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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Doug - </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>You wrote:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>Another
"antidote" I want to try is to go sit in on the conversations</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>for longer
periods of time. I did sit in on about every conversation,</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>but only
for about a minute each.</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>It seems
as facilitator I seldom know what happens at the meeting--I</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>need
someone else to report what went on.</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Could it have been simply that you were personally involved in the
group and its work and yearned to be part of it, and that instead of
facilitating maybe you could have had someone else facilitate so you could
participate? I'm referring to the thoughts you wrote about being outside
of the conversations and the work, sitting in on the conversations, and wanting
to know what happens at the meeting.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>For the content of what happens, you can read their Book of
Proceedings, yes? </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I may be projecting here between the lines but it feels to me that you
wanted very much to participate, and indeed did so (sit in on the
conversations) more than you might have with some other group’s event...?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>From foggy Berkeley, California,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Lisa</span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>___________________________</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>L i s a H e f t</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=IT
style='font-size:10.0pt'>O p e n i n g S p a c e</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=IT
style='font-size:10.0pt'>lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=IT
style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.openingspace.net </span></font></p>
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