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At 10:30 AM 5/12/2003 +0200,
<font face="arial" size=2 color="#800080">Erich</font> wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2 color="#800080">But
we know, that one of the conditions of self-organization is a
"nutrient enviroment". And here we come again to the question
what is possible and appropriate in a certain context. </font><br>
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<font face="arial" size=2 color="#800080">For sure it <i>would not been
appropriate</i> to skip, for example, the catering supply for 2108,
though in my opinion catering is not essential to Open Space. People
would have survived one day without food easily, maybe a little
uncomfortable, but would have survived.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="arial" size=2 color="#800080">So what is appropriate? It is
appropriate to leave the comfortzone and bring in challenges to stimulate
people to move by themselves. But I would not support a philosophy
of slimming down to nothing, without looking at the circumstances</font>
</blockquote><br>
"Appropriate" and "sufficient" are things that the
people themselves must decide, I think. There is an easy test -- tell the
folks what the conditions are and they will decide whether to come. For
example food/catering was good at Wuerzberg, but I have certainly done
OS's where there was neither. In one case when we were working with a
whole town, people were invited to come for the day and bring their
lunch. Most people brought little brown bags or picnic hampers. Those who
did not either went hungry, mooched off the others, or went out to find
something. Worked fine. However, if we had promised a 5 course meal and
had nothing -- problems for sure.<br><br>
ho<br><br>
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