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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">As I mentioned in my last
e-mail, now that I’m back after about a year away from the OS list, I’ve got a
variety of questions, stories and learnings to share over the next few
weeks.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This question popped to the
top of my list.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">There is a situation that
I have now experienced twice in long OS gatherings with many experienced
OSers. It is a dynamic that has an important and potentially dissonant
energy. I'm wondering if others have encountered this and what their
thoughts are on it. My suspicion is that we'll see more of it as more
people attend longer OS gatherings and generally develop more experience with
OS.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">My hunch is that this is a
phenomenon that deserves a name, much like bumblebees and </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">butterflies.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">So, with that preamble,
here's the description and two specific examples:</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">There's a session that
emerges from what is happening in the mix. The convenor(s) have some very
specific people they wish to meet with and aren't interested in having it open
to whoever wanders in. It is similar to what happens when butterflies meet
but because there is more intentionality and potentially larger numbers, it
is its own thing.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Two
examples:</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">At the April Evolutionary
Salon:</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">We had an expert in a
process who was willing to do a session but he felt that his work required a
targeted group (in his terms, the "culturally mature"). We were interested
in experiencing this and quietly put the word out to the people we wanted in the
room. When others also came, they were
welcomed.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">At the Practice of Peace
in 2003 and in her words:</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">On the last day of the
conference, I woke up with a clarity of what I should do if I really cared to
take this rare, international opportunity one step further into the future.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I saw a session with specific people
(very engaged and personally interested, committed to the theme I was passionate
to explore, with very "concentrated energy" that I felt was essential for a
breakthrough in clarity and identifying what was next.)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">She was fine if others
appeared <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>but did not wish to
announce the session. She pulled the post-it for the space from the
time/space grid and then quietly put out the word to the people she <SPAN
class=821011623-14082006> had in mind</SPAN>. <SPAN
class=821011623-14082006>Some of them came to the session and others chose to go
to other sessions. </SPAN>A few other<SPAN
class=821011623-14082006>s</SPAN> appeared during the session and were
welcomed. She created a session report <SPAN
class=821011623-14082006>an hour after the session was over. </SPAN>She had
intended to talk about the session <SPAN class=821011623-14082006>and the
experimentation </SPAN>during the closing circle. (For a variety of
unrelated reasons, that closing circle never quite happened, so this became
painful unfinished business for her.)</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">In both cases, there was
some reflection by the hosts after the OS completed. Some saw the sessions
as fine, appropriate butterfly behavior. Others were disturbed by the lack
of transparency, feeling that it was a drag on the energy field.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">I am reflecting that as
participants become very mature, posting such sessions, complete with a mindful
request about who comes is an ideal for this; also VERY challenging to
do!</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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