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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elena,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You are not alone this day after Christmas!
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It sounds to me like you have passion for this
topic and really want to jump in yourself. Is it possible for someone else
to open the space and you be there as a participant?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Short of that, there may be others who may be
thinking along the same lines as you. I've often been amazed at hearing my
thoughts coming from someone else. So, take a deep breath, let go, and
know that people will go where they're ready to go and it will be what needs to
happen.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All the best from sunny Seattle,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peggy</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=marco@MAIL.NSK.RU href="mailto:marco@MAIL.NSK.RU">Elena A.
Marchuk</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>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 26, 2002 6:36
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> For those, who can afford
themselves to think on Christmass</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear friends,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We don't have Christmass in Russia as an official
holidays, we do celebrate all things up side down,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but I don't want to bother you on your holidays
as well, just can't wait to share my questions with you and pretty ready that
nobody will answer me, just let me talk to myself, thinking about you and if
somebody will have time to answer me ... - when we shall have our holidays: we
do celebrate Happy New Year, then ortodox Christmass - on the 7th of
January... and then not official but still holiday - "Old" Happy New Year... -
it will be also OK.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So Merry Christmass to all of you and a Happy New
Year</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and for those who can find time for reading -
here is my dilemma</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did 4 hour OS (you see I did persuade to give
me more time, while working with local government administrative workers on
the up-grading), and on the 24th it was the group from different regions, whom
I saw a week before on a 2 hours meeting, where I proposed them to try to make
a picture of desired future of our communal service - and they worked nicely
and in a week ... of lectures, tired but worked nicely in the OS, posting a
very important questions for them, "How to improve their work in communal
service", </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>there were always the 'needed resources' such as
financing, but some did write what are the next steps to move the problem
solving forward... but the work was great and... whatever
happens...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>on the other day, after the Happy New Year party
in my research institute... may be here is the reason, that I was a little bit
tired and in an other mood, and the next day again need to work with the other
group - from my city, Novosibirsk, I found myself being pushing participants
to really think what they can do and to start with - I asked them - so things
will be moving. I did ask them intuitively, what I now think, that I want them
to ask, on their usual 'resource' as financing - what is needed that there
will be financing?, but I did ask only what concrete first steps is needed to
be done, as some did not write any...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so, I realized myself, that I'm attached for
results, but not in the meaning that I wait them from OS, but that I wanted to
'train' them more, then OS is supposing to be...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>there was one women, who did said in the closing
cession, that nothing will move until somebody will move that. so there really
was understanding of what I did try to do with my questions...and there were
saing like we can do something only being together - one big city, 1,5 mln
people, but 10 districts, so there were 30 people who never met and work in
Organizatonal-Technical Departments - don't ask me what they do, as they did
discuss, that there are diffirent functions in different
districts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but the problem is - not enough financing for
houses repairing and keeping them in good conditions... </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the last law - in the beginning of December, that
people will pay 90% of expances of this communal service, as I say - it is not
2 and not 1,5 , so it will not solve the problem of making communal service
work in the "market system", it will stay again as the oathis
of 'socialism', 'driving on the left side of the road, when
everybody goes on the right..." and don't giving the possibility to develop it
and no financing for repairing... and... roofs coming down on the heads of
people...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>that is not my role as the facilitator - to push
people to think more then they can now? is it?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so give me your hand, if there is somebody
ready...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>don't worry, if you are busy... it can wait
untill after holiday, so just thank you for being here ... or
there</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I worked with the group of people, working in the
planning departments some time ago, and I asked them if they can to write down
in the analitical tables not two columns - facts of the last period, and the
plan for this year - the third one, which federal departments anounce but did
not finance, but they should 'know" what is the difference with the "social
normatives" as they take more money to Moscow, then leave them in the regions,
so who, as not the regions should calculate the nessassary financing - I know
it looks like very 'socialistic' but if not so, that why don't we go 100%
payments and real donations to people in need, so people can start calculate
real money and not 'promissed but never given from the
government'</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>well the year is finishing, the problems let stay
in the past, let's go to the future with hope,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so should I only facilitate and watch people?
they did recieve OS - the right to talk democratically and are very happy with
good communication possibilities...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in some time I will work with the heads of the
department, so should I 'irritate' them with my questions and the results of
their workers discussions, or it is not my business? and do I need to just
watch when they say - no financing - no deal...?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>sorry for many questions again</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>best wishes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>elena</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>novosibirsk,
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