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<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Name
tags? In Open Space?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Sorry...I just took a close look at the photos, and I see name
tags?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In my
work, I often have people from wildly differing places on the org chart sitting
in the same circle...with no nametags, everyone is an equal - a carbon-based
life form, sharing a common passion. I have never used nametags just to keep
that equality. A data entry clerk has as much validity as an ADM (and I had the
two sitting side by side recently), but knowing who's who could distract?
Although the control freaks want to go around the circle with introductions at
the beginning of day 1, I've found the anonymity freeing. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Does
everyone else use nametags? Is there a time when nametags are useful? Am I
missing out on value by not using them?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>By the
way, I've never done an OS with >50 people, but have come up with a cute
possible idea for larger OS's, as I'm pondering a possible 200+ this fall. When
people go to breakout groups, I like to have them sign up for the group, so
that, in the report, there's a list of who was there (who shared the passion). I
was wondering whether it might be a neat idea to give everyone a set of stickers
with at least their names written on them, and when they went to each breakout
group (of course, many extras for the butterflies), they could just stick their
nametag onto an attendance list, simplifying those
logistics.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I know
less is more, but was curious - what do you do at large OS gatherings where it
matters to record who was at which sessions, and many of the participants don't
know each other?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks
for any insights you care to offer.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234065903-05082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Phil</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us 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>EVERETT813@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> August 4, 2004 11:43 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: OS Facilitator's
uniform?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Well, now, if we are talking about
hats, I happen to like Harrison's hat a lot. It has great style and
panache' (dash, verve). However, the Pacific NW, where it rains a whole
lot, (75 inches, 190 cm, per year, with most of that concentrated between
mid-Sept and mid-May where I live), has it's own hat. It is the Outdoor
Research Seattle Sombrero, made of Gortex which does a great job of keeping
the wet off of bald heads like mine. You can see the black hat in the
pictures on Pg. 1, P1050040 is best, the bearded coot sitting next to two
lovely ladies, one my wife, Joelle; and on Pg. 2, P1060026 <BR>where, if you
look carefully, you'll see that the back extends well over the shoulder so the
rain <BR>doesn't go down the back of my neck. At least not very
easily. I am entranced by the computer <BR>screen, looking at the
disaster of my portfolio, I think. Oh, well. btw, three years ago
or so we had <BR>92 consecutive days of measureable rain and the rest of the
time we had clouds. Never saw the sun<BR>for three months. So, the
Seattle Sombrero is handy if you want to keep a dry head and still go for a
walk (in Goretex pants and jacket, too, with Maine half boots for dry
feet).<BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#0000ff size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><A
href="http://tinyurl.com/4r4dx">http://tinyurl.com/4r4dx</A></FONT><FONT
face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR>paul everett
</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT>* *
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