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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>G'day All</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In an 'internal' OSonOS OZ gathering in Melbourne
some years ago one of our international visitors, Arun Wakhlu,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>invited participants to take a moment to
acknowledge and express gratitude </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>to all those -
family members, colleagues, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>fellow Open Spacers, among others - who had
made it </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>possible for them to attend the
meeting. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A nice reminder of this came from another person
from India. Malay Biswas expressed </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>a
similar semtiment during </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the closing circle at last </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>week's wondrous 10th International OSonOS in OZ </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>at Marysville near Melbourne. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wonder if you believe that such a practice is
inherent in OST and that we would do well </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>to
make it explicit, as we </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>do the principles? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another musing ... which </FONT>has
been germinating over the past couple of weeks, sparked </DIV>
<DIV>initially by the results of the mid term elections in the US and
then inspired by the spirit </DIV>
<DIV>of the gathering in Marysville. (Reading it aloud may bring
more sense). <BR><BR>
I
wonder if you see<BR>
that it's up to you and
me<BR>
and all the other
we<BR>
who
see<BR>
humanity<BR>
differently<BR>
to be as
free<BR>
as she or
he<BR>
can
be<BR>
ferociously<BR>
passionately<BR>
responsibly
.....<BR>
and take the next step!</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>I deeply appreciate the efforts of Brian Bainbridge and the
crew who did precisely what was required to create the</DIV>
<DIV>conditions for wholesome connecting among all participants, including
virtual. </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/osonos10/wiki/wiki.cgi">http://www.openspaceworld.org/osonos10/wiki/wiki.cgi</A></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With love</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Adelaide</FONT></DIV>
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