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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>Dear OS friends,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>my team and I are inviting to an
OS-OonOS (OpenSpace-Online on Open Space) for german speaking colleagues
(October-18-2003). The idea to this event came during </FONT><FONT face=Verdana
color=#000080 size=2>the first Berliner OSonOS last month. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>While I was writing this invitation
I thought, it could be interesting to include some words about the history of
OSonOS meetings. I asked Harrison about some sentences, and very fast he send me
the following text. Harrison, again ... thank you very much! And Michael M was
so very kind and translated it into German. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2></FONT><FONT face=Verdana
color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>What do you think about a
translation also in other languages and about having this text as well in the
worldwide open space site? Or does a similiar text already exist in this
website? If not, perhaps it could be fine to have different languages of it ...
What do you think? Anybody interested to support this little project?
</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2> In order to avoid double
translations, please send me an email with your name, and in which language you
want to translate. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2></FONT><FONT face=Verdana
color=#000080 size=4><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=4><STRONG>History of
OSONOS</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000066
size=2><B>OSONOS</B> -- as most things in Open Space, happened because it seemed
like a good idea at the time. Little if any planning and not a great deal of
forethought, I just found a hotel with reasonable prices, and willing to give us
more reasonable prices, close to Dulles Airport (Washington, DC)-- and then sent
out a note to anybody I thought might care to come. Seems to me about 25 folks
showed up, and of course they were the right people. When it came to featured
speakers and all the usual frills for such an undertaking, it never happened.
But what else would you expect for a group of people working in Open Space? And
no theme either, unless you count Open Space on Open Space. Seems to me that I
convened the gathering for 3-4 years, and then it took of with a life of its
own. Wonderful! And so it has continued in Toronto, Monterey, Chicago, Berlin,
Vancouver, OZ, and now on to Svenmark. Every time it is the same old stuff --
fantastic people sitting in a circle thinking thoughts and holding conversations
that nobody could quite imagine -- let alone plan for. For the old timers it
always feels like coming home, and strangely enough newcomers seem to feel the
same way. And yet we have never been in the same place twice, and truth to tell,
the experience is always a first. Never before. Never again -- and yet always
the same.<BR><FONT color=#ff8040>Harrison Owen,
July-18th-2003</FONT><BR><BR></FONT><FONT
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000066 size=2><B>OSonOS</B>
- kam zustande weil es zu der Zeit eine gute Idee schien, wie bei vielem im open
space. Ohne große Planung im Vorfeld buchte ich ein preiswertes Hotel in der
Nähe des Dulles Airport (Washington, DC) in dem wir auch noch einen Sonderpreis
bekamen und lud alle ein, von denen ich dachte sie würden gerne kommen. Soweit
ich mich erinnere, waren das 25 Leute und natürlich waren das genau die
Richtigen. Keine großen Reden oder anderen Firlefanz aber das war ja auch klar
für eine Gruppe, in der alle mit open space arbeiten. Ein richtiges Thema gabs
auch nicht ausser man lässt "Open space über open space" als Thema gelten. Ich
denke, ich habe die ersten 3 bis 4 Jahre eingeladen und dann wurde die
Veranstaltung flügge. Großartig! Und so gings weiter in Toronto, Monterey,
Chicago, Berlin, Vancouver, Australien und jetzt nach Svenmark. Und immer wieder
das Gleiche: Aussergewöhnliche Menschen sitzen im Kreis, bringen Anliegen ein
und veranstalten Diskussionen auf die kaum jemand gekommen wäre -- ganz zu
Schweigen davon, dass sie hätten geplant werden können. Für die alten Hasen
fühlts sich immer so an, als ob man nach Hause kommt und seltsamerweise gehts
den Neuen nicht anders, obwohl wir nie zweimal an einem Ort waren. Tatsache ist:
Die Erfahrung ist jedes mal als ob es das erste Mal war. Nie gewesen, nie wieder
- und trotzdem immer die selbe. <BR><FONT color=#ff8040>Michael M Pannwitz,
translation</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>Warmest
regards<BR>Gabriela</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2><BR>P.S. If you want to see the
german OS-OonOS invitation ... here is the link:</FONT><FONT face=Verdana
color=#000080 size=2><BR><A
href="http://www.openspace-online.com/oso_de/data/to_oso.php?l=6f4922f45568161a8cdf4ad2299f6d23">http://www.openspace-online.com/oso_de/data/to_oso.php?l=6f4922f45568161a8cdf4ad2299f6d23</A><BR></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2></DIV></FONT>
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