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[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Jeff,

of course.

First, let me point out, that this os event was not "one of your 
neighborhood os". I was hired as the facilitator and had no stakes in 
this particular neighborhood.

The title for the event was
"Projektschmiede für den Helmholtzplatz" which translates roughly into
"Forging Projekts for the Helmholtzplatz"
an inner city neighborhood of about 18 000 with the Helmholtz square in 
the center of it.
Here is the link to the City of Berlin website that gives more detail.
> https://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/wohnen/quartiersmanagement/de/helmholtz/index.shtml

One aspect of the text there translates into

"Through various forms of citizen participation such as open space, 
future workshops and thematic working groups, communication could be 
established, networks strengthened, and the main areas of action for 
district development jointly developed."

And here is some detail to the event itself listed in a data base of 
about 800 ost events
> https://openspaceworldscape.org/events/95-projektschmieden-fuer-das-gebiet-helmholtzplatz

Ok, here is the memory of that event of 20 years ago that immediately 
came to my mind when I read your email:

After the sponsor had opened the os event and I had introduced into the 
process, folks rushed to the center to jot down their issues and 
projects in planning.
One participant announced his project with:

"I want all the money that has been assigned to the projects for my 
project because it is the most important project for our neighborhood" 
and continued to outline what he had in mind.
I have forgotten what it was all about. (The city wanted to fund 
projects that a jury of citizens would select).

In the course of the day I saw him and a bunch of folks working on their 
plans for this project, similarly to the other groups.

In the evening news of the first day the convener of this very important 
project stood up and said, as I remember it:

"I came here with the most important project for our neighborhood. Our 
group worked out a wonderful plan. And I now know that we dont need any 
of the promised money. And I know now and am very happy to tell you that 
I found something much more important than money. I found a bunch of 
dedicated folks that will get this project running. What a gift."

So, this is what can happen and has in all os events I had the privilege 
to facilitate.
All OST events that have the prerequisites for the unfolding of 
selforganisation in place will make stuff appear that nobody would have 
believed when entering the room.

.......

Regarding the fictional relative asking "for a real story to inspire 
them", I would tell this relative that I do have awesome stories but a 
few questions for him before the story part.

And that would, I have experienced, be the more exciting part of our 
conversation.

Greetings from Berlin where we will have our traditional open space 
Stammtisch tomorrow evening (Monday, November 1 beginning at 7pm) that 
has been convening for more than a decade here
> https://www.kreuzberger-weltlaterne.com/?lang=de

I will be there a little earlier to study the Menu and start the evening 
with mocca and ouzo... everyone who has been "vaccinated or recovered" 
and the documents for proof can enter the restaurant

ciao
mmp



Am 28.10.2021 um 15:53 schrieb Jeff Aitken via OSList:
 > Hi Michael. Care to share a story of one of your neighborhood OS?
 >
 > Say you have a relative in their 20s who is considering Open Space in a
 > neighborhood, and asks for a real story to inspire them. What story
 > would you tell them?
 >
 > Jeff
 >
 > On Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 2:24 AM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList
 > <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>>
 > wrote:
 >
 >
 >     Dear Tonnie,
 >
 >     having firefighters in an open space event spreads like wildfire...
 >     similar to os events in schools (of course, with parents and
 >     neighborhood), or in church parishes where you have folks from all
 >     walks
 >     of life, or, of course, in neighborhoods. Its those events that
create
 >     strong ripples across all subsystems... and kept me busy.
 >
 >     Greetings from Berlin where I see complicated excursions with
hundreds
 >     of people over weeks to get a new government... it would surprise
 >     me, if
 >     any of them ever were in an os event. One classical os event, meaning
 >     the whole enchilada, would get them done in 10 percent of the time...
 >     now they are planning to get done by Xmas, hmmm!
 >


-- 
Michael M Pannwitz
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
+49 30 7728000     mmpannwitz at gmail.com