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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=250342416-18102000>Metta,
Michael, Chris,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=250342416-18102000> a great idea to use an on-line discussion,
whether metanet or the osorgworld site of Michael Herman. Whichever is easier
for people around the world to access. And Michael, thank you for so generously
offering your site and your work to get this set up. And Chris, a great idea for
local OSONOS as well as the annual international event. I know that in
Australia, under the careful mentorship of Brian Bainbridge, they have had an
annual OSONOS for a few years now. I hope the idea catches on.
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=250342416-18102000>And to
many others, thank you for your e-mails. This seems to be an important
topic.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=250342416-18102000>Journey well,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=250342416-18102000>Birgitt</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Rhett Hudson/Chris
Weaver<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 18, 2000 6:00 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> OSonOS ONLINE - Let's do
it!<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>Metta,<BR><BR>Well said; I am right with
you.<BR><BR>Regarding <I>whoever comes are the right people - </I>I was able
to stumble into OSonOS VI in Monterrey on a shoestring budget, and it was a
life-course-altering experience, thanks largely to the lively international
diversity of the group (if you were in Monterrey in particular, you know what
I mean!) I am happy that some folks with slim wallets in Germany or
Denmark will have access to the same experience this week.<BR><BR>And of
course, there is nothing limiting OSonOS to a single event per year. The
joy of opening the space with other practitioners is so great that spontaneous
regional OSonOSes could surely spring up...(Hmmm...)<BR><BR>Regarding OSonOS
Online: No start-up technical help here, but another call to "YES, LET'S
DO IT!" I agree with Metta that a web-based threaded discussion would be
the way to go. <FONT color=#0000ff>If not worldwide open space or
ezboard, maybe the Meta Network?</FONT> If someone in Berlin could post
each agenda wall topic as a separate thread, then we out here could put in our
two cents' worth on the topics and bumblebee like wild, before, during, and
after the actual physical discussion groups. Back in Berlin, when the
groups have met, someone could post each report under its thread on-line.
I wouldn't want the cyberspace parallel version to interfere with the
regular-space in Berlin, but if someone there feels they could take on the
thread- and report-posting, I don't think it would...on-site participants
could visit the on-line version, or not; and afterward we would have two books
of proceedings: the normal one for the bodily participants, and the
automatically-archived online one with postings from all of us out here, and
ongoing after the event. Could be big fun!! <BR><BR>Any problems
with this idea? Any champions out there who see how to get it rolling?
<BR><BR>Also, from me too, thanks Birgitt for your posting.<BR><BR>Chris
Weaver<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR>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> <FONT
color=#0000ff><U>http://www.ezboard</U></FONT>. <<FONT
color=#0000ff><U>http://www.ezboard.com/</U></FONT>>
com<BR><BR> <<FONT
color=#0000ff><U>http://www.ezboard.com/</U></FONT>> 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
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