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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Peggy,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wish I could NOT ring the bells and let
participants to work as they care, but most OSs I provide are very limited in
time, and several time I missed the time by chance (though not much...) I could
see, that people are just seeting and talking in a previous groups. If I had the
time to give them a 'teach' that it is their way of doing things and will have
time to 'spread' time for another quant of session, I would probably do, but I'm
affraid, may be it is ok to be, and just do, but I'm afraid, that we would have
just no time for the next session, so I usualy ring, though say in opening, that
it is up to them, how they will work, I would just be a Town Crier, as you
say...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thank you for the question</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>warm hugs from -25 C Siberia with a lot of snow,
though sun shining :)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>elena marchuk</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>novosibirsk</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=peggy@opencirclecompany.com
href="mailto:peggy@opencirclecompany.com">Peggy Holman</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 13, 2008 11:22
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Thoughts on a Town Crier</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>from sunny (for a change) Seattle,</DIV>
<DIV>Peggy</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>________________________________<BR>Peggy Holman<BR>The Open Circle
Company<BR>15347 SE 49th Place<BR>Bellevue, WA 98006<BR>(425) 746-6274
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<DIV><A
href="http://www.opencirclecompany.com">www.opencirclecompany.com</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV>"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</DIV>* *
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