<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi guys!<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Well yes it happened!! I've been pretty busy too. on 7/8 Jan I convened Open space for 200 people in the theatre community. From Highly influential theatre elders to young students an amazing time was had. Lots and lots to say but in the moment. Just to let you know it was an amazing, awesome, fantastic, moving success!! Can't begin to tell you all the stuff that comes from this but most of all a feeling of coming home for the first time in my own community. Our 150 page report is already online and I have never had such amazing feedback for an event. So many letters and emails in the last day about people feeling hopeful for the first time. Thanks so much for your support around this. I had an amazing time. and.... it's just the beginning </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Lots of love </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Phelim</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>www.improbable.co.uk</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Devoted and disgruntled </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">What are we going to do about theatre?</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>THE SESSIONS CONVENED WERE HELD ON THESE ISSUES:</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>1: ISSUES WHAT ISSUES?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>2: Theatre can compete with film as an exciting artform (get more people out of cinemas and into theatres.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>3: MONEY MONEY MONEY (WORKING FOR FREE</B><B>)<O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>4: How to get more people into theatres. </B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>5:“straight” theatre & “made/devised” theatre – creating a conversation about and between.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>6: Are we European? Can we learn anything from the rest of Europe or elsewhere?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>7: CRISIS IN LONDON VENUES</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>8: HEALING THEATRE: The origin of theatre in the cave, connected to health and survival. </B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>9: RACIALLY INTEGRATED THEATRE</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>10:</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>Why don’t we share useful information with each other?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>11: Theatre for all the senses.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>12: America</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>13: HOW CAN THEATRE LEARN FROM OTHER, MORE SUCCESSFUL FORMS OF CULTURAL EXPRESSION?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>14:Actors as global citizens addressing global issues</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>15:The Primacy of Perception</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>16:How can we dissolve disciplines and Hierarchy in the established theatre.?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>17: Where is all the “provocative” street theatre?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>18: Should We Measure Artistic Success and if so, How?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>19: How to get more disabled people into theatre</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>20 :Do I have to devote my time to administration, producing, funding, funding, funding…. To create art?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>21:New Forum where Conventional Theatre meets Community Theatre</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>22:Women</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>23:Entrepreneurial and savvy theatre</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>24: What puts you off going to the theatre?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>25:How Being Marginalised Can Be Celebrated and Used to Good Effect</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>26: Too Many Careerists Have Spoiled Our Broth.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>27: OPEN UP SPACE SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN HAVE A GO.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>28: Why is there still such a division between the mainstream and the experimental?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>29: Why do you need to go to college to do theatre?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>30: Audience...</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>31: Money / Funding /</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>Producers</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>32: Is theatre all about contacts or can you make it on your own?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>33:Use of the Theatre-Making Process in Personal, Social and Organisational Development</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>34: Is theatre all about contacts or can you make it on your own?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>35: Why do we need a separate theatre for Black work?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>36:The Mainstream does not exist</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>37: Where are the Women Protagonists?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>38: How can we establish mentoring systems for theatre practitioners?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>39: Less Actors; More Practitioners</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>40: What positive relationships can exist between film and theatre?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>41: Is the written play a dying form? And if so, what can we do to revive it?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>42: Censorship are there things that we should not be allowed to do/say on stage?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>43: Directors sharing skills and working practices.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>44: Where is the archive for socially engaged practice?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>45: Relationship between artist and audience</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>46: How do we take ‘it’ to the outside world?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>47:How can we create more quality experiences of theatre for children and young people?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>48: Not knowing what group to belong to.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>49: Where are we at Now? (How does this Influence where we are Going?)</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>50:How do we break up cliques and stop the same people getting all the work?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>51: IS THEATRE REALLY NECESSARY?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>52: Mentor registration form.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>53: Who profits from theatre?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>54: THEATRICAL THEATRE </B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>55: Making directors work harder to make auditions for actors worth the train fare.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>56: What can audiences do?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>57: Conflict Management</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>58: Who We Fancy In The Room</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>59: TO GET NEW AUDIENCES INTERESTED IN EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>60: How can practitioners who work with people with challenging and volatile behaviours be better prepared and supported?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>61: I still feel like an outsider.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>62:Theatre for Adults & Children / Get Them When They’re Young.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>63: : In The Absence of a Union how can we lobby DCMS/ACE etc</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>64: We make too much shit theatre and that’s why people don’t come. How can we raise the bar?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>65: Making a space/place for continued play/learning/development </B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>66: Is theatre speaking to ‘real’, people?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>67: Can theatre be more than a profession</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>68: What is a director and do we need them anyway?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>69: Pimp Theatre for Pissheads</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>70: Working Class Audiences </B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>71: Issues Facing Mankind : Future Shock : Man and the Machine – Can Theatre Help Us Deal With Change?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>72: Benefits and Pitfalls of ensemble working methods.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>73: What would happen if there were no proscenium arch theatres for 15 years?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>74: More play, less plays</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>75: Spiritual Theatre in a Materialistic Age</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>76: WHAT ARE WE DEVOTED TO?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>77: Positive discrimination-yes or no?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>78: WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE REPLACED CRITICS (OR KILLED THEM)?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><B>79: Why are the only black people here serving coffee? What does this mean?</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US">awaiting reports:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US">80):Puppetry isn’t just for children.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Smiley count:@<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US">81):The issue on hearing/non-hearing audiences and the role/integration of the Interpreter (I don't know the exact title of it)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US">82): Selected images<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US">83): Making Relationships between venues and between companies and venues. SC:@@<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US">84): Is there a better way for theatre to be distributed locally, nationally and internationally? SC:@<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US">85) Why aren’t we working constantly and being paid?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US">86) Is wanting to be an actor enough?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US">87) Being a “Regularly Funded Organisation”- Ultimate goal for a theatre company?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US">89) What would happen if we closed all proscenium arch theatres for fifteen years?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:1.0cm 2.0cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.0cm 6.0cm 7.0cm 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt 368.5pt 396.85pt 425.2pt 453.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><SPAN lang="EN-US" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B><BR clear="ALL" style=""></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 10 Jan 2006, at 15:21, Harrison Owen wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I guess I fibbed a wee bit. Yes I am working on a book (or the book is</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">working on me) - and there are a few other things coming down as well. I</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">have also been working with a really neat organization which is seeking to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">open some space in a very critical area. And they are more than a little</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">worried about really opening space. We have been going on and on until I</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">felt constrained to send the following message. I share it here because I</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">thought it might be of interest. As I was writing this about 5 this morning</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I thought fondly of Lisa and her speech about "only the highly evolved..."</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">But I didn't think that would work in this case. Needless to say I have</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">scrubbed all the identifying details.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Dear XXXX -- I am glad that you still think Open Space is the way to go --</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">but I must confess that I am having some reservations. These reservations</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">have nothing to do with the capacity of Open Space enable this group, or</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">indeed any group, to engage in meaningful conversation and come to useful</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">conclusions. The issue for me is two fold -- First, Do the sponsors feel</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">sufficiently trusting and supportive to let the process run? There will be</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">moments of high tension, and experience has shown that the people themselves</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">can and will handle it all by themselves. The bottom line is that I just let</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">it go. Once underway, we are gone, and there is no place for intervention,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">mid-course correction, the conference management committee doing a</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">re-design. It is all up to the people.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">My second area of concern is whether or not what I might call "competing</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">interests" create conditions that are, to some real extent, antithetical to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">real Open Space. I am thinking particularly of the Press. I clearly</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">understand the need for press coverage -- just to get the word out. The</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">problem is that deep conversations can rarely be reduced to sound-bites.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Even worse, deep conversations which are only partially concluded are even</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">less susceptible to being sound-bites. I think it is quite possible that we</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">will reach the end of the first day in Open Space and there is nothing to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">report -- or at least nothing that anybody wants to report. It is equally</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">possible that we will reach the end of the conference in the same condition.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Several thousand years (well almost) of understandings, misunderstandings,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">ignorance, misperceptions, to say nothing of mis-trust and anger will not be</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">resolved in three days. We can make a good effort, and things may well move</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">along much further than we have any right to expect -- but expectations of</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">any sort can be very problematical. The hard lesson of Open Space (and I</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">think life as well) is that firm attachment to specific outcomes is usually</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">disastrous. When you don't get what you expected the temptation is to think</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">that you achieved nothing at all. And if the expectation is that by the end</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">we will have a neatly tied up body of conclusions combined with action</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">plans, all of which may be "briefed" to the Press, I think that is quite</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">unlikely. Possible for sure -- but unlikely. And should any of this occur</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(or actually NOT Occur) the press will leave frustrated and might well</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">report total failure. The fact that subtle, but important movement took</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">place in the building of relationships, the definitions of issues and</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">opportunities for future conversations (but not immediate resolution) will</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">escape them because they were not part of the conversations. That would not</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">be, I would judge, a desirable outcome.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">An even worse scenario would be if we were to drive the whole conference</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">towards a final, definitive document with neat conclusions, recommendations</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">and actions. That would effectively shut the space down, and the only way to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">assure such an outcome would be to have all of the conclusions,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">recommendations and actions defined in advance. Obviously there are multiple</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">international conferences that do just that. Such conferences have the</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">advantage of meeting expectations and maintaining the semblance of control.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">But that is not open space (or Open Space).</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The crux of the matter, I think, is that everybody (certainly the organizing</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">body) must be willing to exist in that wonderful Great Cloud of Unknowing.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Something for sure will happen, but there is absolutely no way to predict or</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">assure what that "something" might be. Personally, I have always found that</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the "something" we didn't expect was so much better than what was predicted</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">as to make everything worth while. But you can never tell in advance.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I have written at such length because I think it is absolutely critical that</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">all the responsible parties are totally clear about what we are getting into</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-- which paradoxically is that we really don't have a clue, and certainly no</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">guarantees. Hope, desires for sure -- but we will not know what is achieved</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">until it has happened, and even then we may not be too sure.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Personally, I also want to make sure that nobody mistakes me for a salesman</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">or even an advocate for Open Space. I am delighted to share my experience</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">and pleased to offer my services, but the choice on how to proceed is not</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">mine to make. 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