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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Thanks
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face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Your work is almost unbelievable and
beautiful. Thanks for serving this world so well!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I admire your determination in getting to
the right people and <span class=GramE>be</span> convincing enough to get them
to engage in the process. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Good luck and much satisfaction to you in
keeping the space open for the next steps to happen. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><st1:place><font size=2
color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Harrison</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> is right: “prepare
to be surprised”! Thanks to him for sharing this wonderful work!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Dominique.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Peggy Holman<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> <span class=SpellE>lundi</span>
5 <span class=SpellE>janvier</span> 2004 </span></font><st1:time Hour="18"
Minute="20"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>18:20</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Use of Open Space
Technology in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Nigeria</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> Mediation</span></font><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Friends,</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Below
is an inspiring report that Joel <span class=SpellE>Bisina</span> of </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Nigeria</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> asked me to send to you. He came to the
Practice of Peace at the Whidbey Institute and has already begun to make a
difference because of the experience.</span></font><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span class=GramE><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>from</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>
snowy </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Seattle</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>,</span></font><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Peggy</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span class=GramE><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>(P.S.</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>
In his message, POP is Practice of Peace, SW is Spirited Work)</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=2
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Tahoma;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'>Subjec</span></font></b><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>t: Mediation In Ongoing Crisis
Between <span class=SpellE>Ijaws</span> And <span class=SpellE>Itsekiris</span>
Of </span><st1:place><st1:City><span class=SpellE><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Warri</span></span><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> Delta State</span></st1:City><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:country-region><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Nigeria</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Dear Members Of P</span>OP <span class=SpellE>and</span>
SW Global <span class=SpellE>Community</span>.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I an <span
class=SpellE>glad</span> to <span class=SpellE>inform</span> <span
class=SpellE>you</span> all of a <span class=SpellE>successful</span> <span
class=SpellE>first</span> phase <span class=SpellE>mediation</span> on <span
class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>Seven</span> (7) <span
class=SpellE>Years</span> <span class=SpellE>old</span> <span class=SpellE>intractable</span>
<span class=SpellE>conflict</span> <span class=SpellE>between</span> <span
class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>Ijaws</span> <span class=SpellE>and</span>
<span class=SpellE>The</span> <span class=SpellE>Itsekiris</span>, <span
class=SpellE>two</span> <span class=SpellE>ethnic</span> <span class=SpellE>nationalities</span>
in <span class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>oil</span> <span
class=SpellE>rich</span> Niger Delta <span class=SpellE>Region</span>. This
<span class=SpellE>is</span> a <span class=SpellE>conflict</span> <span
class=SpellE>that</span> has <span class=SpellE>claimed</span> <span
class=SpellE>well</span> <span class=SpellE>over</span> 2,000 <span
class=SpellE>lives</span> <span class=SpellE>and</span> <span class=SpellE>rendered</span>
more <span class=SpellE>than</span> 10,000 people <span class=SpellE>homeless</span>,
as <span class=SpellE>well</span> as <span class=SpellE>destroying</span>
millions of dollars <span class=SpellE>worth</span> of <span class=SpellE>property</span>.
I <span class=SpellE>am</span> <span class=SpellE>especially</span> <span
class=SpellE>interested</span> in <span class=SpellE>telling</span> <span
class=SpellE>you</span> about how I <span class=SpellE>was</span> able to use
<span class=SpellE>what</span> I <span class=SpellE>learned</span> <span
class=SpellE>at</span> Practice of <span class=SpellE>Peace</span> <span
class=SpellE>and</span> <span class=SpellE>Spirited</span> <span
class=SpellE>Work</span> to <span class=SpellE>effect</span> a positive <span
class=SpellE>outcome</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=SpellE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>My</span></font></span>
<span class=SpellE>non-profit</span> <span class=SpellE>organization</span>, NIDPRODEV
(<span class=SpellE>Niger-Delta</span> <span class=SpellE>Professionals</span>
for <span class=SpellE>Development</span>) in collaboration <span
class=SpellE>with</span> IFESH (International <span class=SpellE>Foundation</span>
for Education <span class=SpellE>and</span> Self Help) <span
class=SpellE>sponsored</span> a <span class=SpellE>multi-level</span> <span
class=SpellE>mediation</span> workshop <span class=SpellE>from</span> 14<sup>th</sup>
to 17<sup>th</sup> <span class=SpellE>and</span> 18<sup>th</sup> to 21<sup>st</sup>
of <span class=SpellE>December</span>, 2003. In <span
class=SpellE>this</span> <span class=SpellE>first</span> phase, <span
class=SpellE>we</span> met <span class=SpellE>separately</span> <span
class=SpellE>with</span> <span class=SpellE>Ijaws</span> <span class=SpellE>and</span>
<span class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>Itsekiris</span>, <span
class=SpellE>targeting</span> <span class=SpellE>the</span> leaders of <span
class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>combatant</span> groups on <span
class=SpellE>both</span> <span class=SpellE>sides</span>. <span
class=SpellE>The</span> initial <span class=SpellE>focus</span> of <span
class=SpellE>this</span> intervention <span class=SpellE>was</span> to <span
class=SpellE>obtain</span> a <span class=SpellE>ceasefire</span> <span
class=SpellE>amongst</span> <span class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>two</span>
<span class=SpellE>warring</span> groups <span class=SpellE>and</span> <span
class=SpellE>also</span> to <span class=SpellE>facilitate</span> <span
class=SpellE>them</span> to explore <span class=SpellE>other</span> <span
class=SpellE>creative</span> <span class=SpellE>means</span> of <span
class=SpellE>addressing</span> <span class=SpellE>the</span> issues <span
class=SpellE>rather</span> <span class=SpellE>than</span> <span class=SpellE>resorting</span>
to violence.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=SpellE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The</span></font></span>
<span class=SpellE>member</span> of <span class=SpellE>your</span> global <span
class=SpellE>community</span> <span class=SpellE>Joel</span> <span
class=SpellE>Bisina</span> <span class=SpellE>led</span> <span class=SpellE>the</span>
<span class=SpellE>mediation</span>, <span class=SpellE>and</span>
I <span class=SpellE>am</span> <span class=SpellE>glad</span> to <span
class=SpellE>inform</span> <span class=SpellE>you</span> <span class=SpellE>that</span>
<span class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>program</span> <span
class=SpellE>recorded</span> a <span class=SpellE>high</span> <span
class=SpellE>level</span> of <span class=SpellE>success</span>. Not <span
class=SpellE>only</span> <span class=SpellE>did</span> <span
class=SpellE>each</span> group <span class=SpellE>denounce</span> violence as
an option for <span class=SpellE>getting</span> <span class=SpellE>their</span>
<span class=SpellE>needs</span> met, <span class=SpellE>they</span> <span
class=SpellE>also</span> <span class=SpellE>pledged</span> to <span
class=SpellE>collaborate</span> <span class=SpellE>with</span> <span
class=SpellE>each</span> <span class=SpellE>other</span> to co-<span
class=SpellE>creatively</span> <span class=SpellE>find</span>
a solution to <span class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>problem</span>.
<span class=SpellE>Both</span> <span class=SpellE>sides</span> have <span
class=SpellE>had</span> <span class=SpellE>follow-up</span> meetings <span
class=SpellE>with</span> <span class=SpellE>their</span> <span class=SpellE>various</span>
groups <span class=SpellE>and</span> have <span class=SpellE>resolved</span>
as a <span class=SpellE>next</span> <span class=SpellE>step</span>
to engage in a more constructive joint session.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=SpellE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>My</span></font></span>
participation <span class=SpellE>at</span> POP <span class=SpellE>and</span>
SW <span class=SpellE>was</span> instrumental to <span class=SpellE>the</span>
<span class=SpellE>success</span> <span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>recorded</span></span><span
class=GramE> .</span> I <span class=SpellE>designed</span> <span
class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>mediation</span> to use <span
class=SpellE>several</span> <span class=SpellE>strategies</span> I <span
class=SpellE>learned</span>, <span class=SpellE>including</span> OPENSPACE
TECHNOLOGY, as <span class=SpellE>well</span> as THE REFLECTIVE
OPENING AND CLOSING <span class=SpellE>CIRCLES</span>. <span
class=SpellE>However</span>, <span class=SpellE>it</span> <span class=SpellE>is</span>
<span class=SpellE>worthy</span> of note to mention <span class=SpellE>that</span> <span
class=SpellE>when</span> <span class=SpellE>we</span> <span class=SpellE>started</span>
<span class=SpellE>the</span> session, I <span class=SpellE>saw</span> <span
class=SpellE>that</span> <span class=SpellE>the</span> participants <span
class=SpellE>were</span> <span class=SpellE>very</span> <span class=SpellE>agitated</span>,
<span class=SpellE>and</span> <span class=SpellE>unable</span> to <span
class=SpellE>focus</span> on <span class=SpellE>moving</span> <span
class=SpellE>forward</span> in a collaborative <span class=SpellE>way</span>.
I <span class=SpellE>remembered</span> <span class=SpellE>my</span>
participation <span class=SpellE>at</span> <span class=SpellE>the</span>
session <span class=SpellE>convened</span> on COMPASSIONATE
LISTENING <span class=SpellE>convened</span> by <span class=SpellE>Leah</span> Green <span
class=SpellE>and</span> <span class=SpellE>her</span> team <span
class=SpellE>and</span> <span class=SpellE>decided</span> to <span
class=SpellE>try</span> <span class=SpellE>that</span> <span class=SpellE>approach</span>.
<span class=SpellE>It</span> <span class=SpellE>was</span> of immense <span
class=SpellE>benefit</span>, as <span class=SpellE>the</span>
participants for <span class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>first</span>
time <span class=SpellE>felt</span> <span class=SpellE>listened</span> to <span
class=SpellE>and</span> <span class=SpellE>had</span> <span
class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>opportunity</span> to <span
class=SpellE>listen</span> to <span class=SpellE>each</span> <span
class=SpellE>other's</span> <span class=SpellE>side</span> of <span
class=SpellE>the</span> story. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=SpellE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The</span></font></span>
<span class=SpellE>openspace</span> <span class=SpellE>technology</span> <span
class=SpellE>was</span> <span class=SpellE>very</span> <span class=SpellE>helpful</span>
as <span class=SpellE>it</span> <span class=SpellE>enabled</span>
me to open up <span class=SpellE>space</span> <span class=SpellE>and</span>
<span class=SpellE>hold</span> <span class=SpellE>the</span> <span
class=SpellE>space</span> <span class=SpellE>while</span> <span class=SpellE>the</span>
participants <span class=SpellE>took</span> <span class=SpellE>responsibility</span>
for <span class=SpellE>their</span> actions <span class=SpellE>and</span> <span
class=SpellE>their</span> issues. This <span class=SpellE>was</span> <span
class=SpellE>needed</span> to vent tension <span class=SpellE>and</span> <span
class=SpellE>anger</span>. <span class=SpellE>And</span> <span class=SpellE>it</span> <span
class=SpellE>created</span> <span class=SpellE>BROTHERHOOD</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=SpellE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Some</span></font></span>
of <span class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>results</span> of <span
class=SpellE>this</span> intervention <span class=SpellE>included</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><font size=3
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>Ø</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></font>Change
in perception<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><font size=3
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>Ø</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></font>A
<span class=SpellE>resolution</span> <span class=SpellE>that</span> violence <span
class=SpellE>does</span> not <span class=SpellE>pay</span> <span
class=SpellE>any</span> one<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><font size=3
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>Ø</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></font>A
<span class=SpellE>resolve</span> to <span class=SpellE>collaborate</span>
for joint <span class=SpellE>problem</span> <span class=SpellE>solving</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><font size=3
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>Ø</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></font>A
<span class=SpellE>commitment</span> to continue to <span class=SpellE>work</span>
<span class=SpellE>amongst</span> <span class=SpellE>ethnic</span> groups to <span
class=SpellE>hold</span> <span class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>space</span>
for <span class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>peace</span> <span
class=SpellE>while</span> <span class=SpellE>the</span> issues are <span
class=SpellE>being</span> <span class=SpellE>addressed</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=SpellE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It</span></font></span>
<span class=SpellE>is</span> of <span class=SpellE>further</span> <span
class=SpellE>interest</span> to mention <span class=SpellE>here</span> <span
class=SpellE>that</span> I <span class=SpellE>was</span> <span
class=SpellE>invited</span> to observe a <span class=SpellE>similar</span>
initiative <span class=SpellE>that</span> <span class=SpellE>is</span> <span
class=SpellE>being</span> <span class=SpellE>facilitated</span>
by an NGO <span class=SpellE>run</span> by an <span class=SpellE>American</span> <span
class=SpellE>woman</span> <span class=SpellE>here</span> <span class=SpellE>which</span>
<span class=SpellE>is</span> <span class=SpellE>aimed</span> <span
class=SpellE>at</span> <span class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>elders</span>,
<span class=SpellE>community</span> leaders, <span class=SpellE>and</span> <span
class=SpellE>government</span> <span class=SpellE>security</span>
agents. <span class=SpellE>Unfortunately</span>, <span class=SpellE>this</span>
session <span class=SpellE>ended</span> in a <span class=SpellE>deadlock</span>.
<span class=SpellE>It</span> <span class=SpellE>was</span> <span
class=SpellE>clear</span> <span class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>facilitator</span>
<span class=SpellE>was</span> not <span class=SpellE>familiar</span> <span
class=SpellE>with</span> Open <span class=SpellE>Space</span> <span
class=SpellE>Technology</span>, <span class=SpellE>Compassionate</span> <span
class=SpellE>Listening</span>, or <span class=SpellE>the</span> <span
class=SpellE>other</span> techniques I <span class=SpellE>was</span> <span
class=SpellE>exposed</span> to <span class=SpellE>at</span> POP <span
class=SpellE>and</span> <span class=SpellE>SW</span>. <span
class=SpellE>The</span> <span class=SpellE>facilitator</span> <span
class=SpellE>also</span> <span class=SpellE>observed</span> <span
class=SpellE>my</span> <span class=SpellE>mediation</span> sessions, <span
class=SpellE>and</span> I <span class=SpellE>am</span> <span
class=SpellE>glad</span> to <span class=SpellE>inform</span> <span
class=SpellE>you</span> <span class=SpellE>that</span> <span
class=SpellE>she</span> has <span class=SpellE>approached</span> me to
help out <span class=SpellE>and</span> <span class=SpellE>teach</span> <span
class=SpellE>her</span> <span class=SpellE>some</span> of <span class=SpellE>these</span>
<span class=SpellE>skills</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=SpellE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Both</span></font></span> of
<span class=SpellE>these</span> initiatives are <span class=SpellE>supported</span>
<span class=SpellE>financially</span> by USAID/<span class=SpellE>The</span>
US <span class=SpellE>Embassy</span> <span class=SpellE>here</span> in
Nigeria.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I <span
class=SpellE>will</span> let <span class=SpellE>you</span> know of <span
class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>outcome</span> of <span
class=SpellE>the</span> joint session <span class=SpellE>between</span>
<span class=SpellE>the</span> <span class=SpellE>Ijaws</span> <span
class=SpellE>and</span> <span class=SpellE>Itsekiris</span> <span
class=SpellE>coming</span> up <span class=SpellE>the</span> second <span
class=SpellE>week</span> of <span class=SpellE>January</span>
2004. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Read <span
class=SpellE>and</span> let me know <span class=SpellE>what</span> <span
class=SpellE>you</span> <span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>feel</span></span><span
class=GramE> .</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=SpellE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Joel</span></font></span>
<span class=SpellE>Bisina</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I <span
class=SpellE>also</span> <span class=SpellE>intend</span> to post <span
class=SpellE>this</span> on <span class=SpellE>catalyst</span> for more <span
class=SpellE>members</span> of <span class=SpellE>the</span> global <span
class=SpellE>community</span> to <span class=SpellE>see</span> how <span
class=SpellE>they</span> are <span class=SpellE>contributing</span> to <span
class=SpellE>my</span> <span class=SpellE>work</span> <span class=SpellE>here</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________________<br>
Peggy <span class=SpellE>Holman</span><br>
<span class=SpellE>The</span> Open <span class=SpellE>Circle</span> <span
class=SpellE>Company</span><br>
15347 SE 49th Place<br>
Bellevue, WA 98006<br>
425.746.6274<br>
<a href="http://www.opencirclecompany.com">www.opencirclecompany.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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