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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" DEFAULT="FACE"><FONT SIZE="3" POINTSIZE="12" DEFAULT="SIZE">Hi Peggy,<BR>
right, I never have met Murli, either, other than a few exchanges per email.<BR>
He does exist, I am sure. He is part of our common history. He should come to Denmark.<BR>
If you happen to read this, Murli, come and join us in Denmark.<BR>
Greetings from Berlin<BR>
mmp<BR>
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On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 13:20:18 -0700, Peggy Holman wrote:<BR>
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>I'm catching up on a few weeks list reading and ran across Michael's story<BR>
>of the beginnings of open space on the Internet.<BR>
><BR>
>I'll add one obscure, but important item to the the beginnings.<BR>
><BR>
>In 1996, we announced the start of the Open Space Institutes (Canada and the<BR>
>US both early entries thanks to a cross-the-country trip by Harrison,<BR>
>bringing the idea with him as he traveled west from Toronto to Seattle. (My<BR>
>memory is a bit fuzzy on this -- but I think Australia followed shortly<BR>
>thereafter.)<BR>
><BR>
>Early on, an e-mail announcement went out to the small electronic list we<BR>
>had at the time. It was, after all, still quite early in the adoption of<BR>
>these technologies that are so integral to our community today. One person,<BR>
>who remains totally present and absolutely invisible, Murli Nagasundaram,<BR>
>whom I have still never met in person, was moved to do two things:<BR>
><BR>
>1. He set up this OSlist, now in its 7th!! year; and<BR>
>2. He created our first web page. It was a simple placeholder but it was<BR>
>the first.<BR>
><BR>
>The web page is long gone, but Murli, via Boise State University is still<BR>
>our listserv host.<BR>
><BR>
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>and to the question about Open Space Institute as an NGO:<BR>
>"and yes, whatever did happen to that little initiative?"<BR>
><BR>
>My recollection is that it met with that essential apsect of open space:<BR>
>action happens where there is passion and a willingness to take<BR>
>responsibility. The idea was discussed, we even had someone with experience<BR>
>in doing the paperwork. There simply wasn't interest once OSonOS ended.<BR>
>The double rainbow and calling ourselves worldwide was enough.<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
>Greetings from Seattle, where hummingbirds' wings sparkle in the sunlight,<BR>
>Peggy<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
>----- Original Message -----<BR>
>From: "Michael Herman" <<FONT COLOR=0000ff><U>mherman@globalchicago.net<FONT COLOR=000000 DEFAULT="COLOR"></U>><BR>
>To: <<FONT COLOR=0000ff><U>OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<FONT COLOR=000000 DEFAULT="COLOR"></U>><BR>
>Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:55 AM<BR>
>Subject: everything WE know about ost...<BR>
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>> IN THE BEGINNING<BR>
>><BR>
>> ...there was the web... and then the open space institute usa. and then<BR>
>> they came together as the OSI-USA website, thanks in large part to the<BR>
>> work of Peggy Holman and some others whose names i am sorry to be<BR>
>> missing just now.<BR>
>><BR>
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