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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Listers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I had the honour to facilitate an OS for the association
of midwifes of our region in the end of January in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Bern</st1:place></st1:City>. There was a bit of a conflict amongst different
groups of them. Their president, midwife in a hospital, held a flaming speech
in the beginning together with a freelancing midwife, pointing out clearly why
the time has come for them to start cooperating closely in order to secure
their future, instead of continuing to cultivate their differences (the cake is
getting smaller, less births and less money!). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What happened then was amazing. They only had an
afternoon, but the 57 women present held 22 intense workshops in 3 time-slots
and created 8 ongoing projects. They only realized afterwards that it didn’t
matter AT ALL what type of midwife was calling for a workshop or speaking in a
workshop – all of them were equally engaged and full of energy to promote
their image in the public, to control the quality of their work, to start
lobbying politically up to the national level, etc. The conflict had virtually
disappeared and a lot of energy had emerged to tackle the tasks ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The president wrote a great résumé on <a
href="http://www.bernerhebamme.ch/">www.bernerhebamme.ch</a> (go to Open Space)
and just published it now in their online newsletter. It’s in German, but
there are pictures, too. In the short meeting we held this week with the
preparation group to find out how to continue, they identified ways to keep the
energy up and decided to hold another OS next January. </span></font><font
size=2 face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings'>J</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The preparation group had set up the rooms in 1.5
hours thanks to Michael Pannwitz’s great cards (now translated in
English!). I was assisted by a female participant from the OS for people living
with AIDS from last October who wanted to learn more about Open Space, and by a
young woman who was working with a member of the preparation group to find out
more about becoming a midwife. They did a wonderful job taking pictures and
with a very slow surplus copying machine we were allowed to use from the
hospital – the documentations had to be sent to the participants
afterwards because the machine was too slow. So next time, we will rent a quick
one to be able to hand out the documentations in the end!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thank you all for your help through discussions on
the list and your websites! Catherine<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Catherine Pfaehler Senn<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Open Space Begleitung & Coaching<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Kellersriedweg 8<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>CH - 2503 Biel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>+41-(0)32 - 365 68 41<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>c.pfaehler@bluewin.ch<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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