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At 09:15 PM 6/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial">Harrison,</font><br>
<font face="arial">OST always works. No worries there. However , we
cannot guarantee what we cannot guarantee and so I am concerned that on
<a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org">www.openspaceworld.org</a> a
guarantee is stated. I know that any OST event that is one day or less
cannot guarantee that "All of the issues that are MOST important to
the participants will be raised." Many times in OST meetings,
participants, particularly those who have felt disempowered, do not get
their most important topics up until the morning of day 2 when for some
reason they take their power and run with it. We also don't guarantee a
comprehensive report, especially of a one day or shorter event. And so
on.... I believe that we can make the statements of guarantee that are
listed in an event of 2 or more days.</font></blockquote><br>
No problem. And actually I think Michael says as much, although maybe not
as precisely. I never did like a "short Open Space" (less than
a day) -- and if possible I always try for 2 days under the heading If it
is worth doing, it is worth doing well-- or something. <br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial">And, whenever
Michael gives the go ahead to add to these read only pages that are like
his "givens", I will offer my viewpoint on that site, which as
you know is often an alternative. I remember in one of the first OSONOS
meetings I posted the topic "Harrisy's" with a play on your
name and the word heresy---doing things in a way that isn't how Harrison
does it. I recall that topic to be highly playful and well
attended.</font></blockquote><br>
The space is always open, and heresy is definitely good for the soul. It
is a marvelous antidote to arteriosclerosis of the mental pathways and
other obnoxious indications of incipient dogmatism. And it certainly
eliminates the dreaded One Right Way.<br><br>
ho <br><br>
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