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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear Catherine—my heart opens wide,
wide, wide when I hear your story of such loss and deep sadness. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Here is Rumi: “your grief for
what you’ve lost lifts a mirror up to where you’re bravely working…”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>In honour of your courage and grief and your
openness to <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>what is happening, when
it’s starting, when it’s ending and all those who are with you now,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Catherine Pfaehler<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 20, 2007
1:35 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> AW: Living Peace- an
invitation</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes, I will submit
something. Thank you for asking, Raffi. I haven’t told <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName> yet because there were so many emails as a
consequence of it, but here we go:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
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 lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My two daughters Andrea
(17) and Sarah (15) as well as their father and his new beloved have died on
October 13 in that Nam Thaloo cave in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Thailand</st1:place></st1:country-region> which got suddenly flooded
due to heavy monsoon rains. Had it not been for the Open Space principles, I
would have despaired and gotten lost in resistance and fury etc. All the more
since I have been consciously and daily dedicating my life to the divine for
the past few years, it couldn’t be anything else but: “Whatever
happens… Whoever is there… When it starts… When it’s
over…” Living with those principles since 1989, they have already
carried me through my divorce from their father in 1995/96, and now through
their leaving. It seems to me that somebody softly, yet definitely and
decidedly closed the door of parenting in my life. There must be another big
task waiting, and it will show itself…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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 lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We got the news when on
holidays in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region>, in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Granada</st1:City></st1:place>, on Sunday evening,
October 14. On Monday, we were scheduled to arrive at Florian Fischer’s
home in Rodalquilar, Andalucia, only 3 hours from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Granada</st1:City></st1:place>. We couldn’t have come to a
better place. He and his family were wonderful, warmhearted and most
compassionate hosts for us. You might remember: Florian was my Open Space
mentor for the first big Open Space I was responsible for as a facilitator in
April 2006 on the health of gay men, which in October 2006 led to an Open Space
for people living with Aids. He coached me through all the preparations with
the Swiss preparation group from Rodalquilar or Berlin via telephone or email,
but then had to tell me he couldn’t come to co-facilitate with me (I was
meant to do the French part, he the German part) only two days before the April
event for serious health issues. There also: Whatever happens… “the
universe seems to think I can do it without Florian, so here we
go…” I learned a lot, especially regarding my energy reserves when
an OS lasts for an entire week-end and I have to translate a lot more than
expected…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
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 lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Of course I am sometimes
very sad. And the part of me who has lived for over 11 years without my
children half of the week now helps the sad mother in me, too.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
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 lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>AND this brought me very
close to the cancer patients and their relatives I was holding space for on
November 10…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
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 lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So Open Space really is
an ongoing spiritual journey for me, deeply rooted in my everyday life! Peace
for me begins with my own peace of mind. The principles of OS are a big help in
that for me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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 lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Love and gratitude to all
of you - Catherine<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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color:navy'>Catherine Pfaehler</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2
color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'> Senn<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>+41-(0)32
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>c.pfaehler@bluewin.ch<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=DE style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Von:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Raffi Aftandelian</st1:PersonName> [mailto:raffi_1970@yahoo.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Gesendet:</span></b> Dienstag, 20. </span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>November
2007 03:06<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>An:</span></b> c.pfaehler@bluewin.ch<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Betreff:</span></b> Living Peace- an
invitation</span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold'>Living
Peace: the open space of our lives<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></b><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold'>An
invitation<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></b><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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auto;text-align:center'><b><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB
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lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>November 18,2007<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p>Dear Catherine, </u1:p></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>We are writing you to invite your contribution for an e-book, tentatively
entitled <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Living Peace: the open space of our
lives.</span></i> OST facilitators from around the world, experienced and
people new to the practice, are being contacted for this project.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><st1:place
w:st="on"><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Harrison</span></font></st1:place><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>’s last book was <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The
Practice of Peace.</span></i> It was a thoughtful, playful, compelling, and
engaging invitation to consider that the everyday practice of Open Space in
organizations <i><span style='font-style:italic'>is the practice of peace</span></i>.
If that is so, then perhaps, taken together, those who work with OST have
something to offer the world about living peace on a day-to-day basis? <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
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lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>There have been many conversations about the personal practice
of open space, but to our knowledge this has not been captured as a book. Chris
Corrigan and Michael Herman have elaborated an invaluable perspective on that
practice. And I credit them, Wendy Farmer-O’Neil, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Birgitt
Williams</st1:PersonName>, and Harrison Owen as inspiration for this book.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font></b><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>This book aims to deepen the conversation about the personal
practice of Open Space.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font></b><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>For the book, we’d like to invite you to answer one
question: <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";font-style:italic'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font></i><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";font-style:italic'>“What is your practice of Open
Space?” <u1:p></u1:p></span></font></i><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>This is an inquiry into how each of us bring open space into
our lives, how we live Open Space.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>In addition, you are invited to <u>submit resources</u> for a
resource section at end of the book on practicing Open Space in life. We
welcome any materials you see as valuable in deepening the personal practice of
Open Space.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>A<i><span style='font-style:italic'> </span></i><u>maximum length
of two pages</u> for each contribution is suggested, and this is more of a
guideline than a hard and fast rule.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>We’d like to ensure a broad representation of voices in
the book, both in terms of perspective, experience, and geography. This
invitation will also be posted to English-language OSlist and other OSlists
around the world. <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>If you have any particular suggestions of people who should be
contacted to participate in this initiative, let me know!<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>If you think you will be able to make a contribution, please
email Raffi at </span></font><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=DE
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a href="mailto:raffi@bk.ru"><span
lang=EN-GB>raffi@bk.ru</span></a></span></font><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> (or </span></font><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><a href="mailto:raffi_1970@yahoo.com"><span lang=EN-GB>raffi_1970@yahoo.com</span></a></span></font><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>). <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>We’d like to
receive submissions by February 1, 2008.<u1:p></u1:p></span></b></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>Your piece can be anything that can be presented on a printed
page, a story, an essay, a parable, a word, a sentence, a picture, a diagram,
anything that can convey on paper what you understand <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>your</span></i> practice of Open Space to be.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>If you’d prefer to share your practice of peace in a
telephone conversation that can be later transcribed into text, we’d be
more than happy to do so.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>The book will be made available for free online. Perhaps at a
later point, it might be available for sale in print form, in which case a
significant (50% at least) of proceedings will go to support the spread of OST
around the world.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>Contributions will be selected by a committee (anyone with
experience of OST is welcome to participate in its work). All pieces will be
available for reading online, regardless of whether or not they are chosen for
the book.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>Vera “Dyomka” Vakulenko, a <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place> artist and community activist who
designed the Open Space on Open Space XIV logo and brought much spirit to that
conference will be illustrating this book. The drawing in this invitation is
hers!<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>We intend to publish the book in both English and Russian. If
you can circulate this invitation in other languages, it’d much be
appreciated.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>Your thoughts, questions suggestions and collaboration in this
project are welcome!<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>If you can submit something for this book, please let us know
by email!<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>Respectfully and in appreciation,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><st1:PersonName
w:st="on"><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Raffi Aftandelian<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></st1:PersonName><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>Vera “Dyomka” Vakulenko<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span
lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><span lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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