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Jeff Aitken r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com
Sun Oct 31 10:29:15 PDT 2021


Thank you Michael. Much depth and wisdom in your post! A deep bow of
appreciation.

Jeff

On Sun, Oct 31, 2021, 6:25 AM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

>
> 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
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