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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Avner,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your timing is interesting as in preparation for
the "Heart of America" bus tour, Anne Stadler and I wrote something on creating
a Spirited Work Learning community. Below is what we put
together:</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><TT><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">SPIRITED
WORK:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
/><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><TT><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">CREATING
A LEARNING COMMUNITY<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><TT><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">What is Spirited Work?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">Spirited Work is an open space learning
community of practice, engaged in deepening our commitment to personal and
collective transformation though service in the world. Our purpose is building
personal and collective capacity for healthy and productive relationships,
organizations and communities for the sustainable evolution of earth, spirit and
the human future. Our intention is to welcome and be open to all who are
attracted to Spirited Work, and to create the abundance necessary for their full
participation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">We meet seasonally face to face and are linked
thoughout the year in an on-line learning community supported by BigMindMedia
(www.bigmindmedia.com). Spirited Work now involves about 50 to 60 people
each cycle. <BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">How did it start?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">Spirited Work began as a Whidbey Institute
program originating from a desire to experiment with a committed learning
community dedicated to creating a better world. <BR>Spirited Work evolved
from its initial form as a program offering of the Whidbey Institute into a
learning community serving as a laboratory for co-creative collective
leadership. Our practice has been grounded in each of us taking
responsibility for what has heart and meaning: for evolving our selves, the
collective, and our service in the world. We are learning to live Open
Space principles and the Four Fold Way in our daily lives. We are also
opening space for organizational forms based on our
practice.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">What is Open Space?<BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">It is a self-organizing way of facilitating
communication/action which supports the inherent creativity and leadership in
people. Opening space establishes a marketplace of inquiry where people
gather to offer topics they care about, reflect and learn from one another,
engage in spirited work. Many complex organizations use Open Space to accomplish
work. Users in the Seattle area include the Boeing Company, Leadership Tomorrow,
Richard Hugo House, the Seattle Repertory Theater, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center.<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">Who participates?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"><BR>A diverse group of people have been
attracted to Spirited Work--from the arts, from corporate life, educators,
service providers, non-profit directors, old, young and in-between. Our
community includes a native American, Vietnamese, Chinese, African American,
African, Bahamian, Indian, Caucasian--so we experience a multiplicity of life
experiences as well as exposure to a variety of cultures and belief systems. Our
commitment to openness and inclusion has welcomed whoever is attracted.
This has resulted in participation of people from overseas as well as
visitors to the Whidbey Institute who happen to be there during one of our
seasonal gatherings. People bring their children and there are two young
girls who have attended regularly with their parents.<BR><BR>The process of
self-organizing using Open Space methodology has led people to express
themselves creatively in all modalities: art, poetry, music, dance, theater,
clearing trails, tending the land, making new additions to the material
well-being of the Whidbey Institute. We express spirit in practical action
for the benefit of our community life as well as in our work in the world.
So we "chop wood, carry water", eg. do our dishes, cleanup after
ourselves, and help set up and put away whatever we use, and we take
responsibility for the exchange of money and material level of our group life as
well.<BR><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">Who leads the community?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">Spirited Work emphasizes linking spirit to
practical action on behalf of the collective as well as in the world.
Four of us, Anne Stadler, Fritz and Vivienne Hull, and Peter
Donaldson were the founding convenors who took responsibility for the evolution
of Spirited Work. The next year (2000) a number of participants joined us
as Co-Convenors. During that year, some of the Co-Convenors and a group of
volunteers became Stewards who began to take on the material level of our
welfare. Now, at the end of 2001, the Stewards, a circle leadership model,
has evolved for convening and managing Spirited Work.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"><BR>We meet in "ritual space" several times each
gathering for openings, closings, attunements, talking-staff sharings and
meditation. The affirmation of Spirit is central to Spirited Work. There
is always a strong emphasis on the land of Chinook as a source of wisdom and
inspiration, and the reminder of our calling to responsibility for the whole
earth. <BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">Has anything practical come out of this
community?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">Organizational initiatives such as Watershed
Legacy, Bountiful Table, Peacetrees Vietnam have benefitted from the practice
ground provided by Spirited Work. The Heart of America Bus project and the
web portal CONNECT arose out of Spirited Work. The concept of a Radiant
Bank has been a continuing focus of our attention as we've explored how to
create abundance by sharing gifts and resources. Participants have applied
their learnings in other non-profits, in corporate life and in higher education,
too.<BR><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">How can another community create its own
Spirited Work community?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"><BR>We are eager to offer our experience of
evolving an open space community in service to our common mission: cultivating
creative leadership for earth, spirit and the human future--and hope to learn
from others for the benefit of spirited work everywhere.</SPAN><TT><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">We have recently documented some of our agreed
upon understandings of how Spirited Work operates.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We offer them to help you get
started.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">Statement of Commitment<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">Spirited Work participants are asked to commit
to being part of a community of practice which gathers seasonally and whose
members are linked in an on-line learning environment. We ask participants
to familiarize themselves with the work of Angeles Arrien, author of The Four
Fold Way, and Harrison Owen, creator of Open Space Technology.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Statement
of Principles</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Community
practice of Open Space (Harrison Owen)</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">The
Law of Two Feet asserts that we all take responsibility</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">for
what has heart and meaning for us. The Law of Two Feet means</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">that
each of us is fully responsible and expected to exercise</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">personal
choice about who we are being; our views and mental</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">models;
what we intend; what we say; what we do; what we explore;</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">and
how we live and work together. We are each responsible for
our</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">own
learning, and the learning of the Community.</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">The
Four Principles declare that:</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Whoever
Comes are the Right People. (That could mean just</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">one
person, or it could be one hundred people-it doesn't matter)</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Whatever
Happens is the Only Thing that Could Have (Don't</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">worry
about the process OR the outcomes. Just go with what is</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">happening
- in the moment)</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Whenever
It Starts is the Right Time (Remember that</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">connection,
innovation, creativity, and breakthrough DO NOT happen</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">according
to a schedule)</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">When
It's Over It's Over (That could mean a 10 minute</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">meeting,
or a four hour conversation-both are encouraged. If
there</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">is
nothing more to be said, go do something else. AND likewise,
if</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">there
is more to be said-it ain't over)</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Community
practice of Seasonal Archetypes within the</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Four-Fold
Way </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">(Angeles
Arrien)</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Winter
Season - The way of the Warrior</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">"Show
up and choose to be present."</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Being
present allows us to access the human</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">resources
of </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> power,
presence and communication.</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> Spring
Season - The way of the Healer</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">"Pay
attention to what has heart and meaning." </SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> Paying
attention opens us to the human resources of love, gratitude, acknowledgment and
validation.</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Summer
Season - The way of the Visionary</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">"Tell
the truth without blame or judgment." </SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> Non-judgmental
truthfulness maintains our</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
</SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">authenticity,
and develops our inner vision and intuition.</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> Fall
Season - The way of the Teacher</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">"Be
open to outcome, not attached to outcome"</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Openness
and non-attachment helps us recover the human resources of wisdom and
objectivity.</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Community
practice of Dialogue (David Bohm)</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Listening
and speaking without judgment </SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Reflection
Reflection Reflection</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
</SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Speaking
when "moved"</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
</SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Acknowledgment
of each speaker </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Respect
for each other and for our differences </SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Role
and status suspension </SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Balancing
of inquiry and advocacy </SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Avoidance
of cross-talk </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">A
focus on learning </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Seeking
the next level of understanding </SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Releasing
the need for specific outcomes</SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Recommended Reading</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Four Fold Way by Angeles
Arrien (Harper San Francisco, 1993), </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Expanding our Now: The Story of
Open Space Technology, by Harrison Owen (Berrett-Koehler, 1997). </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Open Space Technology: A User’s
Guide by Harrison Owen (Berrett-Koehler, 1997).</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">How can I learn more?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Two of our Stewards have offered
to talk to anyone interested in learning more:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in">Anne
Stadler<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><A href="mailto:annestad@home.com">annestad@home.com</A> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in">Peggy
Holman<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><A
href="mailto:peggy@opencirclecompany.com">peggy@opencirclecompany.com</A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=avnerh@inter.net.il href="mailto:avnerh@inter.net.il">AVNERH</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>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 19, 2001 2:25
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Creating OS comunity in one`s
country</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Dear members and friends</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>As some of you might know we are starting soon a
training course in Israel (Harrison, Tova averbuch and myself), and we are
quit exited and anxious. We would like to learn from your experience around
the world how to create a self-organized comunity in Israel, with a collegial
spirit of generosity and grace inspite of the competition. Or maybe, what kind
of mistakes we should avoid?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thank you</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Avner Haramati</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Jerusalem</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="mailto:avnerh@inter.net.il">avnerh@inter.net.il</A>
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