > way to predict the alarming and unfolding circumstances of the
>> > coronavirus.  The Global Happiness Event is in its third year and has
>> been
>> > increasing exponentially. Over the past weeks and month, the planning
>> team,
>> > organizers and world hosts have been adjusting, creating and responding
>> > with such sensitivity, generosity and heart.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > With this latest Virtual Garden initiative, it?s also been a race
>> against
>> > the clock. What was intended to be a small Open Space experiment,
>> > complementing the many activities (presentations, live events, and
>> more) of
>> > the World Happiness Fest is now potentially a place and space that will
>> > fill an urgent and important need for many.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *A bit more background:*
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The World Happiness Fest Week (March 16th - 22nd)
>> > https://www.happinessfest.world/en/ is launching today from Madrid.
>> All
>> > in-person events and presentations *now *?without audience? will be
>> > recorded and live streamed free. Many of the in-person Agoras
>> (gatherings)
>> > ? about 80 around the world have been cancelled or scaled down which
>> will
>> > certainly shift the attention to virtual. Many of our colleagues in the
>> > Open Space community were/are hosting Agoras where they live: in Canada,
>> > Nashville, Spain, India and other places.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Lucas Cioffi*, founder of QiQo Chat and a great friend of Open Space,
>> > has worked tirelessly to develop this virtual garden concept with input
>> > from our friends and colleagues here and there, along the way.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Luis Gallardo*, Founder and President of Happiness, also an ardent
>> > supporter of Open Space, came up with the idea of having a virtual
>> garden
>> > setting for this conversational intiative. Luis was at World Open Space
>> in
>> > October and he, with core members of his planning team, also attended
>> the
>> > Peace and High Performance gathering in New York.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > This is an excerpt of Luis? message to a global community a few days ago
>> > as their team continued to plan, adjust and respond to the needs and
>> > current happenings.* It is in the spirit of his heartfelt words that we
>> > are extending this invitation to you. *
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Given the almost widespread alarm that is causing the spread of
>> > Coronavirus throughout the world, we want to take a very special role, a
>> > role of hope in view of fear, and the remembering that we are all
>> > responsible for the decisions we make.
>> >
>> > This is the time when we need positive, calm and aware leadership. It is
>> > now when we need to talk about stress, before trauma and after, the
>> impact
>> > of negative news on our behavior, the crippling effects of fear and
>> anxiety
>> > and its consequences. This is the time to contrast the facts, to learn
>> from
>> > the past and to build a future full of hope, because we know that
>> > isolation, loneliness and depression are devastating to human beings.
>> >
>> > We have decided to take advantage of this alarm situation and the
>> > celebration of The World Happiness Fest between March 16 and 22, 2020 to
>> > set an example and remain the forum we are. We are a forum for
>> reflection
>> > on integral human development, on new economic and development models,
>> on
>> > peaceful coexistence and the flourishing of all; family, work, school
>> and
>> > community.
>> >
>> > We will keep the agenda online and by video streaming giving free access
>> > to anyone who wants to access the contents and wisdom of the experts of
>> our
>> > community, and we will enable our online platform so that there is
>> > dialogue, from any corner of the planet, without moving from home if it
>> is
>> > what you want.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thank you for your support and feedback. Forgive the bumps along the
>> way.
>> > This is truly an experiment and we?ve still got lots to learn and test.
>> But
>> > we felt we just had to leap!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > As always, ever appreciative,
>> >
>> > Suzanne
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Suzanne Daigle
>> > Open Space Facilitator
>> > NuFocus Strategic Group
>> >
>> >
>> > Cell: 203-722-2009
>> > www.nufocusgroupusa.com
>> > s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
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