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<FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Hi,<BR>
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If we seek to have what we do become the norm, let’s begin by normalizing the way we refer to it. Perhaps we ought to stop capitalizing the term Open Space. We don’t see formats that are otherwise commonly used with capital letters, do we? I don’t ever see...<BR>
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“Panel Discussion”<BR>
“Committee Meeting”<BR>
“Staff Meeting”<BR>
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...in organizational communication. Why would we make “Open Space” an exception? I suppose “OS” is okay if we need an abbreviation, or “OST” if you insist, but I never capitalize “future search” for example, when I use it or write it, and that’s a technique that is not likely to blend into ordinary daily application. From now on, I open space, rather than convene an Open Space meeting.<BR>
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Ralph Copleman</SPAN></FONT>
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