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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>Dear Bernd,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000000><EM>you
wrote: good idea, but I doubt, that Gabrielas software or a similar format can
deal with more than 50 participants and/or 20 passions/themes.<BR><BR>What do
you think Gabriela?</EM></FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The real-time conference software OpenSpace-Online (durations
between 2 and 7,5 hours) and its virtual facilitator Comoso is able to "lead" 5
to 75 people through an open space conference procedure including 3 time slots
... with up to 30 issues = up to 30 workshops. Based on 1,5 years experiences on
the market - I can tell you, that I know not each single case, where an
organizer of a public OpenSpace-Online conferences had more than 70
participants. If this would happen, we are able to offer immediately a second
(or third, or ...) parallel online conference for this organizer regarding
the same theme and at the same time. All participants would then get at
the end of the event two (or three, ...) complete conference documentations.
Maybe a very interesting effect ... to see unexpected diversity. Currently we
have started to work on our 2.Software-Version. With this version it will be
possible to invite much more people in the future. For more details please go to
our website <A
href="http://www.OpenSpace-Online.com">http://www.OpenSpace-Online.com</A> -
thanks a lot!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Best greetings to Mosambik!<BR>Gabriela</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<A title=weberb@gmx.at href="mailto:weberb@gmx.at">Bernd Weber</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 12, 2003 8:19
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Civil Conversation</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear Kerry,<BR><BR>good idea, but I doubt, that Gabrielas
software or a similar format can deal with more than 50 participants and/or 20
passions/themes.<BR>What do you think Gabriela?<BR><BR>Greetings from
Maputo/Mosambik, where I have actually an assignment in the context of the
Public Sector Reform, unfortunately they are still far from accepting OST,
which I do meanwhile quite a lot in participatory District
Development<BR><BR><BR>Bernd<BR>(hopefully back again after a long time of "no
time" or only lurking rapidly ;-)<BR>-----<BR><A
href="mailto:weberb@gmx.at">weberb@gmx.at</A>, on 12.12.2003 at 21:10:34
(GMT/UT + 02:00)<BR>Bernd Weber, Organization Development and Change
Management Consultancy<BR>"DEVELOP YOUR CAPACITIES - MATERIALIZE YOUR
VISION"<BR>----<BR>MOZAMBIQUE fone: (+258-3) 31 11 91, cellfone:(+258)-82-38
00 77<BR>AUSTRIA fone: (+43 1) 596 86 57, cellfone: +43 (0)664
7667872<BR>----<BR><BR><BR> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:55:27 +0000, kerry
napuk wrote:<BR>Harrison<BR>Thanks for raising the possibility of open space
in politics.<BR>As the process is one of the closest things we will ever see
to participatory democracy, it should have a natural application to
politics. However, there are a few big barriers to such an application -
politicians and politics. Politicos love to play power games and are
driven by monster egos, not exactly prerequisites for sharing.
Moreover, politics have become media perception (and huge spend) exercises
that negate personal involvement and rely on manipulation, often promoting
fear.<BR>We were approached by a minority party in Scotland to do an open
space on issues in constituencies around the country. It occurred to me
that it would be more productive to have a national event, rather than a
series of smaller ones where convergence of priorities might be awkward and
time consuming and mitigate against a critical mass talking in real
time. So, I suggested why not let ALL the party members come together in
open space and create the party's Manifesto (what you call the Platform in
America)? If members created the party's position on key issues, what it
really stood for, participants would have commitment and ownership at point of
participation and would go out and work to get their people elected.<BR>So,
why not propose a virtual open space national event to create Dean's
platform? I believe Gabrielle Ender has the software to do the
exercise. Another variation might be to have individual Meet-up Groups
propose their issues, actions and priorities and report into the virtual
event, allowing convergence around majority positions. Letting voters
decide for once what their party and candidate really stand for sounds pretty
novel to me.<BR>Hey, this could be exciting and
fun!<BR>Cheers<BR>Kerry<BR>Open
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