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size=3><SPAN class=040014802-06082005>And here is Day 2 Part
2:</SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic: Beginning with Images Not
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face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener: Lisa
Heft<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants: Tree Fitzpatrick, Douglas Germann
Jr., Michael Pannwitz Jr., Esther Ewing, Sherry Modrow, Allison Rose, Brunhild
Hofmann, Sabine Herrmann, Kurt Connelly, Vanessa Hummod (<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">spelling?</I>), Fremy Cesar, Sonya Vaschel,
John Engle, Judy Robertson, Marei Kiele, Eric Lilius, Ronit Kurz, Wendy Farmer
O’Neill<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant Discussion:
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Lisa shared how she has observed and felt that often some
groups are very ‘heady’ / in their heads / intellectualizing and she feels it
would be great to perhaps unleash a deeper body (literally and figuratively) of
knowledge *first*, to seed the conversation to follow in a session.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She tried something in a facilitation
she did – a board of directors meeting (and the task was also to help a board
that was having problems getting along / working with each
other).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Materials: everyone gets a large sheet of flip chart
paper and an assortment of markers.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Directions: Each participant is invited to fold their
paper in ½ and in ½ again, then open it up.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In other words, to create one sheet that
shows you 4 quadrants (to draw in).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The instructions: “I would like you to draw a picture, a
symbol, lines, whatever (this is not an art contest, there will be no awards
given, squiggles are good, too, draw whatever comes out) to answer this
question:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">hat in your personal style can help a team /
group?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Give them all time to draw, and when everyone is
finished:<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Now, in the 2<SUP>nd</SUP> box (let us say, clockwise),
draw: <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">What is the unsure place you learn the most
from?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Give them time, then:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">In the 3<SUP>rd</SUP> box: What makes you laugh at
yourself?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">In the 4<SUP>th</SUP> box: What would you like to be
remembered for?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Then, when everyone is finished, invite whomever feels
like it to stand, show us their drawings and tell us what they have drawn.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You may wish to repeat the 4 questions
to remind them as they go through telling about themselves/their
drawings.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">- - - -<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Participants stood in turn to share about themselves,
using their drawings and talking about them.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was really marvelous to hear what
this brought out of people and brought to the
group.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">- - - -<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">In the particular instance Lisa used this, these were
fairly formal Chief Executive Officer types (suits and ties) on a retreat for
the environmental organization they volunteer for (as Board Directors).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They handled this very well and they
would not have considered themselves people who can
draw.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Reflections from the
group:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">In the first quadrant, I decided to draw what I knew how
to draw.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As I moved to the next
questions / quadrants, I felt more fluid, more relaxed with my drawing.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And I realized that I could be really
free even though I felt a lack of artistic abilities, because I could explain
what it was.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">I was in a work group were they were kind of stuck – and
we did something like this – first individually…and then we covered a large
table with a big roll of paper and they all drew something
together.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The second question goes very deep…but the thing about it
is that each person can choose their own level of
depth.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">I like this exercise because it adds counterbalance to
the conversation that follows – it seeds nutrition into the group – it brings
the group to a deeper place, where peoples thinking can come from below the
head.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">And perhaps there is also the aspect that the group is
doing something that they are not familiar with – something new – and they are
doing it together.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">I heard you say it was fine to scribble…and actually I
was drawn to this session because of my fear of doing anything in graphic
form.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I still felt the need to be
representational in the first quadrant…and then I felt freer as I moved into the
next quadrants.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">It might be interesting to invite people to draw some
other picture before this exercise – just to ‘prime the pump’. Or you could say
‘you have only 30 seconds – quickly, draw whatever comes
out’.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Yes, but some people could feel
panicky.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Yes, and a few of these questions took some time for
reflection, so I could really think about them and then draw.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I could not have done that in 30
seconds.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Lisa: One of the things I really appreciate is that it
takes time, that there is silence.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>And that is just fine.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Waiting for other people to complete their quadrant before moving on is
just fine.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The silence is good, and
the time allows for both quick responders and
‘percolators’.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Lisa’s question – so: these questions can be good for a
generic exercise – to help as an intro for any group.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, I am wondering how I might
adjust the questions for, for example, the way to begin a session that you
*know* will be very intellectual…such as something among academics about an
author’s works…or in a “Turtles” Open Space some of us had about envisioning a
world where everything – business, countries, whatever…was self-organizing.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">We talked about how the designing of the questions –
though these 4 particular questions might work for many circumstances – perhaps
you would change the first one to reflect the purpose of each different specific
group meeting?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-- and that the
thoughtfulness and intention of designing the right questions…is just like
working on the focusing question / theme for Open Space – part of it is the pure
intention you put into it – the thoughtfulness you put into it …and part is the
words you eventually find to come as close as you can to what feels like the
right questions.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Where from here?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Try it yourself, stretch it a little, let Lisa know what
you did…<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Who could assist?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Anyone who cares to play. Enjoy…
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face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic: The Tao of
Conversation<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener: Doug
Germann<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants: Andre Chiasson; Bruinhild Hofmann;
Masud Sheikh; Eric Lilius; Denise; Harris Becker;
Nancy<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant
Discussion:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Persons are brought
forth<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">An extra person in the
group<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Intention is
necessary<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Get slower and slower—talking stick—gets
beyond thinking<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Creates something greater than/different
from any one person in the group<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Difference: I and Me (I is more essential;
me is the little person)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">You are seen for your future—strangers
help because they do not see your past<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Most conversations are not
authentic<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">I try to get authentic conversation by
telling of myself<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">“Pause of politeness”—to give time for
what another says to soak in<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></OL>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Difficult to do in my
family<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
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<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">It is dangerous to be
authentic<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">What is authentic? The conversations
people are having are authentic for their now.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Authentic can be connective or
divisive.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">We need to challenge ourselves to step
back from our stories—individually and as people in this
relationship<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></OL>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Have to meet people at their
place—emotion.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">It is a commitment you make to
people<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Rapport—meet at emotional level—people
recognize that you recognize their state of the moment—you are focusing your
attention to them.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">People want you to meet them where they
want to be met—sometimes you have to “up the amperage” or turn it
down.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">You can oppose
another<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=a>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">you sometimes have a duty to do
so<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">go to where they are to bring them
elsewhere.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></OL>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Stay
present<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Changes conversation—changes
you<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Indra’s
Web<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 2.25pt double; mso-element: para-border-div">
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The touch points of life
co-exist<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></DIV></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Ghost Walk & ‘telling…in the graveyard across the
street<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">judy robertson,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>(Rene the Storyteller) <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Alison Rose, Bob Sullens, Karen
Davis<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant
Discussion:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Engaging stories about the past of Halifax, reflecting
some tragic occurrences, including ‘hangings’, ‘fires’, ‘explosions’ and the
by-products of some lucrative ‘rum running’ and ‘shipping’
businesses.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Several of the stories focused on sightings within the
oldest cemetery in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City
w:st="on">Halifax</st1:City>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">St.
Paul</st1:City></st1:place>’s Anglican Church Cemetery, all recorded stories
were during day time hours.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">A
record of the many sightings within the city limits and on MacNab’s Island (at
the entrance of the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Halifax</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Harbour</st1:PlaceType>) are kept in a ‘ghost file’ at
the public library in downtown <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Halifax</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Where from here?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Take the full HALIFAX GHOST TOURS with Rene (incredible,
fabulous storyteller), he takes people on a 2.5 hour walking tour of the
downtown area nightly.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Who could assist?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 2.25pt double; mso-element: para-border-div">
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Ghosts….</FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic: what is the next space? Where is open
space going to?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener: Piret
Jeedas<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants: Piret, Tracy, Ward, John, Peggy,
Fremy<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant
Discussion:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>-</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><FONT size=3>next level: consciously living in an open
space both individually and collectively<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>-</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><FONT size=3>labels or titles are disappearing and
people ask from themselves: what does it mean to live in the
community?<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>-</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><FONT size=3>When open space emerged it was more like a
bowl that we could hold: now we look into the field of open space that is much
more looser. And on the field we are more connected to each other – we live in
the web of connections.<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>-</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><FONT size=3>We need to constantly notice the open space
that has always been here – we need to unfold it so that leadership, creativity
and passion can be nurtured. <o:p></o:p></FONT></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 2.25pt double; mso-element: para-border-div">
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>Name of Topic: </B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">OST & Complexity
Science/Networks<B><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>Name of Convener: </B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Jacqueline
Throop-Robinson<B><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>Name of Participants: </B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Henri, Paul, Ronit, Tova, Denise, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Elizabeth</st1:City></st1:place><B><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>Highlights of Brilliant Discussion:</B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Amazing emergence/productivity comes from following
simple rules (ant hill analogy, OST, Boids)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">What are you/we doing to make things
simple?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) are about parts
interacting with each other, non-linear, organic, self-organizing systems VERSUS
mechanistic view<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Plexis Institute has many resources for conducting
workshops on this<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">“Society of Learning” holding a conference on this topic
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Vienna</st1:City></st1:place> in
September<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">“Becoming Interactive” in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Budapest</st1:City></st1:place> in
October<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Self-organization is happening all the time. It’s how
everything gets done anyway.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Problem with leaders and OD people is they try to find
something we can apply to the whole. Healthy CAS need the parts to adopt a
certain way of making sense of the emergent process. And the results are unique
each time.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Alternative currencies also operate in
networks.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">How
do we include our interior selves if we are following even minimal rules?
Perhaps don’t worry about the rules and where they come from but worry about
people participating and agreeing willingly to the rules. Follow minimal<B>
</B>specifications and justify each additional rule by ensuring there is no way
in the world you can’t live without it.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Distinguish between rules and
permissions<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">LA
Paper company and the Story of the Outrageous Goal – Set the outrageous
goal<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(get something fixed that had
been broken for two years in 2 weeks) and open the space (“People can work with
anyone on anything at anytime they want to but everyone needs to take 8 hours
off every 24 hours and tick off things off the master to do list as you get
things done.”) The goal was met!<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Where from here?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Henri and Jacqueline will connect about the network in
which Henri participates<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Jacqueline and Tova will connect on designing
experiential activities on this topic and other
things<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Jacqueline and Elizabeth will connect regarding her
insights on her most successful self-organizing
sessions<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Who could assist?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Anyone who has passion and a sense of
responsibility</FONT></P>
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style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic: <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">How do we find movement, improv.isational activities and
kinesthetic experiences in Open Space?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener: Allie
Middleton<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants: Karen Fish, Ali rose, Ronit Kurz,
Becky Pedersen, Lisa Heft<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant
Discussion:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Background offered by convener regarding the use of
improv. and other experiential activites tthat help create a sense of ease and
familiarity with our bodies, thus opening to our somatic selves. These
kinesthetic techniques may serve to release static energies, perhaps invite
greater alignment and access to our higher selves, thus assist the ascending
energies, open more creative channels. Otherwise, we remain in the energetically
in the gravitation pull downwards.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>So, it’s all about inviting, opening to the ‘new’, or even just simply
imprinting what ‘IS’.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Of course, all this is possible only in accord with the
rhythm and energy available in the group. Does the sponsor even want this, can
you sell ti?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or do you sneak it in,
as you are ‘moved’….and what is it that ‘moves…’???<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Circumstances are always different, imposed movement may
not be welcome, spontaneous movement may be just right.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How to know?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Does music help bodies move?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Can we use it to accelerate the process
of a deeper, more authentic level of communication. Even a mild gesture may help
shift the energetics in a room, help difuse or accelerate an emotionally charged
interaction.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Is this a controlling
move, contrary to OST?)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And what
about mopving just to eplore what the expression mught bring.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Drums were not mentioned, nor types of
dance, although these are also very fine to experiment with.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PS Thanks to Karen Davis for
re-introducing the Cherokee Alignment dance =right after this
session…<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Some questions posed: <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">How can we “BE” in our bodies as we practice OST?
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">What personal centering practices help OST practitioners
remain still in their Selves during turbulent
times?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Do experiential activities help OST?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What are
they?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Can exercises in groups help “weaken the
ego”?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Does movement heal us?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Do non-verbal exercises help deepen
thinking?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Does movement help create a sense of
community?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Is the autopoetic self invited through movement; can that
help OST connect to something different as we all connect in the collective?
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Resources shared:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Otto Scharmer’s use of self in his new work.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Still place within, of Presence, as we
are also moving ‘in action’ together….<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Meg Wheatley<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Outdoor experiential activities (wilderness
based…)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Improvizational tools are wonderful, freeing, fun and
engaging…loosen up folks<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Get the humor bone working, also the sense of
absurdity….<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">BE SILLY<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Activities shared:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>1.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Stop exercise. Objective:
To explore the interaction of surprise and time, and our reactions/responses. On
a large carpet or other well defined space, ask participants to crowd in and
walk fast around in the space, instructing them at times to ‘go faster, faster
still’.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Speak with urgency. Then
ask them to reverse direction. Ask them to take care not to bump one another.
Have them ‘travel’ as long as you feel ‘right.’<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Five minutes is good.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Then say STOP, ask them to pair up, find
a partner, then ask them to respond to the following question in the dyad: ‘How
do you wish to die?”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Debrief relates to experience of shock, surprise, opening
of emotions, use of nurturing techniques, such as touch, during the
conversations. Did you foresee your future, someone else’s, something from the
past…present…other?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>2.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Improv activity:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Create a human sculpture: Objective: to
imprint kinesthetically the somatic experience of conflict, then of
harmony.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Begin with one person, then add others: body movements
make a kinetic sculpture; first with conflictual movements, second with
harmonious movement. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Debrief: ???? What was your
experience…????<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .75in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>3.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></B><B><FONT size=3>Talking Buddha:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One person is the questioner, others
gather, standing close together to form the talking Buddha head. When
responding, the individuals comprising the Buddha answer the question by saying
one word each inn sequence (R to L of q’er) to form a sentence. When the
response is complete the last parson says ‘period.’<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Make sure the questioner scribes the
response, as the ‘answer’<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>can move
on….. <o:p></o:p></FONT></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">One of the questions posed today was: What is OS? Part of
the Buddha’s answer was <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>….</B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Prairie grass moves dancingly along, with
light creating spirals…….<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Where from here?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">How might we continue to explore the story of the OST
circle process through the use of the body and movement
techniques?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Who could assist?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Any Body, somatic
practitioners.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic: “OS on OS-Moskva 2006”: Putin’s
Promise?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Note: report
notes also reflect thoughts that arose in a wide-ranging uber-useful butterfly
conversation with Judi Richardson<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener: Raffi
Aftandelian<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants: Peggy
Holman<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant
Discussion:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Importance of orienting participants physically and
culturally as much as possible beforehand and during the
event<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">What to do so that participants feel welcomed and
supported?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">For
<st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City> we have a space that we (Intertraining, a
professional association of trainers and consultants of the former <st1:place
w:st="on">Soviet Union</st1:place>) has used for many years to conduct the
OSonOS. It is a space near <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City> (in Sovkhoz
Moskovksi, 15 min. drive from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Vnukovo</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Airport</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>), a training center belonging to
the the Ministry of Agriculture. This location has both good (while not
luxurious) hotel rooms and a good conference space. Each year this location gets
better and better. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Michael Pannewitz and Jo Toepfer offered their OST
facilitator workshop there for Intertraining in 2000. Other
internationally-known workshop leaders, George Lakey
(www.trainingforchange.org), Kit Coats have led workshops here,
too.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">This training center has regularly offered vegetarian
food and with work could accommodate other dietary options too. This year it
offered vegan food by accident during Intertraining’s annual conference as it
happened at the same time as Lent…(we have the
technology).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Importance of visiting the OSonOS convenor reflection
notes.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Hold an OS-online gathering to harvest the wisdom of past
OSonOS convenors and also to include participatory design in the
OSonOS.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The
spiritual aspect of OSonOS organizing—the convenor(s) should do as little of the
work as possible, but rather just be holding the space for the event to happen.
Part of that is to stay in the realm of the possible, not get hooked into
getting annoyed, tap into the brilliance of those interested in making the event
possible.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Where from here?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Just ring, breathe it into taking place!
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">An
OSonOSonOS will take place in October. We would like it to happen so that
IP-telephony/free-conferencing/skype/OS-online-type participation would be
possible.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Who could assist?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Anybody who cares to!</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Just contact Galina Tsarkova (</FONT><A
href="mailto:gala_tsar_kova_@mail.ru"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>gala_tsar_kova_@mail.ru</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>),
Mikhail Pronin (</FONT><A href="mailto:virtus@mail.ru"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>virtus@mail.ru</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>), or Raffi Aftandelian (</FONT><A
href="mailto:raffi@bk.ru"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>raffi@bk.ru</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>) and
experience the magic. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic: Exploring the Fool: High Play and
Transformation in Open Space<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener: Wendy
Farmer-O’Neil<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants: Michael, Lisa, Bob, Tree, Newell,
John, Ali, Marei, Feliz, Masud, Vanessa,
Michelle<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant Discussion:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Began the discussion with the following quote from K.
Louise Vincent as illustrative of the power of the Fool, fool energy and high
play to transform difficult or dark places:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>There were many crowded into a large cattle truck,
being taken away from the barracks of the concentration camp where they had all
been held as prisoners.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Leaving the
barracks the mood was unspeakably sober.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Everyone knew the truck was headed for the gas chambers.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When the truck arrived, no one could
speak at all.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Even the guards were
silent as they lined up the men.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>But the silence was soon interrupted by an energetic man, Robert Desnos,
who jumped out of the line and took the hand of one of the condemned.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Improbable as the moment was, he read
the man’s palm.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Oh”, he said, “I
see you have a very long lifeline.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>And you are gong to have three children.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He was exuberant for the man.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His excitement was contagious.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>First one man, then another offered up
his hand.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Each time the prediction
was for longevity and joy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As
Desnos read more palms, not only the mood of the prisoners changed but that of
the guards, too.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How can one
explain it?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Perhaps the element of
surprise planted a seed of doubt in their minds.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They were in any case so disoriented by
this sudden change of mood among those they were about to kill, they were unable
to go through with the executions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>So all the men were packed into the truck and returned to the
barracks.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What a leap of faith in
the mouth of the gas chamber—to imagine a long life, to connect with the
possibility still alive in that moment they jumped outside the world as it was
created by the SS.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>(…from soon to be published manuscript of
poetry)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Question:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>How can we grow/access this quality in our OS work as
facilitators?</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Become present in the moment.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Give self permission.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Model permission.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Spend time with children.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Create ‘structured’ or ‘dedicated’ play
time.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Read Dilbert.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>There are ways to play the fool in a fierce
way--using a combination of fearlessness, playfulness and love to name the
elephants. (e.g.: the unexpressed conflict present in the room). </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>One exercise of play/fun/foolishness can change
the energy of the whole day/event.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Play connects us and gets us out of the mind and
out of the ego.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Opens us to deep, often unseen diversity present
in the group.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Games we played:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Hum
a song the describes how you feel.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Tell us a weather condition that describes how you feel
(good to use at the beginning of a day)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">How
many hours of sleep did you have?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The
wind blows…like musical chairs…one person starts…<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“The wind blows for everyone who….<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">tell something true about
yourself…”</I>Everyone for whom this is true jumps up and has to change
chairs…one left standing continues…then shift to second stage that connects to
the work of the group/event..(the true thing should relate to the work or
theme…)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Count to ten…everyone looks down at the floor and using a
loud voice, as the spirit moves them, shouts out a number in a round of counting
to ten.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If two people speak the
same number at the same time, the round must begin again at 1.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Brings the group in tune with
itself.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Making situations physical…create a physical (body)
sculpture that represents the situation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>With a count of three movement changes…shift position to represent the
desired future.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Wear something playful (brooch, pin, hat, scarf,
clothing) that is surprising, pushes a boundary, creates conversation, reminds
to be playful.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Emotional symphony:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>segment the group.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Have each
one make the sound of a particular emotion. Then conduct using the emotion
sounds.<B><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Where from here?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Next available sandbox or
playground.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Who could assist?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Everybody who wants to come
play…<B><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic: How can OpenSpace-Online optimize ongoing
Open Space?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener: Gabriela
Ender<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants: Thomas Herrmann, Barbara Schneider,
Daniel Gingsas, Birgitt Williams, Michelle Cooper, Michelle
Langille,<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant
Discussion:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>The OpenSpace-Online Real-time Conferencing Method
was developed by Gabriela and her team from <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>
to especially promote self-organized, result-oriented, and respectful online
collaboration around the world -- based on the philosophy and principles of Open
Space Technology. Moreover it was created to bridge gaps between the “online and
offline world”, to create new synergies between different kinds of methods and
approaches, and to enable complete new participatory communication architectures
and change processes, and it was develop to make event organizers and their
participants as independent as possible from third parties. Therefore every
interest or working group is able to set up and to held such real-time online
open space meetings very fast and easy. At the website </FONT><A
href="http://www.openspace-online.com/"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>www.OpenSpace-Online.com</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> there is a comfortable “Online Booking Service”, a
User-Guide for Organizers and all information and tools, which are helpful in
order to work with OpenSpace-Omline
independently.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Gabriela shared a few experiences about the last three
years of providing this service worldwide. The system is used for a wide range
of different goals, and in different settings, and within and for many different
companies, networks or organizations. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Four persons of session group -- Michelle, Birgitt,
Thomas and Barbara – has already used the software once or very often – as
participants, as organizers and as “Meta-Facilitators”. Michelle mentioned, that
as a consultant, she do the same pre-work as she usually do as if she is
preparing an OST meeting (e.g. OS givens and invitation) with her clients –
except during the online-event, because of the virtual facilitation, which is
part of the software. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Birgitt Williams shared some of her experiences: Based on
her work on the Genuine Contact Program and on her concept of “Conscious Open
Space Organizations” her company is offering “Blended Open Space Settings”. For
example if an organization want to organize an face-to-face meeting with
participants from different parts of the country or the world, the opportunity
of having an online follow-up with OpenSpace-Online is every time part of the
proposal. Birgitt shared her experience, that each Open Space Technology Meeting
ends with at least 5 new topics, which needs to be work further. This creates a
good process frame for further open space work and for maintaining the
co-creative energy across distances (Ongoing OS Walking and Talking). One of
Birgitts customers is an International Health Care Organizations. This company
has staff in many different countries. The online methodology gives them the
opportunity to do their Organizational Transformation Work and to create a
special Corporate Culture across distances and in an ongoing way based on the
principles of Open Space.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Additionally Birgitt shared, that the International Genuine Contact
Trainer Group is using OpenSpace-Online a few times in the year for maintaining
the trainer community.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Michelle Cooper spoke about her experience, when she and
other colleagues facilitated an ongoing facilitation process with RNAO, a large
Health Care Organization in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>. This organization had to deal
with lots of challenges after the illness SARS were especially in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
Michelle helped RNAO to set up an OpenSpace-Online Conference. They wanted to
give their staff the opportunity to learn from each another, to share stories,
and to think about needs regarding future internal training programs. The 4,5
hour conference was amazing success. RNAO could use the conference documentation
as well very good for their SARS research
project.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 2.25pt double; mso-element: para-border-div">
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>“I once opened a Space…”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-
Storytelling on Open Space<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Erich Kolenaty<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants: Tova, Christine, Newell, Tree,<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Carolynn<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant
Discussion:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">We had a great time telling stories and discuss our
learning.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Where from here?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Share more stories<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Who could assist?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 2.25pt double; mso-element: para-border-div">
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">All of
us<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic: The Dynamics of Conscious
Emergence<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener: Peggy
Holman<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>Name of Participants: </B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Andre Chiasson, Eric Lilius, Eva P. Svensson,
Marei Viele, Erich Kolensky, Kairi Birk, Joelle Everett, Chris Corrigan, Audrey
Coward, Christopher Comeau, Paul Everett, Deirdre Knowles, Brunhild Hofmann,
Robyn S. Berkessel, Alison Rose, Jacqueline Throop Robinson, Alan Chilton, Masud
Sheika, Wendy Farmer-O’Neil, Ward Williams, Nancy Weatherhead, Ronit Kurz, Feliz
Telek, Allison Hewitt, Larry Peterson, Doug Germann, Sherry
Modrow<B><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant
Discussion:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Model of conscious emergence – particularly useful when
people are starting with fear, anger, conflict – brings an opportunity to ask
powerful, appreciative questions<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">People in fear bring with them hope and
possibility<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Asking open questions that set conditions for divergence,
rather than boundaries of form and structure – power, attraction,
appreciation<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">In
conflict, people tend to be frozen because the fear of chaos means losing
control<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">From the personal I: follow your
heart<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Weaving within and creating a sense of
connection<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">To
We and reflection<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Use
silence<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Moving to<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Discovery~Personal~Universal~Emergence (part of a larger
whole)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Action<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>-- Coherence <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>--<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Convergence<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">When we discover that we all care about the same things
we move into a place of coherence<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Essence of Open Space = taking responsibility for what
I/We love<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Capacity to step into unknown comes through caring for
ourselves, caring for the whole<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Consider implications of questions that close space and
of questions that open space<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>What do you care about?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>What if …? <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">I/We: what actions will we take as a
group?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">What is more important than staying in the
fear?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Conversation needs to reflect the
process<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Open Space makes community visible to
itself<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Fabric of relationship and community – a place of letting
go – recreate places in which to explore not
knowing<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Emergence – a way to facilitate working with people who
have different pieces of the whole – different parts of the view – we all have
different pieces – the whole – the hole –
perspectives<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Conscious emergence can provide a tangible framework,
especially in topics of long-standing conflict within a group/community –
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The
ordinary folks – people doing the work in an organization – don’t need a model
or “words” to describe emergence – they are happy when management “gets out of
the way” and lets it happen<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Consciously shifting the nature of the question =
appreciative inquiry<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Peggy’s website has description of this
model<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Also see: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> West video re: union/management
negotiations<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Quotes:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">“In
any organization, when the fabric of connection is lost, things start to fall
apart.” –Peggy Holman?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">“We
have the experience of growing our (w)holes.” –Chris
Corrigan<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">It
<U>is</U> the edge of the earth—but it’s okay.” C.
Corrigan<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">“<U>Nobody</U> sees the whole—that’s why we need multiple
viewpoints.” –Paul Everett<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">“You need <U>two</U> eyes to measure parallax—then you
can measure depth.” C. Corrigan<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><BR
style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always" clear=all></SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The
Dynamics of Emergence<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><I><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">I have now shared the model that follows with graduate
students in the midst of a conflict with their institute, business people at a
multinational corporation, members of the Israeli school system, teachers in
Ramallah, and Executive MBA students and faculty in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Colombia</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With each of these very different
audiences, it seems to provide a perspective that makes that oh-so-unnerving
step into chaos just a wee bit easier.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>The model:</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>When people feel the need for change, it is
generally because they are experiencing a “disturbance,” such as fear, conflict,
crisis as well as hope, aspiration, or desire.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">While stepping into disturbances may feel like a crazy
act of asking for time spent in chaos, in truth it is the gateway to
creativity.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To find something new
requires time in the unknown, in mystery.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>That said, the “space” is not limitless; rather it is bounded by a
powerful question – a theme that focuses, always expressed in terms of
possibilities (not problems).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This
question acts as the attractor, something that people coming care about enough
to show up for the work.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Thus, the work begins with an invitation into
exploring the unknown together.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
greater the diversity of the participants, the more likely the divergence of
that exploration.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The wider the
divergence, the more likely something new will surface.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Inviting people to follow what has heart
and meaning, to take responsibility for what they love, often brings out the
unexpected in people.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is a
remarkable invitation for each person to look within, to truly ask themselves
what is important to them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It takes
each of us into our own place of mystery.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>When that invitation comes in a form in which the collective is gathered
together (e.g., processes such as Open Space, World Café, Appreciative Inquiry,
Dialogue), through their reflections, people often experience a new sense of
connection to each other and the whole.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Through attractive questions, participant explored
what calls them from many, many angles.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Remarkably, the same conversations begin to show up in many places.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These are the threads of emergence.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We begin to recognize these threads
because they resonate so clearly with many people.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Reflection among the whole group often
makes these emergent threads even more visible.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>For example, in a recent OS on work-life balance,
the same themes surfaced many times in the closing circle: take responsibility
for oneself; the power to say no.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Participants experienced these ideas more than intellectually; they
sensed them physically, in their heart and in their gut.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We discussed the visceral sense that
signals emergence because it is experienced at all levels (e.g., head, heart,
body and spirit) and by many people.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>This place of emergence is the magic that we feel
when a gathering is at its best.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
believe it is because we discover that is what most deeply personal, what means
most to us as an individual is also most universal.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In that discovery, we begin to
experience our connection to the “whole.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This feeling of connection fills us with excitement and energy that stirs
us into action.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is the ground
of spirit.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">As new ideas, insights, leaders, and forms emerge, action
is often swift and effective.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How
could this not occur when personal and collective meaning and ideas for action
are in harmony?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are in
convergence, where the resonant areas that emerged from our divergent
exploration coalesce.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is no
need to “enroll” others; we’ve enrolled ourselves through our direct
experience.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is no need for
consensus; we have all internalized the threads that connect us, providing
responsible boundaries for action.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Parenthetically, this frequently extends to those who didn’t attend the
event, who somehow “catch” the spirit of the experience from those who were
there.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Understanding this pattern – that stepping into
the unknown of divergence, while it may seem chaotic, when bounded by a
compelling question, leads to emergence – may provide some confidence to a
sponsor who is fearful of losing control or that things will get out of
hand.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is a predictable pattern
that we have all experienced in the open space of life.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is also a chance to experience a new
form of organization in a “learning laboratory” of sorts.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>As people experience processes of different sizes
or diversity or length, over time, what typically emerges evolves.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Even in short, fairly homogenous events,
there is the possibility of new ideas and relationships, new connections.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The likelihood of this increases with
time and diversity.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With more time,
generally two days, projects are likely to surface, complete with temporary
teams and leaders.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As the
experience is internalized, self-managed teams, with leaders shifting according
to the needs of the group may come into being.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With frequent use, an organization may
even begin to function with both leadership and form emerging to fit the
context.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">As embracing emergence becomes the conscious way of
working, disturbances often begin as butterfly conversations in the
hallways.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Eventually they make it
into the marketplace of ideas, with an invitation by someone(s) taking
responsibility to convene a session and invite whoever cares about the issue to
address it on behalf of the whole.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>My working definition of an emergent organization
offers an answer to the oft asked but rarely answered question about change or
transformation: “change to what?”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>What it is that we wish to become?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This is my answer:</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>If this is the work, what, in addition to opening
lots of space, grows this capacity for emergence?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My answer needs refining to what is most
essential.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Here’s what I know of
the territory:</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>As I narrow these ideas to what is most essential,
I know it begins with welcoming disturbances, asking powerful questions,
inviting people who care, including diversity – particularly the unlikely
participants, and inviting people to take responsibility for what they
love.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I think the rest of the
practices mentioned reinforce and nurture the capacity for emergence.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>And that, so far, is my story.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Peggy Holman</FONT></P>
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align=center><A href="mailto:peggy@opencirclecompany.com"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>peggy@opencirclecompany.com</FONT></A><FONT
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align=center><A href="http://www.opencirclecompany.com/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>www.opencirclecompany.com</FONT></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Name of
Topic:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Spiral Dynamics, Collective
Consciousness & OS<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Name of
Convener:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Larry
Peterson<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Name of
Participants:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Jacqueline Throop
Robinson, Gernot Znidar, Diane Gibeault, Masud Sheikh, Wendy Farmer-O’Niel,
Kerry Nepuk, Bill Mahoney, Sheila Keizer, Thomas Herman, Christopher Comeau,
Donna Clark, Karen Davis, Allie Middleton, Audrey Coward, Gabriella Euder, Alan
Chilton, Robyn Berkessel, Newell Eaton, Andre Chiasson, Deidre Knowles,
Christine Whitney Sanchez, Nancy Weatherhead, Joe
Szostak<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Highlights of
Brilliant Discussion:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The focus of the
session was on using the perspective of Spiral Dynamics Integral (Don Beck and
Ken Wilber) to look at our experience with OST, the response of organizations to
OST and what happens after an OST event in an organization.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was stimulated by Larry’s experience
with many OST events and the differing responses of
organizations.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">About 2/3 of the
group has some experience with Spiral Dynamics concepts and so we began with
some brief description of a few “vMemes” – blue, orange, green – which are the
“centers of gravity” of most organizations these day.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We recognized that it is a perspective
on the evolution of consciousness (there are others).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Organizations (or their leaders) seem to
have a dominant perspective.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We did
not go deeply into the perspective but began to apply it to
OST.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Some people after
an OST event will say “this was great networking” or others will say “this was a
deeply spiritual experience”.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This
may reflect their perspective on what they just experience.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some organizations primarily focus on
pleasing the boss (blue), others may focus on evidence of results (orange), and
others on the relationships that have emerged and ideas constructed.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This may reflect their dominant
perspective or value meme.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Why might this
understanding be useful? When a client approaches, it can help in finding the
language that works to help them understand OST and to help explore what they
want to happen after.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">OST creates a
focus and a space/time (container) within which all levels of consciousness are
valued and can emerge. People can take their next steps and experience (peak)
another level.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Collectives
can experience another level of awareness, of being and working together.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sustaining that perspective, if it
is beyond where they have been, is an evolutionary process.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Shifting (transforming) to the next
level is a process of transcending and
including.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">OST may be a
green “technology” that creates a space/time for all to emerge with a second
tier (yellow or turquoise) understanding.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It often requires facilitators to move to the second tier to “hold the
space” for enable emergence of all levels in a healthy way.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Some initiatives
in addition to OST may help the learning and growth that leads to to
transformation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, in two
days we can’t “transform” an organization we can only help their journey
along.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Knowing that is
humbling.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Event if the OST
does not lead to visible change, projects ongoing initiative or more OST.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It may seed surprising things –
individual action, groups who leave and go to another organization to take it
further, CEO’s resigning.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There are
fascinating possibilities that make it worth the journey even if the client
organization seems far from shifting to the next level.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Some
comments:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">-This helps me
better understand what is happening in some organizations I’ve worked
with.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">-It is another
useful language for the evolution I already know
about.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Beyond Ego Mind<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Christine Whitney Sanchez<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Deirdre Knowles, Eddie Palmer, Allie
Middleton, Cathy Carmody, Michael Spencer, Eva P. Svensson, John Engle, Kerry
Napuk, Eric Lilius, Robyn S. Berkesiel, Bill
Mahoney<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant Discussion:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Have you had the experience of transcending ego mind in
open space or another group setting?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">In and out as a child – a matter of
getting out of the way<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>On Having No Head, </U>Douglas Harding,
</FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.headless.org/"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>www.headless.org</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=circle>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Boundless original face – when I’m
looking at you, it’s face to no face.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>If we are all no face at the same time we could have the experience
of collective transcendence.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Has anyone had the experience of collective
transcendence?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">In Zen Enlightenment
Intensive<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=circle>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo6; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Koan after koan – Who am I?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What is
another?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo6; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">As soon as student has the answer,
she/he is given another koan.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>All students came up with the same
answer.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">When we keep trying to answer with
intellect, it eventually shuts down and then the answer comes.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Like the quote from this morning – “I
used to think the brain was the most wonderful organ in the body.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Then I realized who was telling me
this.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Emo
Philips)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">In Open Space we are reminded of the
quality of unity consciousness – much like the state that can be induced when
we cross our eyes.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Like wilderness work where people
experience vast amounts of physical space around them, OST can dislodge the
familiar.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Concern about maintaining the vastness as
we shift from large to small spaces in
OST.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">How can we frame an invitation poetically to maintain the
sense of vastness and one eye?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Resonance/field/energetic connection is
charged with ritual and invitation<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The expectation of this carrying over to
the small groups – this has not been explicitly addressed in the OST
community.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">What forms can we offer for
progression?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">As facilitators, our passion is about the
process<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Change begins at the level of the
individual.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">It’s not how good you are, it’s about how
inviting you can be.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">“OS Online was more powerful because I was
faceless – I felt strengthened and
egoless.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Do people become disinhibited because they are not
face-to-face?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">“In a similar experience, not OS, in a
group that I did know face-to-face, being online gave me time to form my
words.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Disinhibition produces a flurry of feeling
and thought that gets documented.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">OS exists on many levels.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">When a group sets the
intentions/expectations/fantasies, everyone is set up for
disappointment.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">When we are looking for “respect” or
“transformation,” ect., there are different movies in people’s heads rather
than true shared meaning.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Be open to
outcomes<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">What would happen if we just
stop?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">It’s hard for us to stop.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>People think that only talking leads
to action.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">“I’m interested in
hope.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">What if we just stop, right now and open to five minutes
of silence?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Five minutes?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is that negotiable? (laughter
-----then silence)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“How many
cultures before us were comfortable sitting in silence in circles and being okay
with whatever emerges?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">“We don’t have to talk to feel/be aware of our
connection.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">“I’m grateful for the suggestion” (to stop, to sit in
silence)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">“Can we set aside time in large groups to have people
greet each other non-verbally?”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=square>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Anything like that is best when it comes
from someone within the circle.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">How can we invite the quality of listening to
silence?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=square>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">In Native circles, the pipe might go
around several times before anyone speaks.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Whatever is spoken after the silence
is met with the respect of silence.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">If there are many real levels and we can
find an attunement, we might get a chance of experimenting with another
movement.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Otto Sharmer is a good model for how to
retain a sense of stillness.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Back to one less thing to do so that we
can be attentive, listen to the silence and hold the
space.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Picture the circle as a psychic
cauldron.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Reflections on the shamanistic aspects of
OST<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Hawaiian spirit “Huna” has the lower self
which executes everything on this level, the middle self and the High Self
which is connected to all other High Selves.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The middle self communicates with the
low self first.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">What time is it?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Where are we?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How can we remain
here?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Where from here?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>§</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Higher aspects
are always available – we must remember to invite them in, not necessarily in
words.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Who could assist?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>§</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Each of us can
ask for help from a no one at home, no face
place.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><FONT size=3>Name of Topic:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14.5pt">Extreme Open Space – Very large or otherwise extreme
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>Name of Convener: </B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Diane Gibeault, Peggy
Holman<B><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants: <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Daniel Gingras, Piret Jeedas, Sherry Modrow, Michael
Pannwitz, Paul Everett, Marei Kiele, Christine Whitney Sanchee, Tree, Liiel K.,
Peggy Holman, Diane Gibeault<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant
Discussion:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">What is a large OS event? It could be 800, 1000, 2000 +
or a few hundreds with little time (less than a day) or
…<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Peggy showed pictures and told the story of the OS
she facilitated with 2000 street youth of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Columbia</st1:City></st1:place>. See her website for full story
(including work with sponsor and teachers) and pictures: </FONT><A
href="http://www.peggy@pencirclecompany.com/"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>www.peggy@pencirclecompany.com</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>For the pictures, video and notes on the 2000 +
participants’ OS Michael Pannwitz and Harrison Owen facilitated in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>, see Michael’s web: </FONT><A
href="http://www.michaelmpannwitz.de/"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>www.michaelmpannwitz.de</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">A large OS event is the same as a small OS. Only a few
logistical details vary. These are a few examples of logistical adjustments
Peggy made - some were based on the German OS and others, from advice offered by
the OS List members.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Circular rows for people to sit on the
floor and 6 aisles were created with masking tape. The aisles were for
participants to move to the center to announce topics but they didn’t line up
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Columbia</st1:City></st1:place> –
they all went into in the centre.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">There was one distinct topic wall per
day.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Instead of Post-Its for time and place:
within each of those big walls (1/day), one section is allocated for each
session<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> time</I>. Each session time
section takes the form of a matrix with a number of boxes that corresponds to
the number of expected topics (in this case, 80 for each of the six sessions –
approximately 400 or one fifth of participants.) Each box has at the top a
number under which participants will post their topics in a way that the
number remains visible as an indicator for where the discussion will take
place. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">One volunteer at each session wall to help
orient participants if needed<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">In <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>, balloons identified the
discussion sites. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Center was smaller (approximately 20 feet
in diameter). Participants come to the center to announce their
topic.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Paper and markers were distributed by
volunteers clearly identified who stood in the
aisles.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Facilitator held microphone (versus giving
it to participants) for topic announcements (340 in 40
minutes).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Reports: participants could enter reports
in 40 computers or give their notes to teachers who did the entry. Many did
graphics – drawings as a report. The report ended being 1200
pages.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Closing circle: an invitation to those who
feel they have something valuable to the group in the next 45 minutes. Began
with a moment a silence for people to
reflect.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 2.25pt double; mso-element: para-border-div">
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Pictures really help in getting a feeling of
the experience. Do visit the websites mentioned
above.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><FONT size=3>Name of Topic:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Open Space in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place> …What’s happening? /
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Forum Ouvert au <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
Qu’est-ce qui se passe?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>Name of Convener: </B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Diane Gibeault, Larry
Peterson<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Allison Hewlett, Michelle Cooper, Becky Peterson, Joe
Szostak, Evan Throop Robinson, Barbara Schnerder, Michelle Dunphy, Tracy Boyer,
Andre Chiasson, Daniel Gingras, Larry Peterson, Karen Fish, Rosemary Nichols,
Donna Clark, Karen Davis, Audrey Coward, Fremy Cesar, Christopher Comeau, Diane
Gibeault.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant
Discussion:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">A brief presentation and exchange on the history of Open
Space Institute of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place> (OSIC) and how it
operates.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Each was invited to talk about what is happening around
them with OST and what they wished for in the future regarding
OST:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Offers OST to international partners and
soon internally to own organization.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Sensing a readiness from organizations to
try OST, e.g. in health. More people are “getting it”, have a greater
consciousness of OS helping them. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place> government is integrating OST as its
participatory structure. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wish: more OS
on Line and more training and collaboration opportunities to work on larger
projects together.</I><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Facilitates with OST and is committed to
continue to work on integrating it in the university despite the resistance at
the higher levels.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Facilitates using
OST.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Brings OST in classroom and wants to
research how to bring it even more in
schools.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Uses principles of OST in her
teaching.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Uses OST for structural change in the
corporation at work.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Works with a community group that uses OST
on different themes, e.g. youth.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Used not just for process but for culture change. <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wish: have a regular OS event, e.g. every
3 months.<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Facilitates OST as a consultant.<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Wish: make OS known to the community and
organizations.<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Consultant using OST for e.<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">g. </I><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>in strategic planning.<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">More people see the value of OST for
change and for project acceleration. The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place> government has a better
understanding of OST now but younger managers don’t know about it and want to
micro manage, especially in an environment that is very filled with fear.
Teachers, non-profit groups and others are using OS. There are centres of
excellence developing in various parts of <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>: <st1:City w:st="on">Halifax</st1:City>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Ottawa</st1:City>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:City>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Calgary</st1:City></st1:place>. <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wish: opportunities to continue to grow,
ie, people want to go beyond the event, see how OS can inform how to operate
in their organization.<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Doing many little OS events. Integrated OS
in a conference of 350 people – it was wonderfully exciting! <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wish: More work with OS. Just love how the
agenda arises from the group.<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Am a mediator-facilitator. So many people
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Halifax</st1:City></st1:place> are
using OST in different ways.<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Took training, facilitated about 40 events
(federal gvt & non-profit). Working with OS in education, business and
unions, on a big project with an employment equity federal program and with
the Neighborhood Work Program which is training internal facilitators to use
OS in the workplace. Is documenting organizational transformation. Training
facilitators on OST in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Halifax</st1:City></st1:place> – next workshop in September. <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wish: develop local practice community
with the 100 (approximately) trained facilitators in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Nova Scotia</st1:State></st1:place> and
area<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Teaching OS in university. Lives in US and
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Quebec</st1:State></st1:place>.
Sees OS used in communities in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place> and on national vision work.
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wish: see more done in communities on
community, regional and national issues.</I><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Trained in OS many years ago. Enjoys
participating in OSIC meetings and in the virtual leadership. <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wish: More opportunities to work together.
Work on a collective vision for the OS Canada Institute- see where’ve been and
where we want to go.</I><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Is from <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Haiti</st1:country-region></st1:place>
where works using OST. Is happy and grateful to be part of the discussions to
learn more about OST and to learn about how we share ideas and function
together.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Been doing facilitation and training on
OST in English and French for many years and sees an increased demand for it
and from varied types of organizations and from new places (e.g. France). <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wish: an On Line OS for next OSIC meeting
in the fall. A face to face <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region> OSonOS in 06 somewhere in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>. More new Canadian OST
practitioners and supporters connecting and being active in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place> OST
community.</I><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Facilitates in a private sector
corporation which has adopted OST as its preferred method. Focus is result
oriented, not cultural change. Opening space is what people do. OST is a set
of instructions to help people do that. Interested in research – finding ways
to open space with other tools/instructions, how OST can be used in various
circumstances, after the event. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Other discussions:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Appreciate the openness and collaboration
of the OS community-OSIC (versus competitiveness like in some other
professional org.s)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">This network is an opportunity for
mentoring. We can just call each other.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Need to find ways to connect more
regularly. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Our next topic of discussion could be the
future of OSIC. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Organizations go in life cycles: flourish,
decline and flourish again.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">We should hold the next OSonOS
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region> in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Calgary</st1:City></st1:place> to bring together
geographical extremities of the country. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Use that opportunity to do outreach to
former members.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Consider using <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Civic Space,</I> a free software to
include people who can’t travel. Search for it with
Google.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Where from here?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo11; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Michelle and Larry, with the help of
Raymonde Lemire who does part-time work for OSIC, will organize an OSonLine
for the fall OSIC meeting.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo11; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Everyone is invited to see the OSIC website:
</FONT><A href="http://www.openspacecanada.org/"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>www.openspacecanada.org</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> and to hopefully join this OST community that offers
among other things mutual support.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo11; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Diane will ensure that notes of this
meeting will be shared with other OSIC members
asap.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic:</FONT></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The Use of OS in
One-on-One Relationships<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener:</FONT></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Esther
Ewing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>Name of Participants: </B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Chris Robertson, Thomas Hermann, Doug
German, Karen Fish, Sonya Vaschel, Cathy Carmody, Masud
Sheikh<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>Highlights of Brilliant Discussion:</B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Chris R. wanted to determine whether there would be a
methodology you could apply potential host or sponsor when they were
considering whether to use open space or not – don’t want to “sell it” but
invite them to consider it<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Sonya – intrigued with the notion of OS and
one-on-one<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Cathy – whatever happens… means being open to whatever
shows up – letting go of outcomes, being who you are rather that what you
do<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Thomas H – working with OS and developing my skills –
starting with myself and OS with family members – also how to build closer
relationships with my sponsor/host – being invited to take their organization
deeper and how to do that<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Doug G. – difficulty in getting to an open conversation
with someone you care about deeply – family members – being open to hearing
others’ answers<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Karen F – how to practice this in my family – my own
level of self-awareness and self-discipline impacts my practice and our own
discipline<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Esther E – peripheral vision about what is possible –
telling and in listening<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Other ideas:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo13; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Can’t change the conversation you have with others unless
and until you change the conversation with
yourself<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo13; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">And through conversations with others we see the
conversations with ourselves more clearly<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo13; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Conversations are happening on several levels – with
ourself, with the other, about the other in our own heads,
etc.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo13; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>The importance of Angeles Arrien’s
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Four Fold
Way</st1:address></st1:Street>:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level2 lfo13; tab-stops: list 1.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Show up and be
present<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level2 lfo13; tab-stops: list 1.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Tell your truth without blame or
judgement<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level2 lfo13; tab-stops: list 1.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Follow what has heart and meaning for
you<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level2 lfo13; tab-stops: list 1.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Be open rather than attached to specific
outcomes<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo13; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">When is the conversation just about dinner or about
something else?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo13; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Getting the wisdom to know when is a time to go deep and
when not?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo13; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Having permission about conversations – is
it okay with you that I speak with you
about…<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo13; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Recognize that it takes courage to raise tough
issues<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo13; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Helping an individual client learn their way into OS –
approaching the notion of OS as the form of facilitation I might use – learned
to hold back with sponsor till they are
ready<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level2 lfo13; tab-stops: list 1.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Don’t sell it<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level2 lfo13; tab-stops: list 1.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Encourage learning<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level2 lfo13; tab-stops: list 1.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">OS can be intimidating – recognize that and support
them<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo13; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">A great question for a client:
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level2 lfo13; tab-stops: list 1.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Three years from now if we were looking back on this work
we might do together, for you to consider it to be a success, what would have
had to have happened?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level2 lfo13; tab-stops: list 1.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">If they don’t want to consider that question, then red
flags should go up – they’re ambivalent in some key
ways<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic: What does it mean to take responsibility
for what we love across generations of practitioners in the Open Space
“Community”?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Peggy Holman, Tova Averbuch<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Name of Participants: Paul Everett, Carmen
Everall,</FONT></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Filiz</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Telek, Fr. Brian S. Bainbridge, Marei Kiele,
Joelle Everett, Tracy Boyer, Piret Jeedas, Eddie Palmer, Erich Kolensky, Marilon
Manning, Ward Williams, Elizabeth Amiss, Birgitt Williams, Kairi Birk, Eva P.
Svensson<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant Discussion:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Are we a community, a society, a network of
practitioners?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">We need conversations about what makes OS a magic
community.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">How to include the young and new folks in an old
community that just wants to hang out and be with old
friends.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The OS principles themselves set the values of the
community.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Openness, inclusion,
invitation, responsibility, etc.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Issue of collaborative organization brought forth, what
is the likely outcome of what we call
ourselves.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Have OS institutes in four different
countries.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">OS is like a faith work, a healthy place that isn’t
very quantifiable but rather is ‘qualifiable’.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Need new people for their contributions, diversity, and
generativity<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">OSonOs is an opportunity for connecting in context of
OS, can’t really do that on the Listserv.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Growth in spirit from community and
connections.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">WHAT WE CHERISH: OS brings life, a ‘society’ of shared
life, vitality and flow<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(labels
take away from the experience) that draws me to
it.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=circle>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo14; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Inclusion and
Invitation<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo14; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Generosity of
spirit<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo14; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Attention to essence—minimalist enough in
form.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo14; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Simplicity of design---what’s one less thing to do
and still have a whole.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Creates in me a sense of
abundance.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Take responsibility for what I love, can I speak up for
that?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Becoming comfortable with the
unknown.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Words of Healing – Words of Power<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Joelle Lyons <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Everett</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Doug Germann, Esther Ewing, Brunhild Hofmann, Chris
Corrigan<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant
Discussion:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Sharing favorite
poems<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Poetry as healing
energy<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Offering (and asking for)
blessings<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">A song, arising from the conversation,
written by Esther<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Poets, healers and OS facilitators use
presence, words and inspiration to move energy and power.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In opening an OS conference, I use
carefully-chosen words and ritual to open and hold a space for Spirit—a
shamanic act.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Where from here?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Online sharing of favorite
poems<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Listen for a new song!!!<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Who could
assist?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Topic:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A short conversation consisting
only of questions<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 6">
</SPAN>&<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>No such thing as a space invader?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Convener:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Lisa Heft<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Name of Participants:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Lisa Heft, Stefan Sargent, Nancy
Weatherhead, Allison Hewlitt, Chris Corrigan, Feliz Telek, Eric Lilius, Donna
Clarke, Michael Pannwitz Jr., Michelle Cooper, Audrey Coward, Father Brian
Bainbridge, Gabriela Ender, Larry Peterson, and
others…<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Highlights of Brilliant
Discussion:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Lisa gave a short background of a dialogue conference
(the 2004 National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation Conference) where the
conference organizers designed different dialogic processes into the
conference.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One evening there was
what in a ‘traditional’ conference would have been a ‘panel of experts’.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At this conference these were 5 authors
who had written marvelous thoughtful books on something like the future of
dialogue.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So instead of a
traditional panel, the facilitator for the evening asked the first speaker a
question about the future of dialogue.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The first speaker would consider, and then thoughtfully answer that
question, and continue and share some of their experience; their truth that that
question inspired.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Then they would
end by ‘gifting’ a rich and juicy question to the next person.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Who would consider that question and
bring a thoughtful answer to it, share their experience/truth, and gift the next
person with a question, and so on.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>After the panel shared, the audience, which was seated in tables of 5,
continued – they received the last question from the stage, then passed
thoughtful questions and sharing one to one around their small circle.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">We decided to combine the two topics and use the question
of ‘space invader’ as the focus for deeper inquiry.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Lisa began with an experience she had
where she realized that – whereas years before she would identify certain people
in a facilitation (Open Space or otherwise) ‘sucking the air out of the room’ or
as other people might describe it, ‘holding the group hostage’.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And she used to feel her job was to
protect the group from this.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Maybe
even by taking the arm of that person and going for a walk with them (steering
them out of the room).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now she has
found that her experience is different, that these people who she would have
formerly thought of as space invaders are actually gifts to the group – their
difference is a gift to the group – and of course, the OS process can be the
container and the expansion to included this and honor
everyone.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Everybody listened deeply as one person would receive a
question, share their thoughts, and then gift the next person in the circle with
another question.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Questions and thoughts;<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Awareness that what we perceive another as a space
invader is a direct reflection of what is going on inside of
ourselves.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Questions asked:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What is
it?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Where is
the opportunity?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How do we
open ourselves up even further – turn ‘negative’ to
‘positive’?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How can we
hold space that is both contained and yet big enough that it doesn’t
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>break?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Spirit is
all there is.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How does
Spirit work through you?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Can you get
it wrong?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is there
such a thing as a space invader?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What would
you have done?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The last question asked – and left unanswered – to
savor….<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><o:p><FONT
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B><FONT size=3><FONT
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space invader?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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