<div>Really profound. Spoken like the messiah in Richard Bach's book - Illusions.</div> <div> </div> <div>Regards</div> <div> </div> <div>Pankaj<BR><BR><B><I>Harrison Owen <hhowen@verizon.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Doubtless I have led a blessed and charmed life, at least some might think<BR>so and I know so. But the truth of the matter is that funding for my work<BR>has never been something I worried about, at least not much. In one way or<BR>another things just got taken care of, although not always in the time frame<BR>or amount that I hoped for or expected. Starting in the late '70's when I<BR>left my last honest job (where I actually got a pay check) I simply followed<BR>my nose. If there was a plan I don't have a clue what it was, although in<BR>retrospect everything seems to make a certain amount of sense. And my nose<BR>took me to lots of
interesting nooks and cranies, most of which looked<BR>nothing like a job or a paycheck. My facination with organizational culture,<BR>myth (story) and ritual was viewed as odd to say the least, and when I<BR>ventured into the strange new world of transformation in organizations the<BR>common judgement, I think, was that I was just weird. As for Open Space<BR>Technology that, as you all know, was a matter of two martinis. Talk about<BR>the cost of doing business:-) Regardless, I just kept following my nose. And<BR>to date, I have never missed a meal. On occasion friends and colleagues<BR>would ask what it was that I thought I was doing -- and truthfully I<BR>couldn't really say. The closest I ever came to getting "it" into words went<BR>something like this. It was my hope to somehow contribute to the business of<BR>making human life human.<BR><BR>Is there a lesson here? Maybe. One thing that pops out is that I never made<BR>any effort to define "community" -- or maybe more
accurately my definition<BR>was about as broad as it could get -- human life, or all of humanity.<BR>Everything was connected even if I couldn't see it at the time. I have<BR>worked in Barrios and Board rooms and as far as I could see it was all the<BR>same. People being people trying to get on in the world. Some did well, some<BR>not so well, but doing well never seemed to have much to do with their<BR>station in life. Corporate presidents could appear as paupers, and beggers<BR>as kings. What I learned in one place always had application in another, and<BR>when I connected deeply with some individual that connection always led to<BR>deeper connections with others. Does this make any sense? I don't know, but<BR>it has been fun.<BR><BR>Harrison<BR><BR>Harrison Owen<BR>7808 River Falls Drive<BR>Potomac, Maryland 20854<BR>Phone 301-365-2093<BR>Skype hhowen<BR>Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com <BR>Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org<BR>Personal
website www.ho-image.com <BR>OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the<BR>archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Peggy<BR>Holman<BR>Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 4:59 PM<BR>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR>Subject: Re: funding community work?<BR><BR>Yes, to underpin Doug's question below, I find that more and more I am <BR>working from a place of deep calling. That call doesn't take me into the <BR>lucrative business world to fund the work of my heart. I have jumped in <BR>with both feet between the cracks, not even with non-profits, but in calling<BR><BR>gatherings beyond the divides of organizational boundaries. It isn't <BR>financially sustainable. Hence the question of how to attract the funds for<BR><BR>work that, according to its participants is of service to their field, but <BR>requires far more
time and energy than is reflected in the compensation. (In<BR><BR>fact, I jokingly say that in my experience, compensation is inversely <BR>proportional to the complexity of the work. I find corporate work, with so <BR>much established infrastructure, some of which is actually useful, much <BR>easier than the work of reaching out to bring together the ecosystem of a <BR>subject area, such as journalism, story, philanthropy, etc.<BR><BR>in inquiry,<BR>Peggy<BR><BR>________________________________<BR>Peggy Holman<BR>The Open Circle Company<BR>15347 SE 49th Place<BR>Bellevue, WA 98006<BR>(425) 746-6274<BR><BR>www.opencirclecompany.com<BR><BR><BR>For the new edition of The Change Handbook, go to:<BR>www.bkconnection.com/ChangeHandbook<BR><BR>"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt,<BR><BR>is to become<BR>the fire".<BR>-- Drew Dellinger<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "douglas germann" <76066.515@compuserve.com><BR>To:
<OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU><BR>Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:50 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [OSLIST] funding community work?<BR><BR><BR>> Harrison, Kerry and Raffi--<BR>><BR>> Thanks for your replies. They are great strategies and do answer the<BR>> question. They have suggested then a refinement of the question:<BR>><BR>> If we want to work exclusively or primarily in community work, what are<BR>> the sources of funding which are working for you today?<BR>><BR>> :- Doug.<BR>><BR>> *<BR>> *<BR>> ==========================================================<BR>> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,<BR>> view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu:<BR>> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html<BR>><BR>> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:<BR>> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
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