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<DIV><SPAN class=177475615-08012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Ralph,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=177475615-08012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=177475615-08012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In
Brazilia last June, we opened the space in a circular room (what a treat for an
Open Space!). Topics were posted on pannels. Then after people chose their
topics and were in the first round of discussions, we moved the pannels to a
large hallway of a nearby building where all the break out rooms and coffee
tables were. No problem for participants to adapt. For Evening New, we went back
to the circular room. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=177475615-08012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=177475615-08012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>People
were so excited about the self-organization and passionned about their topics,
the physical arrangements were quite secondary.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=177475615-08012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=177475615-08012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Diane</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> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Joelle Lyons
Everett<BR><B>Sent:</B> 7 janvier 2007 00:38<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Something
new?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Ralph--<BR><BR>I've been in the
situation where the circle of chairs was jammed against the wall, and I'm sure
your solution worked better than mine. We had the additional challenge
that we were in a brand-new resort hotel, the walls had just been painted, and
they wanted nothing taped on any of the walls. We ended up with
permission to use Post-It paper on a folding partition (not painted) that
divided the space we were using into two rooms. The other half of the
room was used for food service and breakout space, <BR><BR>We used the
room with the circle only for coming together and newsroom, not as a meeting
space. The good part was that there were very few guests, so we had
permission to hold breakout sessions anywhere we wished, including a huge
lobby with a central fireplace and clusters of overstuffed chairs, a nice
mezzanine that overlooked the lobby but felt very private, and around the pool
and hot tub. And those of us who were there overnight were given
discounts on all the spa services, massages and herbal baths and facials, plus
free swimming inside in hotspring water. Very nice.<BR><BR>My experience
is that if people are allowed to self-organize, they adapt very quickly to
challenges like being asked to post things in the other room, or a shortage of
breakout spaces.<BR><BR>Joelle<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Geneva
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT>* *
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