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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>Indeed it was
lovely......Goa, the sea, a Bollywood film being shot on the beach (did you
arrange that also Janet?)........with actresses in bikinis gyrating repeatedly
to a tune for more than 4 hours at last count......Boy!! Do they need to work
for that money?? And nobody talks of exploitation of women......Strange world we
live in!!!</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Anyway to come to the
OSonOs; I discovered that Harrison was not an electron but actually exists and
is a long lost brother in spirit. So my trip was fulfilled almost before it
started. All the rest was a bonus. And indeed that was plenty of
that.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Meeting so many fellow
OpenSpacers (is that legit?) from so many places in the world. Doing all sorts
of wonderful and crazy things. Some I laughed with. Some I cried with. Some I
was awed by. Some ......there are always many kinds of
people.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Once again for me, the
effectiveness of the Technology part of the OST was reinforced. This is a
marvelous method and Harrison is a genius and all people who do OS are
wonderful.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>One disconnect: There were
repeated calls from 2-3 people who felt that what was happening in Goa was more
a networking socializing thing and had no real purpose other than that. This
they felt was a waste of talent and ability collected there.
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size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>On the face of it, this
seemed valid. Until I had a thought: OS in practice is all about clearly defined
purpose. The entire session is around a theme which relates to a definite
business problem / issue. So there's no problem there.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>An OSonOS is however all
about re-connecting of OS Professionals. It is a home-coming, a battery
charging, a meeting, a reinforcing of ideas, sharing of challenges and
rejuvenating of strength and energy. That is its purpose and "business problem /
issue." So it is not a purposeless and social
gathering.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>The problem I believe is
that this is not clear to some people, especially those who are new to OS and
come to an OSonOS as their first (or almost first) experience. This can create a
sense of - "I did not get what I was looking for and so I am disappointed.
" I believe this is avoidable if we clear this especially for people who may be
coming for the first time.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>More later. Have to run
now</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Yawar</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face=Verdana color=#808080 size=2>Mirza Yawar
Baig<BR>President, Yawar Baig & Associates<BR> <BR>Telephone: + 91 40
23376563<BR>Fax & Voicemail: + 91 40 23372526<BR>Mobile: + 91 98490
38258<BR>URL: <A
href="http://www.yawarbaig.com">www.yawarbaig.com</A></FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face=Verdana color=#808080 size=2>"Change is inevitable.
Progress is optional."</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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