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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elena,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just so you know, even if the list starts very
slowly, it's okay. The OS list started in mid-December, 1996.
It came into existence because Murli Nagasandaram, who still
administers the list, took the initiative and just set it up. I remember
during the first months wondering if I should think up topics just to keep some
traffic going. I did that once or twice but because they didn't have much
passion, it all felt forced. Eventually, people just started finding it a
good place to talk.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I still have all the messages, so I'm looking back
at how it grew. There were </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>10 messages from 5 people in December,
1996.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>22 messages from 10 people in January,
1997.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>15 messages from 7 people in February,
1997.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>60 messages from 11 people in March,
1997.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>34 messages in April, 1997. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd say it was probably about October when it
seemed to have sufficient momentum that the idea would work. I think the
volume was a message or 2 a week.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On April 2, 1997, we had 34
subscribers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>October, 1997, there were 55 members.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>By August, 1998, the number was 114.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>By January, 2000, the number was 218.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>June, 2000 - 292. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>August, 2000 it dropped to 268. That's the
last number I've seen.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, you get the picture. It may start
slowy and it will move in its own time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peggy</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=marco@mail.nsk.ru href="mailto:marco@mail.nsk.ru">Elena A.
Marchuk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 15, 2001 4:38 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Reflections on a challenging
OST event (long)</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wouw, Harrison!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Especiallly drums... we should think about this
when WE CHANGED the room with Birgitt. How do you think, Birgitt? Actually
when neally all left, the administrator came to me and said, if we know you
are working here, we would find the place for musical band.... but all were
already left and we we fine with Birgitt's words - IT IS OPEN SPACE... we can
do everything...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't think we have some loses, at least I did
not see them. May be Birgitt can add something?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>we just worked on them smoothly, coming back to
the room in which we worked the previous days and which was rented beforehand
for the press conference for the day 3 of our training, but up to 4 o'clock,
nearly the same time we were asked if we could move to the other
room...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>if not to make a tragedy, does it work always
like this. but we have all walls which we could find the spare
place.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ok</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thank you for your idea. I will think on this
next time. I have one more musical instrument except tibetian bells and simply
bells. the comus - the altay musical instrument which you can play with your
mouth and throat...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>best wishes to you</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>we were talking about you, Harrison, saying that
you is always the one of the first people answering our questions on the list,
what we can not say in our Intertraining list - just no answers - not from
members, not from Board... not from friends, so we decided to make OS-Russian
list to talk on Russian for people who doesn't know English... don't know yet
if it will work the same way...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>elena</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=owenhh@MINDSPRING.COM href="mailto:owenhh@MINDSPRING.COM">Harrison
Owen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 14, 2001 7:13
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Reflections on a
challenging OST event (long)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>At 01:03 AM 6/14/01 -0700, CHRIS CORRIGAN wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite type="cite">Just to answer Artur's
question....I have had to change meeting rooms<BR>and transport a whole
bulletin board....it worked fine, but then the new<BR>room had walls and
so on but it was a lot smaller than the old room.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Room
change is a nuisance, but in my experience, it is not fatal. In fact it can
add. Once in a two day Open Space we changed rooms three times! But by the
second time we had the operation down pat. Instead of grumbling about the
idiocy of the hotel (which was considerable) we organized a massive parade
(300 folks) carrying everything we needed. The fact that we went right
through the lobby made something of a point. And by the time we made the
third change we had added fifes and drums to the entourage. I can't say the
hotel management was pleased, but Open Space was alive and well for sure.
And everybody got the point that it is not so much the destinations as the
journey which counts. I suppose there was another lesson as well -- it is
always all about Spirit. Keep that moving and the practical details seem to
fall into place -- or change.<BR><BR>Harrison<BR><BR><X-SIGSEP>
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<DIV align=center>Harrison Owen<BR>7808 River Falls Drive<BR>Potomac, MD
20854 USA<BR>phone 301-469-9269<BR>fax 301-983-9314<BR>Open Space Training
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