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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hallo Tova:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From your reply I'm going to assume for the moment
that not only is there no specific community named as yet, but that the O/S
will not take place in the context of a particular community but rather between
and among the various "professional" stakeholders. I insist on this
point only because if there were a specific "target" community it would be
important to me to understand whether or not those who lived there were
invited...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm afraid I am going to be a little tougher than
Lisa in my response. You say the journalist in question is informed
about these issues: so she would seem to qualify as a stakeholder. I
would support inviting her only <EM><STRONG>as a participant</STRONG></EM>
and subject to the same guidelines as everyone else. Then she can really write a
good story dealing with the content, the results, and the process. And
more importantly having been through the experience she will be "coming
from the right place" when doing so. Both my intuition and (admittedly
limited in this case) experience is that even with the best of intentions and
pre-briefing of participants, it is <STRONG><EM>very
</EM></STRONG>difficult for the presence of "observers" of any stripe -
especially "recorders" of the event - not to have a negative impact on the
proceedings; not to somehow "skew" the way people behave...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If this is not possible (Lisa mentioned the time
requirement for example), then one suggestion would be to arrange for a prior
briefing about the process and the meeting and then invite her to conduct
"before and after" interviews with participants like Harrison did in the
videotape of Bell South - an excellent source of "sound bites" - as well as
perhaps providing her with access to the proceedings after the fact (I'm
hesitant about this part but I don't really have the full
context...).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shalom</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Winston</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=averbuch@post.tau.ac.il
href="mailto:averbuch@post.tau.ac.il">Averbuch</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, January 18, 2002 10:38
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: journalists in an OS</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Winston,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you for helping me clear up what needs
clarification, - </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> "the community" potentially is
all the state of Israel (every place that there are physical building and
development) but there is no identified community as of yet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The invitation went out
to all/most the government, municipal, academic, professional, NGO, voluntary
bodies that have to do with this issue and is announced in professional and
organizational gatherings about relevant issues. People who were not invited
directly call to register after hearing from some one and join. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The journalist we know about
is a good one and covers this type of issues in an important Israeli daily
newspaper. I understand she was offered to come "as a Journalist", whatever
that means. Intuitively I would be all for her coming as a participant but I
keep asking myself what happens if people find their name and picture and
words quoted (or twisted) in the morning paper...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope this helps - thanks again</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>yours</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tova</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kinch@sympatico.ca href="mailto:kinch@sympatico.ca">Winston
Kinch</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, January 18, 2002 3:49
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: journalists in an OS</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some questions on Tova's
post:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are members of the "target" community invited
to the O/S? Are the journalists in question members of the community or
representing community news sources? And, the <U>key</U>
question, w</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>ould the journalists be there
as participants or as some kind of "observers"?</FONT></DIV>
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