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At 10:54 AM 5/2/00 +1000, you wrote:<br>
>Harrison. Thanks for your insights. The age old debate
continues - "Is it the<br>
>singer or the song?" You have touched something in me that
I feel I need to<br>
>share.<br>
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Robert -- I hear you, but I think you misunderstood my point. When it
comes to compensating good singers for their effort, I am all in
favor. Indeed, I have taken perhaps more than my fair share -- presuming
I am indeed a good singer. But my point was not so much about <i>good</i>
singers, but <i>MORE good</i> singers. My learning over the years has
been that every time somebody feels empowered to Open Space, we are all
the richer for their action. I think the vitality of this listserve is a
testimony to that fact. So here is the way my mind works. Since I don't
own Open Space, but never the less become enriched when more people take
possession of what is rightfully theirs -- I make first and best effort
to see if all that can happen. From there on out, I am pleased to
help in any way I can, including offering my services -- for a fair and
reasonable price. And that price (just for the record) varies all over
the lot dependant on the situation. My corporate fee, and my community
based organization fee don't look anything like each other.<br>
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Harrison<br>
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Harrison Owen<br>
7808 River Falls Drive<br>
Potomac, MD 20854<br>
USA<br>
phone 301-469-9269<br>
fax 301-983-9314<br>
website <br>
<a href="http://www.mindspring.com/~owenhh" eudora="autourl">www.mindspring.com/~owenhh</a><br>
Open Space Institute websites<br>
<a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/" eudora="autourl">www.openspaceworld.org</a><br>
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