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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Harrison said:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Get rid of the whole bloody mess, WC, AI, FS, and of
course OS too. How is that for striking a blow for freedom?</FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">What can I say but amen?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Love from Seattle (where it is an unseasonable
92 degrees Farenheit),</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Peggy</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><FONT size=3>P.S. To your
statement:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><FONT face=Arial size=3>And of course I
think a helping hand can be occasionally useful even though I personally kick
all stray dogs and immediately banish the helpless to
hopelessness...</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I KNEW there was something I loved about
you. (Sorry for painting such a picture.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 27, 2005 1:53 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OSLIST] Growing Together at
the Emerging Edge of Evolution (long)</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Peggy -- you will note that I said, " I can
certainly understand that for reasons of client sensitivities or facilitator
sensitivities WC, AI, or FS may be the preferred way to go."-- and I can
appreciate your strategy that if all roads lead to Open Space any road will
do. And of course I think a helping hand can be occasionally useful even
though I personally kick all stray dogs and immediately banish the helpless to
hopelessness. But that really wasn't my point. I was simply observing the fact
that we (all of us some of the time, and some of us most of the time)
seemingly obsess on Processes as if they were the source of our
salvation. In doing so we may forget that the Process, at best, is an
artificial assist for natural functions. Sort of organizational CPR, I
suppose. And in the case of CPR you do only enough to get the old heart going
again. Long term CPR is off the mark -- except possibly in certain
circumstances and with particular partners. One of my major learnings from
Open Space has been how LITTLE assistance people actually require in order to
effectively utilize their natural gifts and talents. I think we have all had
the experience with a client group when somebody says "What you are proposing
(in my case OS) sounds just wonderful -- BUT it could never work with THIS
GROUP! And of course, if it is never tried, it will never work. And besides
"it" doesn't work -- the people work. But if the fates are smiling, and
despite all misgivings, fears and trepidations, Open Space is attempted --
Miracle! But of course it is not a miracle. On the contrary, it is just what
you would predict. Turns out "THIS GROUP" is just like groups everywhere.
Given the space/time -- they will get the job done. For me, less is best, and
even lesser would be better still. Get rid of the whole bloody mess, WC, AI,
FS, and of course OS too. How is that for striking a blow for
freedom?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Harrison</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Harrison Owen<BR>7808 River Falls Dr.<BR>Potomac, MD
20854<BR>USA<BR>301-365-2093<BR>207-763-3261 (summer)<BR>website <A
href="http://www.openspaceworld.com">www.openspaceworld.com</A></DIV>
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