<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">In that sence I am a fan of good themes in open sapce whith business, community or colleagues. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ingrid</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV><DIV><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="text-align: justify;font-size: 11px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#AC341C"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(172, 52, 28); font-size: 11px; text-align: justify; ">EBUS Institut für Entwicklungsberatung und Supervision</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;font-size: 11px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#AC341C"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(172, 52, 28); font-size: 11px; text-align: justify; ">Ingrid Ebeling • </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(172, 52, 28); font-size: 11px; text-align: justify; ">Am Alten Gehäge 6 • </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(172, 52, 28); font-size: 11px; text-align: justify; ">D - 30 657 Hannover</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;font-size: 11px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#AC341C"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(172, 52, 28); font-size: 11px; text-align: justify; ">Tel.: +49-511-336 03 30 • </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(172, 52, 28); font-size: 11px; text-align: justify; ">Fax: +49-511-336 03 47</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;font-size: 11px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#AC341C"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(172, 52, 28); font-size: 11px; text-align: justify; ">e-mail: ie@institut-ebus.de • <A href="http://www.institut-ebus.de">http://www.institut-ebus.de</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>Am 20.06.2007 um 20:42 schrieb Harrison Owen:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"><DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; ">There are probably lots of ways to say this, but for me the presenting conditions for Open Space are as follows: 1) A real “business” issue (no matter how you define “business”). Point is that it is something that people really care about. 2) Lots of complexity in terms of the issue so that no single person, or even small group, could figure it out. 3) Lots of diversity in terms of the people who come. 4) Real passion and probably conflict. 5) A decision time of yesterday – this is a matter of some urgency.</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "></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; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></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; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; ">There is no absolute metric here – but I have found that if one or two are missing, or only present in minimal proportions, the Open Space is likely to be dull. Even boring. And who wants to be bored in Open Space?</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "></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; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; ">Harrison</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACE><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "></SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "></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; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; "></SPAN><HR size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="2" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">From:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size="2" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN><ST1:PERSONNAME w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; ">OSLIST</SPAN></ST1:PERSONNAME><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> [mailto:</SPAN><ST1:PERSONNAME w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; ">OSLIST</SPAN></ST1:PERSONNAME><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; ">@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] </SPAN><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">On Behalf Of </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Andrew Ballance</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:40 AM</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">To:</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN><ST1:PERSONNAME w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; ">OSLIST</SPAN></ST1:PERSONNAME><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; ">@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Fw: The Theme</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></P></DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">I absolutely agree with you Deborah. Effectively, one of the classical preconditions of Open Space is not satisfied, and that will lead to a very different type of gathering. If there is no pressing issue, then there must be some other motivator for people showing up. So maybe (daring thought, I know), there are actually only two preconditions for Open Space: Complexity of System is high and Complexity of outcome / direction is high. (I can only ever remember 3, those two and that there is a pressing issue).</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">I'm reminded of an image I've drawn several times now in Open Space when explaining to people (myself initially) what happens (not that it's essential to this discussion, but I thought I would share it). Here's the link: (no I never learnt to draw! :)</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><A href="http://www.pixagogo.com/9943784165" target="_blank"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">http://www.pixagogo.com/9943784165</SPAN></A><U style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></U><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">In the image, there are two spaces: inside and outside the space. Outside the space, there's the motivation for coming into the space (red arrows), and then the energy and new thoughts and visions that participants depart with (thick orange). Inside you need that great big messy churn of thoughts and perspectives. You need complexity of system and of future direction in order to get a good 'churn'.</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">If a community is gathering, then I would say it is natural when you're sitting in a circle staring into the eyes of all the people you share beliefs with one some level, that you will talk about your present state, your practices and beliefs, the future of the community, the future. These are always complex within a non-trivial human system. The theme is unstated but effectively the community and its practices, however you interpret that...</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">And as we all know, that's ok too! :)</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">----- Original Message ----</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">From: Deborah Hartmann <<A href="mailto:deborah@hartmann.net">deborah@hartmann.net</A>></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">To: </SPAN><ST1:PERSONNAME w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">OSLIST</SPAN></ST1:PERSONNAME><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:02:41 PM</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Subject: Re: The Theme</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">I've been mulling over the BarCamp phenom and its relation to Open </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Space. I'm starting to think there are 2 kinds of events:</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Issue/Problem focused (classic Open Space)</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Community-based (BarCamp = OS minus Focused Theme/Reports/Action Planning )</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">For ex: I'm starting to think maybe the theme for TorCamp is always the </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">same: Something like - building a more vibrant software community in </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Toronto</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> (the theme of the original TorCamp). In these, the right people </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">come because they are/want to be part of the community. The community </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">becomes whatever they bring, so it's the right stuff. We want them to </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">bring a variety of stuff, because it's not about focus but serendipity </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">and new connections...</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">New, raw thoughts. Got to run. Will check in to see what others think </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">and build on this.</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">btw: I'm running an exciting session today - not OS, but two different </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">retrospectives for an organisation: Cultural Retro followed by a Process </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">exercise called Value Stream Mapping (from the Lean Manufacturing </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">school). Tomorrow they begin to step into their improved future process! :-)</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">deb</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Chris Corrigan wrote:</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> Sometimes the theme is important, for a certain focus, for work that </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> is directed to fairly concrete results. For open conferences though, </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> I can't remember the themes of any of the conferences I have been at, </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> let alone the ones in Open Space. It's interesting that despite weak </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> themes, people come anyway. Open Space is then perfect in this </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> situation. I always invite people in the opening circle to simply </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> connect with the energy that brought them to the gathering and see if </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> there is a compelling question that they are willing to host a </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> conversation around.</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> I have to admit a rather nagging frustration with conference </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> organizers who insist on action outcomes from meetings that are poorly </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> planned. There is nothing wrong with a conference being an open </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> learning experience. Conferences are not the same thing as organizing </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> meetings.</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> My basic template for OSOnOS is simply this: open space for 2.5 </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> days. Whatever needs to happen will happen. At the OSonOS meetings </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> I have been a part of, it's the quality of the interaction that </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> matters, not the focus on notes, or action planning. Just being with </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> others, enjoying each other's company and learning a few new things is </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> enough for me.</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> In this case then, it makes all kinds of sense to have an invitation </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> that is light on the theme and heavy on the "look who is coming" </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> part. Having a website set up with an RSS feed to continue to update </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> people about the conference as the plan is unfolding is a useful </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> idea. As people confirm, you post their names to the site and it </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> inspires others to come. Once everyone is in the room, open space and </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> get out of the way. What could be simpler?</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> Chris</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> On 6/19/07, *Michael M Pannwitz* <<A href="mailto:mmpanne@boscop.org">mmpanne@boscop.org</A> </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> <<A href="mailto:mmpanne@boscop.org">mailto:mmpanne@boscop.org</A>>> wrote:</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> If you follow the admonition "never work harder than you have to"</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> (Practice of Peace) letting go of the idea of having a theme for the</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> WOSonOS might come easier...Open Space on Open Space rocks enough</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> for me</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> and all the OSonOS that I have been too have rocked or whatever</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> regardless of the theme or no theme.</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> Its different, however, if the business issue differs from "Open Space</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> on Open Space". Then it is the task of the sponsor and a planning</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> group</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> (best a crossection of the whole system that is to be invited)to</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> create</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> the theme. I have seen some great, inspiring themes emerge out of</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> sessions like that.</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> However, looking back, it seems to me that the act of finding a theme</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> (getting the act together) is much more significant for the Planning</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> Group and its task of writing an invitation for their event and</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> all the</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> other stuff they do</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> than the theme itself.</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> Greetings from </SPAN><ST1:STATE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Berlin</SPAN></ST1:STATE><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> to </SPAN><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Toronto</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> mmp</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> Deborah Hartmann wrote:</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > Bhavesh wrote</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> >></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> >> ... I felt the theme wasn't particularly powerful or meaningful. It</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> >> may be better to have no theme, or to use this time more for</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> sharing</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> >> and exploring between OS facilitators.</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> >></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > I've been thinking a lot on this - the BarCamp community tends</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> also to</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > have weak themes, and yet their events definitely rock.</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> ></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > Are there two kinds of events? (or more?) I mean:</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > a) to solve a given problem / explore a particular issue</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > b) simply to build a community</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> ></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > Themes can feel contrived for the second kind of event. However, I</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > strongly believe that the theme is a key to "whoever comes is</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> the right</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > people". So... how is a theme selected/constructed when there</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> seems to</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > be no one common issue?</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> ></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > Ex: RoCoCoCamp had a very weak theme... the organizers had a</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> really hard</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > time coming up with one, and then it wasn't clearly articulated</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> or even</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > consistently used in event invitations. But the event clearly</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> had a big</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > impact, to read the blogs and news that came after.</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> ></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > Anyone else thinking about this? What have you done in similar</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> situations?</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> ></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > Thanks</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > deb</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> ></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">> > Deborah Hartmann</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; 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