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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I agree with HO that OS is in a great extent native
and natural thing, what has been practiced in one or another form around world
for thousands of years. This is perhaps the reason, why it is so easily
applicable in whatever language and environment.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another question is the renewal of this ancient and
powerful tool. There is a nice rule: don't fix it if it works! Most of
facilitators of OS around world seem to stick pretty punctually to the way OS
facilitation is proposed to convene in Users Guide, repeating carefully all
sentences etc. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As the OS in English (American) works so powerfully
there seems to be no need for it's alteration. In many languages even the
name of it, Open Space is often left untranslated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am passionate to find the contact with native OS
traditions. I am much grateful for any guidance to resources in listserve
archives about this topic. I am also much interested to develop here
further ideas and experiences of OS in other languages and
traditions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>August 15-17 there is going to be held the second
OS conference Earth and People in a small village Shongui of Murmansk region,
Russian Saamiland. Russian Saamis (lapps) are rediscovering their native
ways of OS nad plan to have annually a meeting on that topic in their
country.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We from Estonia invite people to face2face OS
meeting "Native OS as Practice of Peace" in Tartu University for the
first week of February 2004.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With greetings,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mikk Sarv</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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