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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'>Deborah – I think your idea of a
“facebook” sent out in advance is a great one. And it would avoid
doing a “round the circle” at the beginning, which I personally
find less than useful for two reasons. First it delays the actual start when
people go to work – and this is the most important consideration for me.
Secondly, all those names and needs/wants/desires badly confuses this old mind.
After the first two or three I just hit “overload.” For our
up coming OSONOS by the Sea I sent out a full participant list and invited
people to add whatever information/requests they might want. Some people chose
to remain a mystery (great!) and others wrote a whole bunch. How much of this
actually gets read I don’t know, but a number of folks said it was useful
and fun. Since email addresses were also included, the party started early,
which was wonderful.<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 am a little less enthusiastic about
special guided tours done by the facilitator – though it is certainly a nice
idea. I find one of the great things about an Open Space is the speed with
which new comers are included – some of this just happens on its own, and
in other cases participants will notice a stranger looking a little lost and
take them under their wing. I really like that as it serves to build and bond
the community. If the lost guest is “important” having some
“just plain folk” do the job can be wonderful. And who knows a
useful connection could be made. At most I (as the facilitator) might suggest
to one of the “older” participants that “so and so”
looks a little lost – maybe you could take them on a tour – sort of
thing. That way I can hold the space and members of the community take active
responsibility for the inclusion. Win/Win – I think.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Harrison</span></font></st1:place><font
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color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
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color:windowtext'> <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>Deborah Hartmann<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, August 19, 2007
10:34 AM<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> Re: The challenge of
"luminaries"</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#333399" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hello Kerry:<br>
<br>
> address their presence during the introduction<br>
<br>
I hesitate to address the presence of particular people during the
introduction. I see it as a "democratizing circle" and as such, I
strive to communicate the message that we are all equals, and so we are equally
responsible for our experience of the event. No matter whether we specify that
"luminaries" are equal to everyone else, we's negate this by simply
naming them and not everyone else!<br>
<br>
Here's an idea: Something that emerged at RoCoCo was a round of "needs and
offers", though it happened too late, in the opinion of many. We went
around the circle stating what we needed (ideas, collaborators, hardware,
software) and our offers (some offered skills, resources, collaborative sites,
and others answered just-stated needs, ex: "I have an old computer like
that, let's talk"). This would allow luminaries to introduce themselves,
equally with others, allow them (if they choose) to align themselves as members
of this OST event's "people". I think attendance at this activity
would need to be voluntary, as it takes some time and perhaps people would
rather network informally. This would have been useful to us, as we had decided
not to call out any particular participants in the opening.<br>
<br>
I'm not sure where this fits... we thought that if we'd done this at the start,
people would have had an idea of who was there and how they could help them.
Ex: If I'd know people from the citizen journalism movement were present, I
would have posted a session: how is Citizen Journalism changing the face of
news? But as it was, I only discovered their presence afterwards. <br>
<br>
Ideas: Perhaps, do it as part of a social the prior evening, before we open the
space? Another idea was a "needs and offers" wiki page or wall - the
problem being that using the wall for this removes the human face from the
transaction. We could encourage people to do this at registration, so we could
browse the list of who's coming and their needs/offers (sometimes this happens
with BarCamps). Hey, could a facebook group be used for this?!! This activity
would have been particularly useful for our type of OST - it was not so much a
"themed" event as a "community gathering" event - a
particular flavour of OST I'm seeing a lot in the Tech community now. "The
right people" are the ones who want to be part of the community, in
general - and it's often a big surprise what interests and skills they bring!
It's as if a "community gathering" OST is simply a coalescence at a
particular time/place of a continual OST event which is the community itself.<br>
<br>
deb<br>
<br>
kerry napuk wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color="#333399"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi Peggy <br>
<br>
When faced with "luminaries," experts, speakers et al, maybe it would
help to address their presence during the introduction. A facilitator
could note their valued participation and opportunity to be on equal terms with
an audience, experiencing the need to discuss and exchange views rather than be
lectured at. <br>
<br>
It might even be fun! <br>
<br>
Cheers <br>
<br>
Kerry <br>
Edinburgh <br>
<a href="http://www.openfutures.com">www.openfutures.com</a> <br>
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size=2 color="#333399" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Deborah Hartmann<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color="#333399" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Agile Process Coach<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color="#333399" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>deborah.hartmann.net<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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