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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=859553322-05022006><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080>Here's another part of the story that
demonstrates the power of Open Space. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=859553322-05022006><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080>During the opening, the mikes failed.
Not totally - there was one mike that was sort of semi-functional, but the
second mike was useless. As you can imagine, with over 1,600 folks in the
cavernous space where the event was held, sound was a big issue. As I was
opening the space, Claudia was letting me know that the people in the back
couldn't hear me. I just kept breathing and walking and praying. As
I walked by the sound guy, who was literally holding his head in his hands, one
of the Smooth Operators caught my eye and said, "Whatever happens,
Christine." I can't tell you how much that meant to me.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=859553322-05022006><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080>Thank goodness we had that huge double-sided
screen suspended from the ceiling so that the folks who couldn't hear were at
least able to see the principles and law, etc on the screen. And
as participants announced their sessions, a Smooth Operator (who the tech
team had recruited at the last minute) madly typed in the topics on the big
screen. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=859553322-05022006><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080>You won't be surprised to hear that it all
worked splendidly, in spite of so many people having trouble hearing.
People took responsibility to find out what was happening from the people around
them. And most everyone was quite patient. I think they could tell
that the sound was beyond anyone's control at that point.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=859553322-05022006><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080>By the time we were preparing for the closing
circle, we had a new sound guy and fabulous sound. While participants were
sharing what got them moving, what had most heart and meaning for them and how
the space could be kept open in Girl Scouting, you could have heard a pin
drop. Each voice was crystal clear. And hearing their voices was
what this was all about.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=859553322-05022006><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080>From sunny, unusually warm
Phoenix.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#008080>
<DIV><EM><FONT face="Bradley Hand ITC">Christine</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=1></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#008080><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>Christine
Whitney Sanchez</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=2>2717 E. Mountain Sky
Avenue</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=2>Phoenix, AZ
85048</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=2>480.759.0262</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=2><A
href="http://www.kairosalliance.com/">www.kairosalliance.com</A></FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Claudia
Haack<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 05, 2006 2:08 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Report available - Girl
Scout Open Space for over 1,600 & Strategy Cafes for thousands
more<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Harrison</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">,
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">While I did
share this “little funny story” verbally with the sponsors, I think it got lost
in the sheer volume of other things that were accomplished and that are
happening at the GS right now. Actually, I was trying to sort through so
much at the time myself, that it really took the place of a funny anecdote for
“insiders”. The potential for reflecting on the learnings of the story as
an illustration of how Open Space works didn’t occur to me. So I really
like your suggestion for finding a way to do that now in one of their
publications. Or, maybe on the site where they have all the reports etc.
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Thanks -
Claudia</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Claudia
Haack</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><B><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">KAIROS</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> Alliance
Inc.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">tel.
608.288.8315</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">fax.480.247.4824</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">OSLIST</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> [mailto:]
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Harrison
Owen<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Sunday,
February 05, 2006</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">9:06
AM</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">OSLIST</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: Report available - Girl Scout
Open Space for over 1,600 & Strategy Cafes for thousands
more</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=red size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Claudia – I think that
is precisely the sort of story that should be fed back into the system. At the
very least it should be part of whatever report you all may be making to the
sponsors. There is an enormous amount of learning about what happens in Open
Space (and I think all self-organizing systems) over time. People start where
they are, and if they are in a complaining mood, that is what you will get. And
it is very necessary. You have to go through the past before you can deal with a
future. And the point is – they obviously got to a future which I would guess is
what the “critics” saw as being “better.” And the fact that the level of
training in all sessions (as far as facilitations skills was concerned) was the
same – all Zero is noteworthy. The people did it all by themselves. We may know
all that – but this little, funny story could well take the sponsors and others
to a new level of understanding. How about an article in the “Scouting News” –
or whatever it may be called?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=red size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Harrison
</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Harrison
Owen</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Phone
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On
Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Claudia Haack<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sunday, February 05, 2006 9:28
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: Report available - Girl Scout
Open Space for over 1,600 & Strategy Cafes for thousands
more</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Yes, I am anxious to see myself what will
happen with all this. One of the funnier examples of how well Open Space
works is reflected in this little story. </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">A rather large group of attendees was about
2 hours late. They missed the opening of the space and arrived just at the
tail end of the time when sessions were posted. After the event was over
they debriefed and agreed that the "facilitators" of the first series of
sessions were the worst - they definitely needed more training. They said
that during those first rounds of sessions people were mostly
complaining. But the last series was much better, because the
"facilitators" were so much better. They recommended to us to please make sure
that we would train "facilitators" better and spread the good ones out over the
different session spaces. </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">If they only knew:)</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Claudia<BR><BR>Claudia Haack<BR>KAIROS Alliance
Inc.<BR>606 Orchard Dr.<BR>Madison, WI<BR>phone: 608.288.8315<BR>fax:
480.247.4824<BR><A
href="http://www.kairosalliance.com/">www.kairosalliance.com</A>
</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>-------- Original Message
--------<BR>Subject: Re: Report available - Girl Scout Open Space for over
1,600 &<BR>Strategy Cafes for thousands more<BR>From: Joelle Lyons Everett
<JLEShelton@aol.com><BR>Date: Sat, February 04, 2006 11:23 pm<BR>To:
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Geneva
color=black size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Geneva">wow, Christine and
Claudia, what a beautiful piece of work! I'm eager to reconnect with the
local council (who had their own Open Space a couple of years ago) and hear
what they have to say about the national event.<BR><BR>Thanks for your vision,
your courage, you willingness to hold space for Council and volunteers to work
out all the details. I'm very excited to see what comes out of this
initiative.<BR><BR>Joelle<BR><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
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