<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Doug, Chris, Herman, et al.,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris mentioned the speaker setting the right tone. One way we accomplish this </DIV><DIV>is to have the speaker talk from a circle of chairs, not to theater style seating (this </DIV><DIV>also makes for a very efficient, and immediate transition to OS). see the graphic </DIV><DIV>down the right side of the page at:</DIV><DIV><A href="http://engagingthesoulatwork.com/engagingthesoul.htm">http://engagingthesoulatwork.com/engagingthesoul.htm</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The invitation is "What thoughts, ideas, actions have been sparked by this </DIV><DIV>speech? What did you learn and what do you want to take away from this speech </DIV><DIV>going forward?"</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>One OS event after a speaker I posted on the OSLIST was after a political </DIV><DIV>candidate:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Out of an short (3 hour) OS following a speech given by presidential hopeful Col. </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Robert Bowman in the summer of 2004, the Kindness Campaign - <A href="http://www.thekindnesscampaign.org/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0021E7"></FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.thekindnesscampaign.org/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0021E7">www.thekindnesscampaign.org</FONT></A> was created and has been sustained to the </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">present in Asheville, NC. There were 50? participants. We did 15 min action at the </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">end after a 20 min closing circle. I believe the speech was 45 min and that would </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">make the OS 2.25 hours. The whole event was maybe 4 hours one evening.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">These were the topics, and action round topics:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic 1:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>Electing Progressive Representatives</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Clyde Michael Morgan</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic 2:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>The Current Extinction Crisis</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Greg Wilcox</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -96px; margin-left: 1in; font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic 3:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>The People of the World are with Us – We are the Majority – How do we Spread the Word?</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px; font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Robin</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -96px; margin-left: 1in; font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic 4:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>How can we help the under 30 crowd and other citizens feel empowered enough to get involved in the political process?</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px; font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Cathy S.</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic 5:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>Local Power Over Economy</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Kevin</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic 5:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>Peace Dividend</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Brad Dienst</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -96px; margin-left: 1in; font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic 6:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>Explore ways to identify and speak about the fundamental truths about which our government is doing.</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><H1 style="text-indent: 0px; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Convener</SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">:</SPAN><SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Hugh Huntington</SPAN><O:P></O:P></H1><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic 7:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>Patriot Act – How to get our freedom back</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Pamela</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic 8:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>Unifying Global Resistance</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Mark</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic 9:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>Bringing Heart, Soul, Creativity, and Bliss to Politics</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Daniel</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic 10:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>Leadership Training</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Rich Livernois</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><BR clear="ALL" style=""></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="6" style="font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.6667px; "><B>Action Notes:</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -96px; margin-left: 1in; font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic A:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>Who wants to be in a network of people accepting REAL money, not Federal Reserve Notes</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px; font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Kevin</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic B:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>How to start a kindness campaign in Asheville</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">: </SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Barry Weinhold</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -96px; margin-left: 1in; font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic C:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>Let’s Stay in touch with a Yahoo group or something similar. Let’s work together</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px; font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Clyde Michale Morsan</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -96px; margin-left: 1in; font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic D:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>Institutionalizing Change: Department of Peace; Ombudsman, Reform</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px; font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Grant Miller</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Topic E:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><B>Finding ways to speak the truth about our government</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 5px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Convener</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">: </SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 7px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Hue</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>We just did 1/2 day World Cafe; 1.5 days of OS interspersed with presentations ~ </DIV><DIV>1-2 presentations, followed by 3 hours of OS; 1-2 presentations followed by 3 </DIV><DIV>hours of OS; 1-2 presentations, followed by 3 hours of OS; finishing with a day of </DIV><DIV>action rounds. There were 80 people from bp. We've been asked to do their next </DIV><DIV>meeting and in the "after action review" all the items the planning team wanted to </DIV><DIV>be covered were covered, plus a hairy elephant was talked about and moved </DIV><DIV>towards resolution.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>However you look at it, when you open more space, people get what they need. </DIV><DIV>All we do when we put together Open Space and a keynote speech or </DIV><DIV>presentation is combine the one-way learning phase of life with the multi-input </DIV><DIV>way of learning way of life which is Open Space. The process is happening all the </DIV><DIV>time, but not always one after the other, or moving in between the two, and </DIV><DIV>sponsored by the same organization. We're just directly linking what has been the </DIV><DIV>model for many years - one-way/single input learning and another way to learn - </DIV><DIV>multi-input learning.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You know in Open Space ~ fantastic results! </DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>with grace and love,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><B style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; ">Zelle</SPAN></SPAN></B></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Zelle Nelson</DIV><DIV>Know Place Like Home/Engaging the Soul@Work/State of Grace Document</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#008000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); ">www.knowplacelikehome.com</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); ">www.engagingthesoulatwork.com</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#004080"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 128); "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 128); ">www.stateofgracedocument.com</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B style="font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#008000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-weight: bold; "><A href="mailto:zelle@knowplacelikehome.com">zelle@knowplacelikehome.com</A></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>work/home:<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>(001) 828.693.0802</DIV><DIV>mobile:<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>(001) 847.951.7030</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Isle of Skye</DIV><DIV>2021 Greenville Hwy</DIV><DIV>Flat Rock, NC 28731</DIV><DIV>USA</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 26, 2006, at 10:24 PM, douglas germann wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Zelle--</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Great picture you give.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Can you say a little about what you mean by fantastic results?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I am even more curious about what the topics and invitations look like</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">for those "3-hour following OSTs." This sounds truly exciting. Can you</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">put some more meat on those bones for us all?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks, Zelle! And say Hi to Maureen, too, for me. How is she doing?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>:- Doug.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 11:50 -0400, Zelle Nelson wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Doug,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Proximity: very elegant!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Maureen and I have been offering and delivering Open Space after</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">keynote<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">speeches, after presentations in corporate meetings, after</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">political speeches -<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">anywhere we can open up space and allow everyone to be the expert or</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">at least<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">ask questions about what was a spark for them. It works incredibly</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">well.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Generally, we hold a 3 hour Open Space after keynote speeches. In</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">terms of<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">presentations in corporate meetings, there will sometimes be multiple<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">presentations in the mornings and then hold Open Space in the</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">afternoons.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">We've had fantastic results!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">with grace and love,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">night</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">with one word: proximity.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">What we are about in opening space is bringing people into</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">proximity,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">yes?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Proximity: notice what can happen when we bring people who care near</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">each other. Ideas bounce and blend and reproduce. Passions infuse.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Keep</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">us in tightly sealed containers and nothing new happens. Juxtapose</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">us</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">and there is possibility. For fire.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Which raises for me the question of why do people try to keep others</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">in</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">tightly sealed containers, such as "do me" audiences who are not</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">allowed</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">to talk back, let alone with each other? Is it lack of experience</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">with</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">any container where people can let their lights shine on each other?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Is</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">it fear of the fire? Something else?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ever notice that after a play or a good seminar, when we go home we</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">want</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">to talk about it? We want to assimilate it, re-enjoy, extend it.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">What if</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">we could harness that energy at the event itself? Get the people</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">there</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">to assimilate, re-enjoy and especially extend it, starting right</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">there?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">What if?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Is this what OS is?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">:- Doug. 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