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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Catherine,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I offer this with respect and hope that it
will serve you and your community. Take what you like and leave the rest.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>What I’m hearing in your post is your
deep caring for this community and a desire to preserve it as it has been in
the past. To me, a community is a living organism that needs to grow and change
in order to stay vital and alive. Even though you are feeling a deep division
with some members of your group, something about this community attracted them –
perhaps sex and greed, perhaps an impulse to personal growth, perhaps something
else. This seems like a great opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In this proposed OS, I suggest staying curious
about why they came and what their contribution could be. When I am feeling
hurt or threatened, it is incredibly difficult to shift my perspective and to
stay close to my stake of growth for the whole community – yet it is the
only way forward. All people involved have a piece of the truth and can
contribute to a vibrant future for the community. My goal is to stay open long
enough to find that future so everyone can get excited about it. It seems to me
that is what OS is for, in the first place.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>With best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Joanna Fletcher<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Catherine Pfaehler<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> March 17, 2007 6:40 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Fear of abuse of the
space</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Listers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=DE 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'>As I am planning our 3<sup>rd</sup> OS in Thielle (a
naturist’s paradise in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Switzerland</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
which is in its 70<sup>th</sup> year now), the conflict is still going on.
Mistrust is still strong on both sides. I offer this OS being a member of the
Network Renaissance Thielle, which is working to save the original idealistic
intents of this wonderful community and to strengthen the community of
naturists in this difficult time full of stress. The other side are a few
people who have seized power and are doing everything to make the idealists
leave. Their intentions to change the focus of the place into a normal camp
ground for nudists (and probably also for sex tourists) were only realized when
it was almost too late - they have already taken control of the board of the foundation
in a very concealed way and have employed a manager for the camp who has no
understanding whatsoever of naturism, a hunter. (Naturists are naked, like
nudists, but their focus lies on spiritual and consciousness development. They
don’t eat meat – that’s why choosing a hunter as a manager
shows a lot about the current president’s values -, don’t use drugs
or alcohol, don’t smoke – if not 100 % in everyday life, then
certainly on the camp site. Many families are in Thielle in their 3<sup>rd</sup>
and 4<sup>th</sup> generation, every summer.)<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'>My question to you is: How can I hold space in this
conflict in a way which prevents abuse? What do I say in the givens in regards
to this? What does the one board member on our side say in his welcome speech?<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'>We have experienced time after time that our good
intentions were turned around and made into something which was then presented
publicly as horrible. Somebody from the other side last year even came into the
plenary to have a look and then called us a sect. This is how the current
president of the board works to eliminate those who do not support his actions.
He spreads some lies about us and then continuously uses people who mean well
for his bad intentions. In paradise, one doesn’t think this way, and
therefore only realizes this when it’s too late. So this fear of abuse of
the space is more than realistic.<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'>Grateful for your ideas and experiences - Catherine<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=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=DE
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 lang=DE
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 lang=DE
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 lang=DE
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 lang=DE
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=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=DE
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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