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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>OSLIST</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> [mailto:</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>OSLIST</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b></span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Christine
Whitney Sanchez</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>November 07,
2005</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>10:07 AM</span></font><font
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Girl Scouts Open the
Space for more than 1,600</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=teal
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:teal'>Dear Open
Space Friends,</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=teal
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:teal'>It has been
exactly one month since more than 1,600 Girl Scout National Delegates met in
Open Space. I feel deeply grateful to each and everyone of you who
helped us to hold the space at the Girl Scout National Convention.
I haven't written until now because, frankly, I'm still processing what I
experienced and learned and I'm not at all sure I can do justice
to telling the story. I'm literally still dreaming about what was perhaps
the most powerful experience of my life so far, short of giving birth 3 times.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=teal
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:teal'>My greatest
joy in working on this project has been the incredible people and my personal
reflections are filled with gratitude and awe. Foremost, I am grateful to my dear
friend and business partner, Claudia Haack, who held the space with
me with such grace, resilience and generosity that I was able to give
myself fully to opening the space. Our partnership grew and our
friendship flourished as we worked on this project together.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=teal
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:teal'>I think that
part of why it’s taking me so long to digest what happened at the Girl
Scout National Convention is that after a glorious day of Open Space, Claudia,
our volunteer team and I anchored Strategy Cafes for close to 2,000 participants
and generally worked on the fly for the next 3 days of the convention,
including a final day with the Themefinding Team which looked across the Open
Space and Strategy Café reports. All the while, we were working with close to
100 volunteers who had been trained in OS and World Café and who then
self-organized for planning and implementation before, during and after the
convention. As a member of the “Smooth Operators” Team said,
“It was like you went from a two person operation to a full staff of one hundred!”</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=teal
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:teal'>Claudia and I
are still in the process of writing up the whole thing, including the Open
Space on Governance and the Strategy Cafés and I promise to share that with all
of you as soon as it's finished. For now you can check out the online version
of the Book of Proceedings at <a
href="http://www.girlscouts.org/convention/conversationsummary.asp">www.girlscouts.org/convention/conversationsummary.asp</a>.
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=teal
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:teal'>For a taste of
the excitement, here are some of the highlights and quotes from participants
–</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Wingdings 3"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Wingdings 3";
color:teal'>ê</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>Based on the feedback we’ve gotten
the members of the volunteer crew, from the participants, and the leaders
of the organization, the Open Space and Strategy Cafés have set the stage for
an entirely different kind of convention.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>“I think this has forever changed the
National Council Session – no more being staged from beginning to end.
Instead, honest dialogue.” </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'> “I’ve never been to a
convention that felt so open and as honest as this one.”</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>“I'd like to echo that and there is a
difference between input and influence and we now have a chance to influence
the future rather than simply provide input.”</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Wingdings 3"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Wingdings 3";
color:teal'>ê</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>While the Open Space was focused on the
topic of governance, it seems that only about half of the 94 sessions posted
were really focused on governance. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>“It’s very confusing. People
don’t really understand what governance actually means and what it means
to the organization.” </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>“Governance and operational issues
get blurred.”</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>“Do we all agree what governance
means?”</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>“Some delegates do not understand
governance because they are operations-based. Do delegates represent the
majority?”</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>“This organization runs better when
it is run from the bottom up rather than from the top down.”</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Wingdings 3"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Wingdings 3";
color:teal'>ê</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>Participants were clearly moved by the
experience of being in Open Space, being listened to, feeling supported and how
that all relates to what the Founder, Juliette Low, intended. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>“I think that we are getting back to
what Juliette Low started - she started this for the girls and I think we are
finally getting back to that today.”</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>“I was more of a bee and a butterfly
and it was so great to hear the girls and I am so proud to be a part of this
grand organization.”</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>“I’m hoping our national board
will always accept this process and participate in this with us.”</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>[I learned that we can] “support one
another in the ambiguity and anxiety as we answer very hard questions for the
organization and that we sustain one another as we try. We need to include
more and more girls and younger girls. We need to share these conversations
with the people back home and become more girl-centric.”</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>“We need to listen to one another and
remember what works best for the new girls, for the traditionalists, for
everybody.”</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=teal face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:teal'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=teal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:teal'> </span></font><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'>“Go back and do the same kinds of
things when we get home...talk, listen, talk, listen and listen more. We can
make this an ongoing process during the 3-year cycle."</span></font></p>
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color=teal face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:teal'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=teal
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:teal'>During the
opening of the space, I said that at that very moment, there were people all
over the world who were holding the space with us. Thank you, dear Open Space
family. We and the Girl Scouts have been blessed by your
spirit.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=teal
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