<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1255">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><SPAN class=470051118-28072003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Avner and
Tova.... thank you for inspiring my day and work with stories of yours! I
am so thankful you are out there on the leading edge. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=470051118-28072003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=470051118-28072003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Judi
Richardson</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<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>Avner
Haramati<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 27, 2003 10:05 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> story and
question<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear colleagues</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>9 months ago we opened (holded) a space in a
Regional Council that includes 25 villages and Kibutzim ( corporate
villages). They decided to build a 5 years strategic plan for the region
together with the inhabitants. 11 teams worked on the issues that stemmed
from the Open Space and last friday 10 teams that included inhabitants (130 of
them) and civil servants presented their final suggestions in an open
event/market to the public and guests and were acknowledged as the official
guidelines of the strategic plan. The teams decided that they want to
continue. The issue of the missing team was as Harrison calls it "clear as
mud" and was publicly declared by the Head of the Council as the next
focal point.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The event and all the process was declared
by the Inhabitants and the Academic and Govenmental guests as the
first manifestation of real participatory democracy that they have experienced
and they were thrilled. One of the inhabitants shared her
understandind of the process: </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>" We
were excited by the 4 principals but I would like to add
to the 4th: It ends when it ends but then it starts again". Or as Tova
said " After 9 months the baby was born but now all the work of raising
him up starts" It seems that they are getting addicted
to this, and our role along the way is just slightly to remind
them of the tune (in their words). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And the question:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We (with Tova) are in a process of using OS in
the context of inhabitants participation in building a "Master- Plan" for a
small city. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>We would be very thankful to
hear and learn about your experience in this kind of
work, especially on the allignment with the city planners and the
planning stages, and how coming elections effects it?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Avner Haramati</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jerusalem</FONT></DIV>* *
==========================================================
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU ------------------------------ To subscribe,
unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of
oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit:
<P>http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
*
*
==========================================================
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
------------------------------
To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,
view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu,
Visit:
<p>
http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html