Raffi, I think that you were given a scholarship to attend OSonOS in
Goa by the Open Space Institute/USA. Lisa is on the OSI/USA
board, tis true. And the OSI/USA board supports her fantastic
work as Access Queen but there are two very separate funding
opportunities.<br>
<br>
OSI/USA has members all around the world. Each year, we invite
people seeking to open space in parts of the world that are underserved
by OST to submit proposals to the OSI/USA board. The OSI/USA is
celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. One of its goals is
to hold space for open space. One of the ways we, on behalf of
our worldwide membership, hold space for OS is to offer this
scholarship opportunity. I just want to clearly communicate that
there are two completely separate funding possibilities.<br>
<br>
The deadilne to apply to the OSI/USA board for scholarship assistance
to attend OSonOS Kiev 2007 is Tuesday, March 12th. The OSI/USA
board will meet on March 16th and consider any proposals we have
received and notify any winners immediately.<br>
<br>
Our criteria:<br>
<br>
1. We seek applications from people working in parts of the world where Open Space is underserved.<br>
<br>
2. We ask that anyone who receives funding from us share their Open
Space stories with the world. We like to hear stories, along with
the rest of the list.<br>
<br>
3. Ideally, we like someone requesting funding to pay some of
their own expenses but we have funded all travel and conference costs
to some recipients in the past.<br>
<br>
So. If you are trying to use Open Space in a part of the world
where Open Space is not well known AND you would like to attend OSonOS,
then send me an email outlining your interest, your financial need and
a detailed budget of the costs of your participation in OSonOS 2007 in
Kiev.<br>
<br>
Last year, we funded three scholarships: we gave one to a
Pakistani and we were able to fund two Nepalese but it was unusual for
us to fund three people. Sometimes we pay airfare, hotel,
conference fees and miscelleneaous expenses. Sometimes we are asked to
pay only a portion. It is up to the person asking for help to
define and decide their need.<br>
<br>
Send your proposals to me: tree.fitzpatrick#gmail.com.<br>
<br>
So! There are two opportunities to ask for help to get to
Kiev. The Access Queen is one way . . . she can help with smaller
amounts. And the OSI/USA will consider funding travel, hotel and
conference costs for persons from parts of the world where OS is
underserved. These are separate funds, Raffi, and you have
smooshed them together again.<br>
<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Raffi Aftandelian</b>
<<a href="mailto:raffi@bk.ru" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">raffi@bk.ru</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Lisa and all,<br><br>I just want to chime in here (ding!) and say how much I appreciate us having
<br>an Access Queen.<br><br>I was a beneficiary of the Access Queen Fund in 2004. It got me to the<br>OSonOS in Goa, which changed me!<br><br>Lisa's invitation to believe in myself as she believes in me inspired me to
<br>really look around, think creatively about getting myself to Goa. It took<br>some courage (audacity?). And it was such a gift to make it to Goa, to meet<br>Harrison and other first generation (and second generation) spaceholders.
<br><br>I'll never forget how Brian Bainbridge greeted me before we heard the first<br>"ding". He gave a somewhat wary look at my nametag, then said, "Oh, so<br>*you're* the Raffi who's posting all that stuff to the OSlist." "What a
<br>welcome!" I thought. And then I found Brian participating in all 4 sessions<br>I posted.<br><br>Another memorable moment from Goa- Peggy Holman doing a somersault to shift<br>the energy of the space. Now *that's* something they don't teach you in a
<br>workshop!<br><br>And I also want to acknowledge the contribution Michael Pannwitz has made by<br>donating proceeds from the Open Space World Map (are you listed yet?) to<br>help people come to OSonOS.<br><br>Funds from the Access Queen Fund and from the World Map helped make
<br>participation possible for people from Nepal, Pakistan, Ukraine, and a few<br>other places for last year's OSonOS.<br><br>Your invitation to believe in myself, Lisa, challenges me to think about how<br>I can make it to Kiev this year.
<br><br>I'm hearing of more and more people new to OST in Russia who are planning to<br>come to Kiev. Makes me think the space in Kiev will be even more emergently<br>pregnant with synkairosic and granular potential.
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