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class=600170200-24092002>Dear friends <SPAN
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class=600170200-24092002><SPAN class=190522300-24092002>d colleagues in the Open
Space community of this list,</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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class=190522300-24092002></SPAN>F<SPAN class=190522300-24092002>acilitated by
Judi Richardson, using Open Space Technology, the International Alliance for
Mentoring</SPAN><SPAN class=190522300-24092002> (IAM)</SPAN> conference
this year will be taking place here in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA<SPAN
class=190522300-24092002> on Sept 28/29</SPAN>. There will be about 25 people
for this second annual conference, with participants from seven countries
-Israel, Siberia, New Zealand, Germany, England, Canada, USA, and Sweden . We
anticipate exciting discussions. We hope that you will take a few minutes, if
you care to, to write a story to us about mentoring to include in our
proceedings for the conference. These stories are needed by the conference start
on Sept 28th and will be posted at the conference as stories that might
stimulate further discussions. We are looking for stories of mentoring by an
individual or by an organization. Some of us who work holistically as
"consultants" to organizations are very excited about shifting the concept
of "consultant" to the concept of "mentor". And some of us are very excited by
the concept of organizations mentoring each other so that they all benefit from
a mentoring (verb) relationship. Some pre-conference discussions have already
taken place by those of us who couldn't wait and are already gathered here. One
that stirred my passion, initiated by Terry Gibson from England, was one of
creating possibilities of one conscious Open Space Organization in a mentoring
relationship with another for mutual support and learning. </SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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class=600170200-24092002>Information about the International Alliance for
Mentoring is at <FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2><A
href="http://www.openspacetechnology.com/iam.html">http://www.openspacetechnology.com/iam.html</A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> including an invitation for people to
participate by sending their stories of mentoring to us. We are intending to
compile these and develop a book when we have enough of
them.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=600170200-24092002> </SPAN><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2><A
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class=600170200-24092002><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2> </FONT>I have
recorded the story of the International Alliance for Mentoring as a story of an
intentional conscious Open Space Organization, just forming and with the most
minimal number of givens. This is an ongoing experiment to determine how little
structure we can have in place and yet support the passion to have this
organization grow and thrive.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=600170200-24092002>One global project of
the IAM is the Harmony Project. Information about this can be found at <A
href="http://www.openspacetechnology.com/harmony.html">http://www.openspacetechnology.com/harmony.html</A><SPAN
class=190522300-24092002> </SPAN>and go to the Harmony Project in the menu.
Within this project we work with the Open Space of the universe, accessing the
magic of an Open Space Technology meeting and moving beyond the Open Space
Technology meeting. The theme is "holding space for opportunities for harmony in
the world".</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=600170200-24092002>We invite you to join us in this exciting
work that is intended to shift consciousness on this planet, in our desire to
work towards more life nurturing options for the future. One chapter of the book
will be devoted to "for our children..." as we look to the future to be of
influence to create the world that we want for our children.</SPAN></DIV>
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<P>Blessings to you and to all with whom you make Genuine Contact,</P>
<P>Birgitt</SPAN></P>
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believe that Spirit matters and people are precious. I know that organizations
incorporating these values have exciting, tangible results including wealth,
prosperity, and abundance. Daily, these organizations attend to their health and
balance. Participating in the Genuine Contact program takes you on a learning
journey of HOW to achieve the healthy and balanced organization (the conscious
Open Space Organization).”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Birgitt
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