<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Jack,<DIV>Just catching up...<DIV>Perhaps the sociology you speak of happens to some extent because of the simplicity and effectiveness of the technology?</DIV><DIV>When I was a teenager I used to play music (records at that time) with a good beat to dance to.</DIV><DIV>While dancing I felt safe enough to move in wild ways that were somewhat gravity-defying because the beat of the music seemed to hold me securely.</DIV><DIV>It was as if the music formed a framework that supported my body in all directions.</DIV><DIV>The beat needed to be fairly simple and strong.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>For me OST's structure serves a similar purpose.</DIV><DIV>Once the space has been opened, people can let themselves go.</DIV><DIV>They don't generally need to worry about what the next meal will be - refreshments are provided.</DIV><DIV>Nor do they need to be concerned about how to proceed in a mechanical sense.</DIV><DIV>The procedure has been set down within the technology of the event and then by topics put up by participants.</DIV><DIV>Some sort of freedom is built into the circle's regular breath or beat as it expands and contracts, forming and disbanding groups.</DIV><DIV>Participants can let their hair down and go for creative ideas and practices.</DIV><DIV>The OST tool's 'rules' are so simple that they can be remembered easily (or checked by looking at them on a wall).</DIV><DIV>And they are organic, so they mean a lot to the self-organising human body whose 'rules' are somewhat echoed by OST's principles and law.</DIV><DIV>Seems that way to me.</DIV><DIV>Allison.</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 30/11/2005, at 1:28 AM, Jack Ricchiuto wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <FONT size="5"><FONT face="Optima, Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:20.0px">I just refer to it simply as Open Space. I’m fine with the formal name and would be as fine if HO tomorrow announced it was now going to be known as “Eggplant Parmesan.” For me it’s as much open space sociology as technology – as much about the people as the process, usually more about people than process. This parallels one of my mantras that sociology usually trumps technology.<BR> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT size="2"><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><BR> <BR> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Papyrus, Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0px">Jack<BR> </SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2"><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><BR> </SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><FONT face="Optima, Times New Roman"><BR> __.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__<BR> <BR> </FONT><FONT color="#808080"><FONT face="Papyrus, Times New Roman">jack ricchiuto<BR> two.one.six/three.seven.three/seven.four.seven.five<BR> <A href="http://www.designinglife.com">www.designinglife.com</A> / <A href="http://www.appreciativeleadership.com">www.appreciativeleadership.com</A></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Optima, Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0px"><BR> </SPAN></FONT> * * ========================================================== OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu: <A href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</A> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: <A href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</A></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>*
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