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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Wendy -- You got it! I believe. ("<SPAN lang=en-ca>Perhaps
one day, we won</SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca>’</SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca>t even see topics posted</SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca>—</SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca>just a crowd of butterflies and bumblebees swirling in
mandelbrotish</SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca>
ecstasy</SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca>! Wink</SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca> wink. <big grin>")
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-ca>Way back at the beginning of this
conversation I referred to an OS which just simply went into flow-state by the
second day. Pre-determined groups virtually did not exist. It was all Bumble
bees and butterflies. And without question it was one of the most exciting,
energizing and productive Open Spaces I have ever been privileged to be a part
of -- and the best part was that my part was to sit in rapt attention at the
edge of a blazing inferno of creative energy. And in terms of a parallel
conversation on the LIST -- I was totally an "addendum" -- and to be
truthful, much less than that. When the thing ended we found ourselves sitting
in a circle that just naturally formed (no bells!). The mood was deep, silent
satisfaction. After a bit I said something like, "Is it over?" -- and the
sponsor of the event turned to me and said, "Oh, you're still here."
Perfect.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-ca>On occasion, I have referred to Open
Space Technology (the formal process) as a "half way technology," by which I
meant that is was just something we did until we did not need it anymore. (Half
way to the goal, as it were.) And in my mind it has always been critical that
we NOT allow the "technology" to stand in the way of the goal -- which I
see as being fully and consciously what we already are -- self-organizing
critters. To this end I have practiced (and suggested that others might do the
same) the noble art of "Thinking of one more thing NOT to do." My intent has
been to continually strip away supporting structures and processes which were no
longer needed, or never needed in the first place. In the majority of cases I
found that the things that we did (I did) in the beginning, such as community
building activities, etc were very pleasant and yet did not seem to add
materially to the capacity of the group to function well. Just open the space
and everything seemed to take care of itself. Over the 20 years that I have been
immersed in this great experiment I have found my initial findings to be
confirmed on a continuing basis. Do less -- and you get
more.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-ca>It was in the spirit of "thinking of one
more thing not to do" (doing less and getting more) that I made my comment about
"addendum." I certainly had no intent to cast aspersions on Reinhard's work,
even less on the marvelous contributions and insights of the artistic community,
which seems to have concerned Josef. And for sure I would agree with the
observation that western businesses are rational to a deep fault, excluding
massive amounts of the human experience and potential to the detriment of the
business. That said, I have found it wonderful that in Open Space whole
people continually show up, and most especially that people who have forgotten
(repressed, subverted) their wholeness rediscover who and what they actually
are, in all of their varied dimensions. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-ca>I suppose where I may take some
issue with both Reinhard and Josef concerns the need to provide additional
services, methods, techniques (in the Open Space environment) in order to
facilitate the emergence of whole people. Part of the difficulty is that when
such "services" are provided the people (participants) tend to see their
emergence as whole people as the product of that service -- and not be
fully aware that in a very real sense they did it all by themselves, and further
that they are ultimately responsible for their own emergence. I am sure
that neither Reinhard nor Josef would fall into what I might call the "Do-Me
syndrome" -- in which people come to some gathering or event and expect to be
"done-to" by the "experts." But that happens, and I see no value
added, only the continuation of a destructive dependency on "The
Experts."</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-ca>In any event, I guess I am very happy to
be an "addendum" -- thinking of one more thing not to do. With luck I will
totally work myself out of a job, leaving nothing but Bumble bees and
Butterflies! Yes!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-ca>Harrison </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-ca> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Harrison Owen<BR>7808 River Falls Dr.<BR>Potomac, MD
20854<BR>USA<BR>301-365-2093<BR>207-763-3261 (summer)<BR>website <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tyasto@sapa.nsk.su href="mailto:tyasto@sapa.nsk.su">Тясто Марина
В.</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 21, 2006 7:50
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: advanced butterfly</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=484545610-21082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Exactly. Thank you, Wendy. Love,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484545610-21082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484545610-21082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Marina</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Wendy Farmer-O'Neil
[mailto:wendy@xe.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 21, 2006 3:30
PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
advanced butterfly<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Peggy and
all,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>What a rich
conversation! What wonderful questions to sit with!</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is coming up for
me, Peggy, is that it is not a new technology that we are waiting to see
emerge, but rather that we are witnessing the growing pains of a new
competency</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
face=Arial size=2> in open space. I was blessed to experience rich
butterfly behaviour in Moscow at OSonOS</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>X</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
face=Arial size=2>IV. Pairings and small groups sprang up,
unposted, all about the space, over all three days. These groups
honoured the principles and the law of OS and flourished in it. There
were very personal, intimate conversations that occurred
there</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial
size=2>—</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
face=Arial size=2>deep</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial size=2>and lasting relationships formed.
And each person</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2> witnessed, had the openness, the energy,
and the courage to trust</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial size=2>in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial size=2>Spirit
and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>in the practice of deep invitation. Even in the most delicate of
conversat</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
face=Arial size=2>ions, a newcomer was welcomed in as the right person at
the right time. I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial size=2>suggest</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2> this is the edge
of a new competence emerging in OS events</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial
size=2>—</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
face=Arial size=2>that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial size=2>OST, when embodied fully, can bring as
rich rewards to our relationships as it has to our innovations in
organizations</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
face=Arial size=2>—</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>with no alteration in the
technology. I sense that the private meetings, the limited
invitation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
face=Arial size=2>s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
face=Arial size=2> a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca>
<FONT face=Arial size=2>relic of our pre-OS consciousness that we are ever
more quickly transcending. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial size=2>That the urge to non-convene?
a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>group</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
face=Arial size=2> of one, two or more people will grow. That
the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>participants</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>trust in the field to generate the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial size=2>precise
invitation required will grow. The right people, the right time,
whatever happens, be prepared. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial size=2>I suggest that
as participants</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
face=Arial size=2>’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2> capacity to sense the energy of the
field and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
face=Arial size=2> to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2> work with it grows, the need to exert
external controls will dissipate. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perhaps one day, we
won</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial
size=2>’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
face=Arial size=2>t even see topics posted</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial
size=2>—</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
face=Arial size=2>just a crowd of butterflies and bumblebees swirling in
mandelbrotish</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>ecstasy</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>! Wink</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca> <FONT face=Arial size=2>wink.
<big grin></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers and
love,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Wendy</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN></P>
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