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<DIV><SPAN class=940293118-09072003><FONT
face=Arial>Michael,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=940293118-09072003><FONT face=Arial>thank you for the
invitation. In order to decide if I want to participate, I need more information
and hope you will provide it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=940293118-09072003><FONT face=Arial>1. why is this site needed
as well as the other great site that you already have up and worked so hard
on?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=940293118-09072003><FONT face=Arial>2. what are the "givens"
that are implied in this new site. There are implied givens in your other sites
and yet they have not seemed to be openly stated. For example, for me, the word
"practitioners" is not something I agree with at all. I have noticed it having
slid into use on this list and elsewhere as though that is what we refer to
ourselves as. Is it a "given" that this is some of the agreed upon vocabulary
and if so, whoever made that decision?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=940293118-09072003><FONT face=Arial>3. please tell me a little
more about people being able to go in and edit anyone's words. For example,
could I post something, and without my permission, someone change my posting but
it still end up with my name on it?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=940293118-09072003><FONT face=Arial>Thanks Michael.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Michael
Herman<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 09, 2003 12:08 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Please join
us...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>...a call for online leadership in an expanding
online community of practitioners:<BR><BR>There a have been OSLIST rumblings
about this for some time now, but finally the time has come to formally invite
you to please join us at <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.openspaceworld.NET">http://www.openspaceworld.NET</A> -- an
entirely new web address, to be developed as a peer to the existing .ORG and
.COM sites. <BR><BR>This new site is a wide open "wiki" website -- a
project and posting space for OST practitioners worldwide. "Wiki" is a
hawaiian way to say "quick." Its use is quick AND easy -- like one big
online Open Space -- an electronic combination of marketplace wall and ongoing
proceedings document.<BR><BR>Like Open Space Technology itself, the many
potential benefits and uses of <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.openspaceworld.NET">http://www.openspaceworld.NET</A> will
only be realized as we use it together. And like swimming, we will only
really learn it by ‘jumping in’ and doing it. Please join
us!<BR><BR>Here’s what we might do there:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>* convene a practitioner's work group to develop a specific OST
resource<BR>* collect some specific kind of OST stories, education,
healthcare, etc.<BR>* post the the invitation and discussion topics from a
community event you hold, so that it can be replicated and extended
elsewhere in the world<BR>* invite your participants in such gatherings to
post their notes, eliminating the need for photocopying and group
'reply-to-all' sorts of emailings<BR>* post the notes from training
workshops you are holding<BR>* invite your participants to continue to
manage and document their community followup projects online... thus
offering them an immediate, free, accessible, showcase and functionally open
space website for their work.<BR>* add your name to the list of
"SpaceHolders" which means that you will help keep the place tidy (visit
every now and then) and also will be recognized at the site as a leader in
the open space community worldwide<BR>* send prospective clients there to
see the showcase and notice that you are an active member of this worldwide
practice.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Our collective <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.openspaceworld.NET">http://www.openspaceworld.NET</A> wiki
website opens many new possibilities, the list above being only the beginning
of what might grow up there. As we get started, we must be patient with
ourselves as we learn our way into this. Some of us must also be active
and responsible there, or nothing will happen there. There is no Plan
B. <grin> <BR><BR>PLEASE JOIN US... in a working group that will
begin posting and learning there, and in the process, will give the space
shape for others to come and work and learn together. So far, the <A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.openspaceworld.NET">http://www.openspaceworld.NET</A> wiki
website is brought to you by Open Space Institute (USA) and a lot of time,
energy and love by Michael Herman (John wrote that part).<BR><BR>We believe it
has the potential of helping all of us to expand our practice in Open Space.
We also believe that it is going to foster shared learning among all who
become involved. <BR><BR>Click <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.openspaceworld.NET">http://www.openspaceworld.NET</A> and
then click all around the new site, and see if this is something you would
like to play and grow together. It's all very new and emerging. We
need your help to give it shape and direction. We are eager for you to
join us in this collective online experiment!<BR><BR>It's time to jump
in! Please join us!<BR><BR>Open Space Institute, USA<BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.openspaceworld.NET">http://www.openspaceworld.NET</A><BR><BR>Michael
Herman, John Engle, Chris Corrigan, co-facilitators<BR><BR><PRE class=moz-signature cols="$mailwrapcol">--
Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
300 West North Avenue #1105
Chicago IL 60610 USA
(312) 280-7838
<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.michaelherman.com">http://www.michaelherman.com</A> - consulting & publications
<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.globalchicago.net">http://www.globalchicago.net</A> - laboratory & playground
<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.openspaceworld.org">http://www.openspaceworld.org</A> - worldwide open space
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