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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStijl15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear List, <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStijl15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStijl15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The other day I spoke with a prospective client who very
much wants to organize Open Space and, very exciting for me, he wants me to
facilitate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The thing is, this would
be my first large Open Space and his description of what he wants leaves me
with some questions in my mind that I could really use some advice on:<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStijl15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStijl15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The background is that he is on the organizing committee for
a European Conference on Quality Management. The conference itself is organized
into 8 different interest areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He
is responsible for the organization of 1 of the interest areas (Education and
Quality). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Each interest area
arranges the conference as they see fit and in the past this has usually meant
that people present papers as lectures with short discussion groups after the
lectures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In other words, quite
traditionally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He wants to change
this in his section, but in the rest of the conference he has no influence. People
have been traditionally free to roam through and sit in on sessions in each
interest area, but we have the option to say that people would have to
participate for the whole time, (although this is completely new to this 47
year old organization).<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStijl15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStijl15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Anyhow, as I see it now, I have some questions:<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span class=EmailStijl15><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Have other people ever facilitated
Open Space Meetings within the context of larger conferences where not
everything was in Open Space (He said that there are usually about 800 people
at this conference as a whole, and he thought about 100 could be expected for
his interest area – Am I crazy to do this as a first large OST event.) ? Should
I do it at all? Do people have suggestions, can you let me know what the
dangers are of doing something like this and what could be good ways to
construct this? <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span class=EmailStijl15><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStijl15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks for your help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStijl15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStijl15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStijl15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Doris Gottlieb<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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