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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>Allison,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>I cannot see any risk. I organized
many times conferences in about your size in a mix of keynote speaking
+ wishering groups for digesting, conventional group work with
presentations and discussions and for the glorious final a day or more of
open space.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>Doing that way you meet many
different needs</FONT> <FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#800080 size=2>which is
obvioulsly satisfying and - I don't need to say that open space uses to be
t h e highlight. Even more because people feel unleashed after
consuming allt the programmed stuff, hehe </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>So put it all in your bag, don't
worry too much and make yourself a nice time</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>Erich from lovely Vienna</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ahewlitt@bellanet.org href="mailto:ahewlitt@bellanet.org">Allison
Hewlitt</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [OSLIST] Looking for advice: Is
this a time where OS should not be used?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear All<BR><BR>I am writing with a request for advice. I must
also admit that I am<BR>feeling somewhat guilty this as it is the 2nd (or 3rd)
time that I have<BR>written to this amazing group of people and I am asking
for help,<BR>rather than offering it.<BR><BR>My organisation has partnered
with 2 others to organise a conference<BR>in Thailand which will bring
together 150-200 people who are interested<BR>in exploring the impact of
copyright on access to knowledge and<BR>culture in Asia, in learning about
models which support collaborative<BR>knowledge and culture creation and in
looking forward in making Asia<BR>Commons a reality. We have a planning team
of 7 - each of us with a<BR>lead role in organising the event. I am the lead
for developing the <BR>conference methodology.<BR><BR>Since the beginning of
the planning stages, the organising team hasn't<BR>quite seen eye-to-eye on
the conference methodology. Truth be told, it<BR>is just me that hasn't quite
seen eye to eye with them. We have a<BR>conference sponsor who is funding the
event, but they are hands-off<BR>and happy, for the most part, to let us do
the work that we want to<BR>do. Early on, I proposed the idea that we organise
the conference in<BR>OS. My co-organisers and sponsor know and like OS but
they don't want<BR>the entire event in OS as they would like to bring in a few
keynotes<BR>and showcase the research papers being commissioned. I think that
some<BR>of the resistance stems from their belief that OS doesn't work well
in<BR>Asian cultures which I know is not true (and have shown them proof
to<BR>the contrary).<BR><BR>So, they are willing to do one of the sessions in
OS (possibly up to a<BR>day and a half) but not the entire conference. I am
trying to figure<BR>out if it is worth it. I know that there are things that I
can do to<BR>minimise the impact of bringing in the so called experts for the
first<BR>2 days. I have thought of a few things like the enquiry
circle<BR>(which I think would work), informal community conversations, the
chat<BR>show methodology (making the session lighter by inviting the
experts<BR>as guests in a chat show rather than asking them to do a ppt)
etc.<BR>BUT, I am wondering if I should continue to push for OS if it can
only<BR>be slotted in for a day especially if it follows 2 days which are
more<BR>keynote/presenter oriented. I think that it is taking a risk that I
am<BR>not sure is worth taking as I am not convinced that it will
work.<BR><BR>I would really appreciate hearing your views/opinions especially
if you<BR>have done something similar which actually worked.<BR><BR>Thanks in
advance.<BR><BR>Best,<BR>Allison<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Allison
Hewlitt<BR>Bellanet International Secretariat <<A
href="http://www.bellanet.org">www.bellanet.org</A>><BR>Tel: +1
613.236.6163
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