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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'>Dear friends in Open Space<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’m in the middle of a 3 day OS
training with 16 participants and we’ve discussed similair things at
times during this first day. Such as “does the facilitator have to tell
people that they may help themselves with coffee and tea” although it is
just in the face of them, or can he/she assume they grab whatever they like? <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 think we have a lot to dis-learn to get
back in shape. Small kids would never ask before grabbing whatever they like –
until they are taught that it’s probably not OK if noone said so, or that
they have to ask first. <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 see many situations in Open Space of my
life as well as in an OS-meeting when adults wait for permission instead of
acting or at least asking...and an important aspect of OST, to me, is to allow
people to learn to be responsible, in the process. After a while they get it.
But this can make the learning a bit rough in short OS-meetings.<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'>Anyway, I follow HO’s advice and do
my best to find another thing not to do. So I trust people do whatever is best
for them – may it be rough learning...<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'>Warm regards<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'>Thomas Herrmann<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'>PS Today I had a nap, played pool and
walked in the snow – during our Open Space-meeting. Great! DS<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>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=SV style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Från:</span></font></b><font
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OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>För </span></b>Peggy Holman<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Skickat:</span></b> den 13 januari 2008 18:23<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Till:</span></b>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Ämne:</span></b> Thoughts on a Town Crier</span></font><span
lang=SV><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Has anyone noticed more milling about before people move into sessions
over the last few years? I'd been noticing enough of a trend this way
that I always intend to explicitly tell people that there won't be anyone
telling them when to move, that it is up to them to follow their own rhythms
and interests. I haven't quite internalized this yet, so I usually
forget. Anyway, I think I may have figured out what is going on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I just did an OS for a friend for a group of about 50. He uses OS
a lot but wanted to be able to really participate in this
one. He told me that he was a little surprised when the
first round of breakout sessions was starting that I didn't tell people it was
time to get started. He came to me when the first round
after lunch were scheduled to start and asked me wasn't I going to ring a bell
and let people know? I basically told him that I never did that.
The participants were adults and could figure it out for themselves. He
was floored and a little upset. He said he always lets people know.
And then it dawned on me: there are more and more people who have
experienced OS. Perhaps there are many practitioners doing what Jon does
- telling people when it is time to start the next session. I realized
that since most of these folks came at Jon's invitation, they were probably
enculturated to responding to a bell. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>So I took what seemed a middle ground to me and rang a bell, saying,
"It's 1:30 and all's well." I figured a town crier was a
minimalist thing to do -- providing information without attachment to
how people used it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I then spoke more with Jon because I wanted to understand his
perspective. He said that to him, what is posted, like the
session start times, are part of the commons and when he is holding the
space, that is part of his contract with the group, to give them the
information. He doesn't care what they do once they hear it. So, it
strikes me that Town Crier is a good description of what he does.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Given the trend I mentioned, I suspect Jon isn't the only one
doing something like this. I'd love to hear other thoughts on providing
information that marks the passage of time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>from sunny (for a change) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:City>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Peggy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>________________________________<br>
Peggy Holman<br>
The Open Circle Company<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">15347 SE 49th Place</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bellevue</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">WA</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">98006</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
(425) 746-6274 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.opencirclecompany.com">www.opencirclecompany.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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For the new edition of The Change Handbook, go to: <br>
<a href="http://www.bkconnection.com/ChangeHandbook">www.bkconnection.com/ChangeHandbook</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not
get burnt, is to become <br>
the fire".<br>
-- Drew Dellinger<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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