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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Harrison,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>we did in Novosibirsk the FSC with OS at the end
for the Medical Clinic/hospital - and OS worked so well, even in Russian
conditions, they did understand that everything depends on themselves, and they
need to start thinking and calculate what and how works and worked. It is really
awful, when people are used (Russian or American way) of being well supplyed and
not thinking about money, though American are always do, so now they just have
to be more involved.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>sorry, for Russian way of thinking... </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>you know Russian anectode (funny
story)?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Western thinking is oriented on the
result</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eastern - on the process (the process should be
agreable or usufull or... whatever)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and Russian is oriented on drinking vodka FOR the
process of achieving the goals...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but we are learning and sometimes do something...
when we are srued up...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>best wishes</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>elena</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:owenhh@MINDSPRING.COM" title=owenhh@MINDSPRING.COM>Harrison
Owen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU"
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 01, 2001 4:33
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Pentagon seeks ideas</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>At 11:55 AM 10/31/01 -0800, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite type="cite">Now here's a pretty radical
idea. The Pentagon has put out a request for<BR>ideas for combating
terrorism. How about offering them open space?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Actually
the folks that really need some help -- and frankly folks I would feel more
comfortable helping -- are the Public Health Services of the good old USA (and
I guess world-wide). Understaffed, under-budgeted, bureaucratic to the nth
degree -- these folks are called upon now to respond to something most have
never seen, and on a timetable the is measured in minus quantities. Call it
Anthrax -- or whatever comes next. And although some people call this a
"public health <I>system</I>" -- that is a very broad use of the term. In most
cases the lines of authority are vague or non-existent -- and even the "top of
the line" folks at CDC have to put together teams of disparate folks in an
instant, in order to deal with highly complex, conflicted issues -- with
immediate and dire consequences. Screw up, and people die. Now there is an
appropriate use for Open Space. Any ideas?
Contacts?<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>Open Space Training <A
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