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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Hello, dear colleagues --<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Kate wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Last week I was (finally!)
able to attend a training workshop with the <span class=GramE>fabulously <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>accessible</span> Access Queen (who we
also know / appreciate as Lisa Heft!</span></i>)...><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I tip my tiara to you all. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>For those of you who are newly on this
list, “Access Queen” is the name of my role as someone who believes
in the power of sharing resources and belief – of the power of asking and
giving and of setting one’s intention.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Each year as we approach our annual
in-person Open Space on Open Space gathering (this year in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada and next year in Moscow, Russia) I help “Askers” ask
and “Givers” give to assist people who just need a little bit of
extra support to get to an “OSonOS”.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It’s sort of like being a
resources matchmaker ;o)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Sometimes it is just a ride share, or a <span class=SpellE>homestay</span>,
special registration discounts for Askers or some pocket money…that will
make the difference in someone’s being able to come to join us at our
annual get-together.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It’s not
a huge fund full of money – it’s a combination of kind and generous
actions and bits of money as we share and do for one another. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This year several great “Askers”
were courageous enough to ask our OSLIST community for help – and several
amazing “Givers” shared what they could. – <span class=GramE>so</span>
we were blessed with the presence of some really wonderful people at the
OSonOS.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Plus we had several tables
for our “Global Village Marketplace” and “Silent Auction”
at the OSonOS, where people sold things they’d made, handicrafts from
their countries and more to raise money for their own travels and to contribute
to the Access Queen Fund.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>In past years, you, my generous and creative Givers, have auctioned off
hand-illustrated covers for Books of Proceedings at your Open Space meetings,
sold poetry, organized rides to and from the airport for weary travelers and
more.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I would like to announce a recent contribution to the Access Queen
Fund:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Judi Richardson and the team
hosting the Open Space on Open Space in Halifax this year have recently contributed
the money they had remaining – after all expenses were paid – to the
Access Queen Fund !!!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This is a
tradition which began at the OSonOS in 2001 and I’m happy to say it’s
still going strong!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>So:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>A royal wave and a
royal bow to our Halifax host team – your efforts and the combined
efforts of everyone who helped before and after this year’s OSonOS will
help some wonderful Askers attend the Moscow OSonOS next <span class=GramE>year
!</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>In the new year you will hear little messages from Access Queen, as I
raise awareness and see who has a bit of carrot, a potato, or some herbs to
toss into our communal soup of mutual support for travelers hoping to get to
next year’s OSonOS in Moscow…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Meanwhile, I wish you all a cozy winter with friends and loved ones,
from castle to cottage…and a sparkling new year….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Lisa (also known as Access Queen)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>___________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>L i s a<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>H e f t<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>O p e n i n g<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>S p a c e<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>2325 Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Berkeley, California<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>94705-1106<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>USA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>+01 510 548-8449<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>lisaheft@openingspace.net<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>www.openingspace.net <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
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