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color=#004080>Hello Laurence,<BR><BR>great to hear it continues!<BR><BR>Greetings from Germany, where in Bielefeld we have agreed
to change the date to Jan 9th, so people can enjoy longer holidays.<BR><BR>The
last time we met here in November, we chose a cafe with same extra free space (waiters
are paid differently and therefore more open over here for people who
self-organize than in most parts of the US as I have learned) and we even had a
"kind-of-open space" with a very short introduction and ten people swarming out,
meeting within two time slots and for about seven topics all together). In
January we will have the good luck to get acess to the workplace of one
participant, people bringing food themselves; we felt that music and smoke
in he cafe (yeah! People are allowed to smoke almost everywhere,
that's the downside in German cafes, at least for me..., ah, always something
missing ;-)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>) were a little
disturbing to our exciting and meaningful
conversations.<BR><BR>Hope you get the chance to find a more quit place, too!<BR><BR>And to you
and everybody else on this wonderful, amazing, warming my heart,
exciting me again and again, fabulous list:<BR><BR><FONT
color=#a60000><STRONG>Wishing you a
very joyful New Years Eve, tomorrow, worth the special
year coming !!!</STRONG></FONT><BR><BR>I am
looking forward to seeing you again next year,
my family in spirit,
in Moscow and around the world,<BR>Marei</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P> "Laurence Berg" <<A href="mailto:lberg@AFSC.ORG">mailto:lberg@AFSC.ORG</a>> schrieb:<BR>> Hello All,<BR>> <BR>> If you are (have been or will be) in the New York area, you may be aware<BR>> that some folks are trying to get a regular gathering going of people<BR>> interested in OS. Following the 'Stammtisch' approach suggested by our<BR>> German colleagues that is in use all over the OS world, we have been<BR>> meeting on the first Monday of each odd month. September was the first<BR>> and November was the second. Each time, the four principles and the one<BR>> law were in full force.<BR>> <BR>> I am, for the moment, something of an organizer of this, but it's all very<BR>> new to me. For example, I'm not sure if Stammtischers stick to the<BR>> schedule when it lands on holidays, etc. such as it would this time on Jan<BR>> 2.<BR>> <BR>> I would love to hear from others who are thinking of attending in NYC (as<BR>> well as anyone who isn't, of course).<BR>> <BR>> As for location, we still don't have 'our place' yet. The ideal would be<BR>> a bar/cafe with room for a small crowd and where we could hear each<BR>> other. Barring that, I'm thinking about some indoor public spaces on the<BR>> Upper West Side. Suggestions are welcome!<BR>> <BR>> -Laurence<BR>> <BR></P></BODY></HTML>
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