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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Raffi, I confess. The quirky side of me got the upper hand. My apologies
</span></font><font face=Wingdings><span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>But there was a serious point. The theme (question/issue) of an Open
Space is the critical part of the invitation. Without that theme nobody will
know whether they care to come – whether they will accept the invitation.
I suppose a theme-less Open Space (Question to be determined upon arrival)
could be an interesting group exercise/experience, but it would be an exercise
that misses a most central point in Open Space. OS is not an exercise. In my
experience, it is a time/space in which to do </span></font>REAL BUSINESS -- in
the sense that there is a perceived need which must be met by those who care to
do so. That is what creates the passion and engenders the responsibility. </p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Occasionally people suggest that it might be nice to “demonstrate
Open Space.” Usually that means that the group will “go through the
motions” (sit in a circle, create a bulletin board…). The almost
inevitable result is BLAH, BORING, Inconsequential. No passion and the reaction
from the participants is usually summed up by somebody saying, “Is that
all there is?”</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Harrison </span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Harrison Owen</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>7808 River Falls Drive</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Potomac, Maryland 20854</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Phone </span></font>301-365-2093</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Skype hhowen</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Personal website www.ho-image.com </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>OSLIST</span></font>: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,
view the archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Raffi
Aftandelian<br>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 4:31 AM<br>
To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
Subject: Re: Diane Gibeault in Switzerland</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>AFter reading your last post, Harrison, I am now convinced that it's
not</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>just a select few but really anybody is susceptible to what seems to be</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>seasonal kookiness. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I have noticed in the last few years that the most unexpected (dare I
say</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>shocking?) things find their ways onto the list in April, maybe April
1st is</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>really a day to kick off a whole month of foolery? Perhaps April should
be</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>declared Deeper Open Space Month?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Flush, er, with new questions as it were,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Raffi</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>raffi@bk.ru, raffi_1970@yahoo.com</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>talesofatoy.blogspot.com</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"The secret of life is not in being perfect but in becoming
progressively</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>less stupid."</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>--Marshall Rosenberg</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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