<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Brendan, your reference to "both sponsor and facilitator" reminds me that I want to explore that topic, here on the list and/or perhaps by posting a session at the OSonOS that's coming up in Camden. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Space will be opened on 9/22 in Eliot, Maine, for at least that one afternoon, and hopefully to continue Sunday morning, for an interfaith "education for sustainable development" (ESD) conference. (If you want to see some good interfaith materials, check out this Canadian website: <A href="http://www.faith-commongood.net">http://www.faith-commongood.net</A>/ )</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Saturday morning 9/22 will open with a keynote about the national and international ESD faith sector work, then a short fishbowl dialogue on same, followed by a cafe time. After lunch, open space.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>We had an afternoon of OS last year at the conference, and it went very well. Peter Adriance, the keynoter (known to Chris C) opened the space last year, but we both agreed that I should take the leap and do it this year.... and now I'm having second thoughts.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>What are the implications of both being on the planning committee for the conference, being a member of the primary "host" faith, and opening the space in the afternoon? Peter wore all of those hats last year, and it didn't seem to create any problems, but last year it was a primarily Baha'i weekend conference, and this year it's interfaith, but hosted at a Baha'i facility. So..... perhaps it would be better to have a person of a different faith open the space, to prevent us Baha'i hosts from being too dominant in owning the processes?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The planning team includes people of several different faiths -- Quaker, UU, UCC, Catholic -- and others (including a Rabbi) are on the email list for the planning process, and have been involved in 1:1 planning meetings. One person on the planning team, from the local UU church, has opened space before in his professional work for U. Maine Extension... would it be better if he does it for the conference this year? Or should we have a complete "outsider" (not involved in planning, co-sponsoring, hosting, etc.) open the space?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'm happy to hear any thoughts,</DIV><DIV><BR><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; 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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; "><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="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Diane Brandon (with my conference planner hat on)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Eliot, Maine</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></P><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Aug 21, 2007, at 9:08 PM, Brendan McKeague wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Kaliya - it sounds as though you have been both sponsor and facilitator of growing an 'open space culture' in your community over time...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">and you have been successful in achieving what you set out to do.....</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The journey from semi-circle to circle worked!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Brendan</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">At 06:10 AM 22/08/2007, you wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">What I put forward to you has worked really well for me in the Tech communities I have grown and cultivated.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I have an very high level of credibility and trust among very very senior people in the industry (to people in BIG corporations) in part because I built trust with them and the community I helped to build "OVER TIME" (we are having our 5th event in the fall (we do them every 6 months).<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>This last OST we closed with a group poem. My goal with each event is to expand their process horizons every time.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>These people now tell me they have a much lower tolerance for 'talking heads' conferences and events with 5 papers....they are in love with open space.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Part of the reason for this I believe was my choice - my perception of where they were at culturally as a group and what i could do - interms<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>of pushing their boundaries - (having NO agenda was already pushing it at the beginning) an not going 'over board' in the pushing. It is not like I had a client or committee I was pleasing by not doing a circle- I was it - the designer/facilitator (I always run my event designs by my co-producer and a process ally in my tech community)..</DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">*</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">*</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">==========================================================</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">view the archives of <A href="mailto:oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu">oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu</A>:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>*
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