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face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
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face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Thank you for your detailled report.
Most inspiring and helpful to learn from! Congratulations on your careful
preparation work and determination!<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>It fills me with hope to know that
OST is being used in Israel, the situation in your country is desperate enough…<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>May peace and hope fill the entire
area where you work… Catherine<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><!--[if supportFields]><span class=EmailFormatvorlage17><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>AUTOTEXTLIST \s
"E-Mail-Signatur" <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span></font></span><![endif]--><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Catherine Pfaehler</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Kellersriedweg 8</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>CH - 2503 Biel</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>T/F/B ++41 - (0)32 - 365 68 41</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Von:</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Im
Auftrag von </span></b>Avner Haramati<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Gesendet:</span></b> Dienstag, 13. </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Januar 2004 21:29<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>An:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Betreff:</span></b> OS and Master Plan - long</span></font><font
color=navy><span lang=EN-GB style='color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Dear colleagues </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>About 10 months ago
you helped Tova and myself in your good advise on how to use OS for the
creation of a new Master Plan for a city. </span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Last week during 3 days
(17.00-22.00) it happened, in a small city (Arad) in the northern desert of
Israel. This city which had glamorous days, sank in the last 15 years into kind
of depression. The youngsters leave, they feel penetrated by the very fast
growing of Bedouin population that surrounds them, (creating safety anxieties),
lack of leadership, and a traumatic event of death of youngsters in a huge
yearly Rock Festival. This Festival which was a life giving event and Symbol
died with police investigations and court accusations. </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Choosing OS was also in
order to elevate the energies and hope. The theme was " Arad, what is my
dream and how will we fulfill it?". About 500 people participated along
the days (250-350 each day), including the planners, governmental planning
authorities, the city management, neighbors (including Bedouins) and the newly
elected Mayor (1.5 month).</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:
windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>A lot of skepticism
prevailed among the professionals, the planners were afraid to be confronted
with over expectations, For the governmental authorities (who give the money
for the Master Plan), they refused at the beginning that the planners will meet
the public, in order to prevent pushing of private interests. The new Mayor who
got the process as a heritage was for it but hesitantly since he was not sure
if it will be a success. </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:
windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>As the os evolved more
and more young people and diversity showed up, and the discussions deepened.
The lost energies of these talented people were exposed as the dreams unfolded
and their fulfillment’s seemed plausible. For most of the people it was a great
success and they were excited and thankful for bringing back the hope. </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>some anecdotes: </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>An 11 old girl who
passed by asked what is going on there inside? "Dreaming your city"
was the answer "How much does it cost"? asked "It is free and
you are most welcome" . She walked in and soon she was seating with an old
guy, helped him to finalize his ideas translate them to Hebrew. She printed his
summary, and refused to take credit. This 11 year old girl who continued to
come, speaks Hebrew, Russian, English, French and some Arabic …and for us she
symbolized the future and direction of Arad for the people (40% Russian new
emigrants and surrounded by Arab-Bedouin tribes).</span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Originally the plan was
to do the OS on August. Since I traveled for 2.5 months, they chose to postpone
it to November. I felt unease, but we remembered the second principle and trusted
it. In October they decided to wait (and it was not easy) until after the
elections, in order not to trap the new Mayor and let him decide if he wants
it. It so happened that it became so obvious now that the postponing was
crucial to the success of the OS.</span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>At the end, the manger
of the planning authorities in the South of Israel told us that now she
believes that it is possible to have a real participation of citizens in the
preparation of Master Plans and she wants us to present it to all the planners.</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“If we will continue
with what we have started in these 3 days we will have a new Festival in town”
said one of the old timers in the closing circle.</span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Summary</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>We invested a lot of
energy, more than ever, to encourage the steering committee to choose a
committed `project manager`, to invite all the stakeholders including the all
spectrum of citizens and neighbors, and we insisted on a leading positioning of
the new Mayor. We succeeded somehow to do it without quarreling with the
client, even though we felt the urge to do it.</span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>We felt that being 2 of
us there (with Tova) was needed in order to cope with the tense political and
depressing atmosphere that prevailed.</span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Now they are in the
process of building the mechanisms to support whatever came up in order to make
it happen, in their daily life and in within the Master Plan.</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Thank you</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Avner Haramati</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Jerusalem</span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
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