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At 09:02 AM 5/6/2002 -0700, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>I'm doing
an Open Space in a few weeks that has a few twists (don't they all?) and
would appreciate your thoughts.</font><br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>The setting is a 4-day conference of Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility. The Open Space is on the
last 2 days. The first twist is that the OST event isn't for the
whole conference. It is a track of the conference on a particular
topic (Building a Pattern Language of Living Communication).
It won't be closed in any way; anyone can come and go. It does have
it's own space and will run on it's own schedule. It's just that
other conference sessions will be happening around it.
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<font face="arial" size=2>First question -- has anyone done this?
Any advice?</font></blockquote><br>
I have. Advice: Don't do it.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> <font face="arial" size=2>The
second twist is that the closing circle is envisioned as the conference
closing. This means that it will include not just the people who
have been in the OST event but everyone who attended the
conference. Again, anyone have experience with something like
this?</font></blockquote><br>
No -- and I can't imagine how it would work. should be a great learning
moment. <br><br>
Doubtless my comments will be perceived as being less than helpful. but
having been there, done it (at least partially) and have fully resolved
not to do it again -- I could do nothing other than my Mommy always
taught me. Call it like it is.<br><br>
Harrison<br>
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