<html><div>At 10:41 AM 3/2/00 +1100, you wrote:</div>
<div>>Dear Friends</div>
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<div>>I have just finished what was for me a gruelling 2 day Open
Space. From the</div>
<div>>majority of the particapnt's (76 people) point of view it was a
spectacular</div>
<div>>success and they came away energised and optimistic, vowing to
use OS back</div>
<div>>home.</div>
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<div>>It was the hardest facilitation I've done in 8 years. Here's
what happened.</div>
<div>>Your thoughts welcome.</div>
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<div>Andrew -- great story, and the responses of everybody to this point
should form the core of a new book that SOMEBODY else should write. I
have one comment about taking care of yourself. This is not only a matter
of recovery at the end, but sustenance during the course. I joke about
taking my nap, but it is no joke. It is not so much about getting away as
it is about getting into another mode of being. I feel very much present
even in the arms of Morpheous. </div>
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<div>This is also a place where thinking of one more thing not to do is
not only good and essential "design" for effective Open Space,
it also has no little amount to do with the preservation of the
facilitator. Doing nothing with elegance can be extraordinarily hard
work, even if you are used to it. Like running a marathon, pacing is
incredibly important.</div>
<br>
Harrison
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