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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Catherine – Nobody can fill the holes
in your life but you should know that a lot people will find their life made
whole through your story. Certainly works for me. Thank you!</span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Harrison</span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'> </span></font></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Harrison Owen</span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>7808 River Falls Drive</span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Potomac</span></font><font
size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>, </span></font><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Maryland</span></font><font
size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'> </span></font><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>20854</span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Phone 301-365-2093</span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Skype hhowen</span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Open Space Training</span></font><font
color=red><span style='color:red'> <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/"><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>www.openspaceworld.com</span></font></a>
</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Open Space Institute</span></font><font
color=red><span style='color:red'> <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/"><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>www.openspaceworld.org</span></font></a></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Personal website</span></font><font
color=red><span style='color:red'> <a href="http://www.ho-image.com/"><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>www.ho-image.com</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe,
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> 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> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Tuesday,
November 20, 2007</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>4:35 PM</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><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></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 OSLIST yet
because there were so many emails as a consequence of it, but here we go:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thailand</span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> 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…</span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Spain</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, in </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Granada</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, on Sunday
evening, October 14. On Monday, we were scheduled to arrive at Florian
Fischer’s home in Rodalquilar, Andalucia, only 3 hours from </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Granada</span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>. 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…</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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…</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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.</span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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</span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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'>
Raffi Aftandelian [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 </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>03:06</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><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></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;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></p>
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size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
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font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>November 18,2007<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Harrison</span></font><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></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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, Birgitt Williams, and Harrison Owen as
inspiration for this book.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 </span></font><font size=1
face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>Moscow</span></font><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> 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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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></p>
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