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<DIV><SPAN class=070250817-10102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hello
Kerry!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=070250817-10102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=070250817-10102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I also
want to thank you for sharing your description of OST. Much of your concepts
inspired me and I have adapted them for using it here at Chile in the
presentation of OST to the public administration. I will tell you how it goes
and runs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=070250817-10102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=070250817-10102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>With
gratitude,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=070250817-10102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Juan
Luis</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Mensaje original-----<BR><B>De:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>En nombre de </B>Christine Whitney
Sanchez<BR><B>Enviado el:</B> Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:19
PM<BR><B>Para:</B> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Asunto:</B> Re:
silence is golden<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=875391719-07102006><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080>Hi Kerry,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=875391719-07102006><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=875391719-07102006><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080>Thank you for sharing your description of
OST. I especially appreciate your emphasis in the last paragraph on
participatory democracy. Lovely.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=875391719-07102006><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=875391719-07102006><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080>Warm greetings from sunny
Phoenix,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><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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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>kerry
napuk<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 11, 2006 12:47 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> silence is
golden<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Thanks Juan Luis for breaking the silence, due, no doubt, to the
occasional technical wobble that sometimes affects our LISTSERVE, which,
otherwise, is so ably served by BOISE STATE.</DIV>
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<DIV>As we were preparing another tender for the Scottish government, I would
like to share the portion that describes Open Space as a methodology:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Times color=#000000 size=+2>Open Space is a large group
process devised in 1985 by Harrison Owen and currently used in 122
countries. It is a bottom-up process during which participants organize
their own agenda around issues of concern to them. Other people
volunteer to work in breakout groups on the issues raised. Actions
from each group are presented to everyone who then vote on priorities,
creating an agreed list of priority actions deemed important on the
day. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Times color=#000000 size=+2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Times color=#000000 size=+2>Open Space provides easy access
and total involvement of all participants who are invited to work on the
sponsor's theme. During the process, participants share experience, hear
different views and, most importantly, learn quickly from each
other. The process is driven by passion (care about an issue) and
responsibility (do something about it).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Times color=#000000 size=+2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Times color=#000000 size=+2>Open Space conferences look
markedly different from conventional workshops. There are no experts
making presentations, no power point, no top table and no prearranged
workshops. Nobody knows what issues will be raised or actions proposed
until they happen in real time during Open Space, except they all would be
within the framework of the sponsor's theme, which is included in the
invitation for every event. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Times color=#000000 size=+2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Times color=#000000 size=+2>As participants create their own
agenda and vote in real time within an open and transparent marketplace, the
process generates commitment and ownership of outcomes. It also provides
an opportunity for participants to learn from the direct experiences of others
in a supportive and positive context, demonstrating participatory democracy
and good citizenship by treating everyone as equals, valuing all contributions
and providing equal access to raise and discuss issues and vote on
priorities. In other words, the process itself is an exercise in
citizenship and participatory democracy. Open Space, therefore,
has demonstrated the ability to inculcate democratic values.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Times color=#000000 size=+2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Times color=#000000 size=+2>Kind regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Times color=#000000 size=+2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Times color=#000000 size=+2>Kerry</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Times color=#000000 size=+2>Edinburgh</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Times color=#000000 size=+2>www.openfutures.com</FONT></DIV>*
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