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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#993366" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#993366'>Julie,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#993366" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#993366'>Your experience here
raises for me questions about Open Space as a way of being, inside and perhaps
more significantly, outside scheduled OST events and gatherings. When I work
with a community of work, faith, or geographical community, I’m always
curious about how to help nurture Open Space as an intrinsic fiber in the
community’s fabric of being. For me this means being Open Space in
everyday contexts, especially the most mundane, ordinary, and accidental. A
group or community that does this, in my experience, brings this in a deeper
and more lively way to events and gatherings. Just a thought.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><em><i><font size=4 color="#002400" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#002400'>Jack</span></font></i></em><font size=5
color="#002400"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#002400'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color="#993366"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#993366'>____________________________<br>
</span></font><font size=1 color=navy><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:navy'>JACK
RICCHIUTO / 216.373.7475</span></font><font size=2 color="#993366"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#993366'><br>
</span></font><em><i><font size=1 color="#004000" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#004000'>site</span></font></i></em><font
size=1 color="#004000"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#004000'>: <a
href="http://www.DesigningLife.com">www.DesigningLife.com</a> / <em><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>blog</span></font></i></em>: <a
href="http://www.Gassho.Blogspot.com">www.Gassho.Blogspot.com</a> </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Julie Smith<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, November 15, 2003
3:17 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> help, please</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Greetings ~<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>It’s
amazing how life keeps supporting whatever lesson we’re working
on. This morning I received this message from a colleague who
participated in one of my earliest OST’s with a handful of tribal council
folks from several villages:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I was wondering if you might be
interested in the possiblity of doing some "<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Team</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>"
type training out in the villages. I haven't thought through how the
training would go, that would sort of be up to you. But I was thinking
that something like "team building" would be a very positive thing
for some of the tribal councils that I work with. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I discussed this possiblity with my
co-workers and they were all very supportive of the idea. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If you think that you might be
interested in this type of thing, then maybe we could meet and talk more about
the details to see if it is possible.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Let me know what you think :)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>When I started
reflecting on our first experience together, I remembered that this had been a
very difficult OST. The theme had something to do with conflict
resolution. I did the opening and then “got out of the way”
so they could self-organize and learn from and with each other. I really
believe in the power of all that stuff. But the energy was flat.
Things just didn’t move. People seemed to simply be rehashing what
had already been hashed through before. No fresh insights to speak
of. They clearly wanted that spark of new insight and inspiration, but it
just wasn’t happening. After a few hours of talking, they wanted
more help from me in understanding how they might do things differently.
They very clearly and directly asked for more help from me. I
resisted participation, and expressed confidence in their ability to find the
answers they needed from within themselves and within the group. They
resisted my resistance. In the end, I talked with them a bit about what
it means to collaborate, to engage in mutual problem-solving that relies on and
respects the input of everyone. We talked about how collaboration changes
the dynamics of human interaction, and how that approach might help. But
it felt like too little, too late. Overall, I felt out of sync with OST,
and out of sync with them. It wasn’t one of my brightest moments.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>And now that I
think about how it FELT when they asked for my help, I realize I didn’t
have that sense of them asking me as an expert to solve their problems for
them. It didn’t have that us-them quality about it. Rather,
it felt very real and authentic, like they were asking me as another human
being to share my knowledge and insight to help them find their way out of
desperate situations. (The situation in many places in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Alaska</st1:State></st1:place> is truly desperate. And
tragic. Things are so unbalanced in some areas that suicide rates,
especially for young Native Alaska men, are among the highest anywhere in the
world. And that doesn’t count the countless “accidents”
that result in injury or death. Many communities are very small, perhaps
several hundred people, so the impact of each person on the community as a
whole is magnified. Everything and everyone deeply matters. And in
addition to whatever else is happening, the community is typically engaged in
deep grieving over many kinds of losses from the recent and distant past.) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>And so I
wonder what ideas any of you might have about how to approach this
request. I’m interested in thoughts about OST and also other
approaches that might come to mind. I appreciate any and all ideas
~<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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