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<DIV><FONT face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN class=360532603-12032000>Hello to the
world of Open Space</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN class=360532603-12032000>I registered on
the Open Space Listserver just over a week ago and have been astonished
(pleasantly so) at the amount of traffic every day! So much so that I was
a little overwhelmed at how I could "fit in" the reading of this email into my
days... so I filed all of the messages into a folder I keep to read on
weekends.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN class=360532603-12032000>It's Sunday
afternoon here in Brisbane, Australia and I've just spent the last 2 hours
ensconced in everyone's messages over the past 10 days... and I know I've
opened another door on my journey... albeit under the auspices of "Open Space
Technology". So, I would like to honour each of you as I tell you that I
will be a "watcher" for a while until I can positively contribute to the great
dialogue on OST.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN class=360532603-12032000>A little
background... I "managed" my first Open Space conference in November last year
with Rod Douglas as the OS Facilitator (I was merely the Conference
Organiser). Rod and I have worked together for the past 2 years, but this
was the first OS conference I had asked him to facilitate. Previously
unbeknown to me, Rod has been been teaching me a lot of the OS concepts since I
first met him, and I had always been wondering how I could apply what I have
been learning (living with spirit) into business... then bingo, he started to
tell me about OS.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN class=360532603-12032000>I look back on
my November conference with a certain amount of amusement... generally due to my
total ignorance of the gifts OS had to offer my client and his delegates (140
scientists and agriculturalist-based professionals + government officers), but
it wasn't too long afterwards that I realised that this was the only way to "do
conferences". So, having become a self-proclaimed "Open Space Junkie", I
am now committed to learn more and as quickly as possible, so that I may share
this gift with my current and future clients.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN class=360532603-12032000>Thank you
for allowing me to passively participate in your group... as I learn more
and feel I can contribute, you will be hearing from me.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN class=360532603-12032000>Oh, before I
go, my biggest learning from Open Space? I am able to give up
control!! I was a control freak and embracing OS was a great
opportunity to give that up all in one hit!! </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN class=360532603-12032000>Kind
regards</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face="Goudy Old Style">Julianne Bell</FONT></DIV>
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