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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Hi, all –
as you may tell, I have been away for a bit traveling and facilitating, and I
am catching up with an ocean of emails, including delicious little fishes in
that ocean: many thoughtful messages on OSLIST.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>In response to
Justin’s questions about holding a very small Open Space…</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Fabuloso Jaime
wrote:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-style:italic'>I
remember a posting on the OSLIST about an OS meeting with as few as 2
people!</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-style:italic'> I
am not sure if I could find this message for you, but no doubt that
someone else will. Just wait and see.</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-style:italic'> Welcome
to the OS community!</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Marvelous
Thomas wrote:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-style:italic'>I don’t
think that’s the record Jaime. I remember Lisa telling a story where
no-one showed up and she had an OS-meeting by herself!! Hard to beat!</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-style:italic'>And, of
course, it worked out marvellously - well, you are marvellous dear Lisa - sure
missed you in Moscow! </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-style:italic'>Warm regards</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-style:italic'>Thomas</span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Thomas, you and
everyone at the Moscow conference were very much in my thoughts! I did write
about a very small Open Space – only one person…below I shall
reprint the posting I sent to OSLIST about it back in May 2002…</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Cheers,
Lisa</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>_______________________________
</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>So there I was last week at the International Association of
Facilitators conference in Fort Worth, Texas. It is a conference put on
by all volunteers (fellow facilitators) where facilitators present workshops to
each other ...</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>I only had a few people signed up in advance for my Open Space
Technology workshop (hey - whatever happens), and so when I got to Fort Worth I
asked the conference hosts if they might spread the word to and invite people
from the community, so that I could offer this service to people working in
Fort Worth.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>Well, after thinking so very hard on how to put together a message
and how to get the word out over the holiday weekend, I suddenly realized that
I should let it all go and see what(ever) would happen.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>So I set up the room and waited for the adventure.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>I had invited a volunteer who was helping with the conference to
come to my workshop, as he had been working so hard he had not attended
anything.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>And so it turned out that Doug was the only participant in my Open
Space. (!) Nobody else showed up.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>So we went on an adventure together.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>I asked him if he was interested in testing out two questions
about OS: one, with how few people can you do OS, and two, can you teach
one-way information (such as how to do OST) in a completely OS setting.
He was open to it and so was I, so we just dived in together!</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- - - - -</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>Our Open Space lasted from 8:30am until 3:00pm.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>My preparation included handouts (checklists, planning, further
reading, samples), a collection of books of proceedings, and flyers about OSonOSinOZ
and other upcoming events. The room was set up like a normal OS, with the
inclusion of a wall full of little signs organized into Role and Task (the idea
is to choose a role from one column and a task from another and put them on
like nametags, so in a group of people you would have a whole range of
circumstances and settings for using OS and you could role play talking to
clients about these situations).</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>Signage around the room included areas A, B, C and D.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>I set up about six chairs in a circle (even though Doug and I only
filled two of them - our imaginary colleagues filled up the rest), and I opened
the space. The theme was "What Can We Learn From One Another?"</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>Doug immediately lay down on the ground to write sign after sign
with his topics; I soon joined him to add some topics that I thought might play
well off of his topics along that same line. We generated 17 topics:</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>His topics were all about what he wanted to know about OST (bear
in mind he had not read the book and had no previous knowledge of OST):</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- 1st Time OS Experience</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- Worst OS Experience</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- Open Space versus Other Methods</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- Use of Computers to Track Minutes</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- Follow-up after Meeting</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- Best Food for Open Spaces</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- How Much Space Needed</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- How Long Is Too Long?</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- New Techniques</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- Agenda Planning</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- What's Changed About OST In The Last 5 Years?</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>My topics - I could probably have not written any topics at
all. Of course I have never written topics when I was the facilitator,
and Doug was doing just fine. But I thought it would help to play off of
each other, because of the issue of diversity. So here's what I added.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- On Being an Independent</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- What Do You Love About Texas?</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- Where Are The Indians?</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- Spirituality and Work</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- What Do You Want To Be Remembered For?</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- If You Could Try Anything, What Would You Try?</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>So now we had a wall full of items, complete with the time/space stickies.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>So here's what we did next:</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>We took all the 9:30-10:15am topics and posted them on the wall
near area A. And we brought three chairs over there (one for each of us and one
for a virtual colleague). Doug led the order of the session, picking out
each item from the wall as he felt drawn to it, and that is what led our discussion.
We covered all those issues, and then it was time to go 'to our next
session'. So we moved all the chairs over to area B, brought all those topics
over to post on that wall, and continued as such around the room throughout the
day.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>"My whole group" decided to go to lunch together, and I
was happy to take 'my whole group' out to lunch. My whole group took ‘bio
breaks’ together, as well, whenever needed throughout the day. By
the end of the day, every topic had been discussed, *plus* Doug had a complete
education in Open Space based on his own learning needs - a custom-designed
master class on Open Space. Proof that you can give one-way information
in Open Space and still have it be learner-centered (a big surprise to me).</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>But wait - something even more wonderful happened...People came to
visit! Our workshop was near the bathroom - maybe that helped, plus we kept
both doors wide open. (I was tempted to put up our "Session
Full" sign on the door....). Two other workshops were meeting that
day.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>So first, Rob Stroober (hi, Rob!) from the Netherlands came by and
sat in our third chair in the circle. He dropped in right when we were
talking about the Your First OS and also If You Could Try Anything...topics.
He just fit right in and we learned from him regarding those topics. Then
he had to leave to catch a plane. Bye, Rob!</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>Later on Sherwood ___ came into the room. He had experienced
OS many years ago with Harrison, and he walked right in on the topics of how
OST has changed over the years. So he was able to share some thoughts on
that overview. Then we left to rejoin his other workshop. Bye, Sherwood!</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>David Johnson, a facilitator from Texas, shared his scariest
facilitator moment - ironically, when he had to dump a very carefully planned
agenda and suddenly respond to the group's need and found himself booking rooms
for self-organized discussions a la Open Space. See you later, David!</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>And Laura Hsu from Taiwan (hi, Laura!) dropped in to share how she
teaches the method of OST, and we had a wonderful exchange of ideas and
materials. (Bye, Laura!)</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>So we had international cross-cultural input and surprises that
happened when new folks sat in our third chair!</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>- - - - -</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>To close, I passed my favorite special rock around our circle, now
reformed in the middle of the room, of six chairs. Doug shared some
thoughts, I sat in another chair to share with him what sometimes people say in
a closing circle, and then I sat in my own chair to close. In the center
of the circle were fabric, the rock, my Tibetan bells, my compass, flowers and
some food offerings.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>It was a wonderful, magical experience, and it taught me much that
I would never have known in any other way. Doug is off to lead his own
Open Spaces, and I thank him for his partnership in what was a delightful day
full of learning, laughter and exploration.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>And PS: We still made enough noise for the two other workshop
groups to hear us through the walls! I guess joy is sometimes loud....</span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>Lisa</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>___________________________</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>L
i s a H e f t</span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'>Consultant,
Facilitator, Educator</span></font></p>
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lang=ES-MX style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'>O p e
n i n g S p a c e</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><a
href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net"><font color=black><span lang=ES-MX
style='color:black'>lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></font></a></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><a
href="http://www.openingspace.net"><font color=black><span lang=ES-MX
style='color:black'>www.openingspace.net</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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