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<DIV><SPAN class=860575720-07052003><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>Dear Birgitt,<SPAN class=820311722-07052003>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=860575720-07052003><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=820311722-07052003>dear Harrison (nice to meet you virtually
again!)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=860575720-07052003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=860575720-07052003>together with 10 other wonderful people I
was assisting in this extraordinary OS. As an assistant I had the chance to
get a lot of (probably additional) impressions, no testimonials, but some
stories</SPAN><SPAN class=860575720-07052003>:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=860575720-07052003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=860575720-07052003>In a
corner of one of the two big tents we had our "Doku-Centre". During the
whole time there was at least one of us to copy the reports which were
brought by participants. They gave us <SPAN
class=820311722-07052003>a lot of </SPAN>feedback or brief comments.
Without any exception I got only positive reactions like "Very good that
you have done this", "very positive experience", "unbelievable".
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=860575720-07052003></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><SPAN class=860575720-07052003>At the same time a lot of people have been
seeking for orientation. Most of them with a very clear idea where they
wanted to go and asking "where is workshop number XX?" In the very beginning a
lot of people (and after a while nearly nobody) have been asking for
clarification about procedure and time schedules. At the end we had a lot of
requests whether the reports will be published in internet. There was only one
kind of complaint in the moment somebody was looking for a workshop but the
group left the place without leaving any information where to
find.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><SPAN class=860575720-07052003></SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff>W<SPAN class=860575720-07052003>hen
being in the "Doku-Centre" we had a very good overview of the </SPAN><SPAN
class=860575720-07052003>35 break-out rooms, which had been prepared in
that tent. During the whole time all break-out rooms have been crowded, with
people working very actively and obviously having a lot of fun.
Surprisingly in all this chaos they took a lot of care about the report forms -
asking for additional paper, german or english versions or
clipboards.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=860575720-07052003>The
most surprising thing was that people got organised their own rooms in two fully
packed tents without getting too confused or annoyed. We had prepared 50 rooms,
during the opening of the OS we prepared 10 others - all in all for 180
workshops. At the end 230 issues have been announced. A lot of break-out rooms
were double booked and the people decided where to go or what to do. Others
created there own meeting places and announced them or wrote it down
on their issue papers ("outside at the tree", "in the centre of the circle", "at
the butterfly"). </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=860575720-07052003>There
have been also people being too late with their issue but encouraged of the
whole. One hissed a flag at the big ballons with an A3 paper, another
one walked around with a paper on his back to announce a group and indicate
the self created place for the workshop (this group got such a big interest that
it was working during the whole OS in 4 rounds).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=860575720-07052003></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=860575720-07052003><SPAN
class=820311722-07052003>Hans-Georg Wicke</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=860575720-07052003></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=860575720-07052003><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<BR><B>Von:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>Im Auftrag von </B>Harrison
Owen<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2003 13:48<BR><B>An:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Betreff:</B> Re: 2108 -- Remember the
Number<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>At 08:39 PM 5/6/2003 -0400, <FONT
face=arial>Birgitt</FONT> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><BR><FONT face=arial>Also very
important for spreading our work with OST ---are testimonial statements. I
would very much appreciate having you post some comments from the sponsor
about this event and what it meant to them, as well as comments from some of
the participants. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>There were indeed lots of comments
-- most of which were in German -- so I will leave it to Michael to reveal the
mysteries, should he choose to do so. My major memory was that of the sponsor,
Albrecht Mahr, who at the conclusion was basically speechless -- saying only
that he didn't really think it was going to work. Like every other sponsor I
have known, he was sure that when the final invitation was made, nobody would
come forward. In fact, there was a veritable charge to the center which began
even before I had finished the invitation. <BR><BR>ho<BR><BR>Harrison
Owen<BR><X-SIGSEP>
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