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At 10/17/2000 11:10 PM -0400, Birgitt wrote:<br>
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Greetings friends and colleagues in Open Space Technology,<br>
<br>
We are getting ready to go to Berlin for this year's Open Space on Open
Space. I am having a struggle with thinking about all of my colleagues
who are not going to be at the event. I am having a struggle with the
principle "whoever comes are the right people". I agree that
all the people who will be there are the right people. Some might say
that those who are not there are not there by choice. And so the
principle holds. I am not so sure about this. For years I was a single
mom with four young ones to finance on my own, house and feed. Many
events took place that I just could not afford to go to, despite great
inner pain when I could not. Did I have choice? My choice was about
food/shelter/responsibility to children. Was this a choice? Really? Did I
feel good if I heard "whoever comes are the right people"? I
think there are many among my colleagues for whom there is not really
choice. I believe that I am part of an elite group who could find the
financing by July for this event now. I share with you my thoughts about
this and my struggle with "whoever comes are the right people".
Is it really true?<br>
<br>
And so what I do now is to open the discussion via e-mail asking that if
any of you have any topics that you would like to send along by e-mail to
be included, I would happily print them for you and post them on the
newswall at osonos. I suspect there will also be an effort made by the
good folks who organized this year's event to link on-line during the
event. I am not sure if I saw a note about that or not. <br>
<br>
Blessings, <br>
Birgitt<br>
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Dear Birgitt,<br>
<br>
Thank you for your thoughtful spirit of inclusiveness!<br>
<br>
I firmly believe that, in all things, whoever comes *are*<br>
the right people, even though:<br>
- I won't be participating in this year's OSonOS, and<br>
- financial constraints often limit the number of<br>
national and international OS events I'm able<br>
to attend each year.<br>
<br>
However, I think it would be wonderful if, as you suggested,<br>
Birgitt, there's an "effort made...to link on-line during<br>
the event."<br>
<br>
Might it not be possible (Michael?) to create a forum in<br>
the Worldwide Open Space site for shared postings?<br>
<br>
I, for one, would love to see parallel or synchronized<br>
conversations develop online during the OSonOS event,<br>
and if we can't use the Worldwide OS site for this<br>
online coordination, I think I could relatively easily<br>
and quickly set up a forum for us on ezboard's free site:<br>
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</a>For what it's worth, it seems to me that a web-based forum<br>
(bulletin board) would be much more functional, flexible<br>
and more easily navigable than attempting to run and track<br>
the conversations through the listserv. Just MHO.<br>
<br>
Will be interested in others' thoughts and reactions!<br>
<br>
As ever,<br>
Metta Zetty<br>
<br>
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