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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'>On the subject of Door Prizes – my very
favorite happened when I was an early teenager. Thirteen to be exact, and for
all you parents out there -- that is just the beginning of The Trouble! </span></font></p>
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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'>I had a birthday party to celebrate my 13<sup>th</sup>
and I thought a Door Prize sounded cool. We didn’t use that word, “cool,”
that way in those days long ago, but you get the picture. You also need to know
that I loved animals of all varieties, and usually had a small collection, much
to my mother’s dismay. </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'>My pride and joy was Sniffy – a cute
little Skunk**. You guessed it. Sniffy was the Door Prize, all wrapped up in a
cozy box. The winner turned out to be a precocious young lady (you know the
kind -- 13 going on 25 – Way Cool!). She got the box and squealed with
delight – a scream that went up several octaves when she opened it to
reveal. . . SNIFFY, in all of his radiant glory! Actually it was just the usual
black and white Skunk, as he had been “de-odorized.” But when he
appeared nobody knew his true status (except for my very best friends who were
sworn to secrecy). </span></font></p>
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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'>Well – That Door Prize cleared the
house. Everybody, I mean e-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y, – out the door. Talk
about building community. Loving your neighbor, Caring for the down trodden. I
have been trying to reform ever since. But one thing for sure -- I, with the
help of Sniffy, created a lot of Open Space! But when it comes to convergence,
I don’t think I had the proper instructions. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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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'>** For those of you who do not live on the
North American continent, and may not be familiar with Skunks. . . They are
very cute, very stupid, and VERY SMELLY! One shot from that Skunk (they have a
musk gland) will totally destroy (not kill, but he wished he were dead) a very
large dog. And that dog, once sprayed is not allowed in the house for weeks. There
is nothing you can do. Washing just makes it worse. </span></font></p>
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<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>Chris Corrigan<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 06, 2008
12:41 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Convergence for Group
Consensu</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>My
gosh...what a thing it would be to win a door in a door prize drawing.<br>
<br>
Sorry.<br>
<br>
Yes, a door prize is a common incentive at conferences and such.
Basically anyone who comes through the door at an event is issued a ticket and
at the end of an event, a draw is held for small prizes. It results in a
peculiar dynamic whereby a number is read out, one person cheers, 160 people
groan and everyone makes a quick recovery and congratulates the victor on their
skillful acquisition of a T-shirt that is too big for them.<br>
<br>
You might not be aware of it, but we North Americans have some peculiar
customs.<br>
<br>
:-)<br>
<br>
Chris</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:13 AM, avner <<a
href="mailto:avnerh@zahav.net.il">avnerh@zahav.net.il</a>> wrote:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>How didn`t I think about it Michael?<br>
<font color="#888888"><span style='color:#888888'><br>
Avner</span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:54 PM<br>
Subject: Re: Convergence for Group Consensu<br>
<br>
<br>
> come on avner, thats simple:<br>
> you look in the catalogue of doors and find out how much that door costs,<br>
> that is the door prize,<br>
> then you draw (write) the prize of the door on the door<br>
> got it?<br>
> mmp<br>
><br>
> avner wrote:<br>
>> Chris, what is a `door prize drawing`?, for us the non english
speakers?<br>
>><br>
>> Avner<br>
>> ----- Original Message -----<br>
>> From: Diane Gibeault To: <a
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>
Sent:<br>
>> Wednesday, March 05, 2008 6:43 PM<br>
>> Subject: Re: Convergence for Group Consensu<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Hadn't thought of that Chris. The door prize is a fun way to
reconnect<br>
>> with the more free and playful part of OS and might take the edge off<br>
>> this more structured part of OS. Diane<br>
>><br>
>> From: OSLIST [mailto:<a
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>]
On Behalf Of<br>
>> Chris Corrigan<br>
>> Sent: 4 mars 2008 21:12<br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
>> Subject: Re: Convergence for Group Consensu<br>
>><br>
>> That's a very cool way to do it Diane. could
combine it with a door<br>
>> prize drawing as well (also very common in Aboriginal community
meetings<br>
>> ...:-) )<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks for this.<br>
>><br>
>> chris<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Diane Gibeault<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:diane.gibeault@rogers.com">diane.gibeault@rogers.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Kim,<br>
>><br>
>> When looking for the general directions the majority of a
group wishes<br>
>> to take after discussions in Open Space, here is an option similar to
dot<br>
>> voting but with less peer influence on the results. That may not
always<br>
>> be important but when it is, the following alternative helps. Canadian<br>
>> aboriginal people shared with us this technique for compiling votes -
or<br>
>> points of the survey as I now call it (Vote would imply decision
making<br>
>> by participants when often, it is the leadership group that decides
and<br>
>> confirms after the survey, that priorities proposed by participants
are<br>
>> effectively a go for action planning given resources, context etc.).<br>
>><br>
>> Their way is very quick and simple: tickets in envelopes
attached to<br>
>> each report on the wall. They prefer this method since the individual<br>
>> choices are less influenced by the number of points (or votes) others<br>
>> have given to a topic report for the simple reason that the points are<br>
>> not visible.<br>
>><br>
>> Participants read the Book of Reports identifying at the
same time<br>
>> their top priorities and combining identical topics with the
initiators'<br>
>> consent. After the combinations have been announced by the
facilitation<br>
>> team, as people walk out through each of the aisles in the circle,
they<br>
>> are handed a strip of tickets (e.g. 5 tickets). They place their
tickets<br>
>> in envelopes attached under each report on the wall. Then,
participants<br>
>> are invited to go to a report - not their own - count results, mark
the<br>
>> total on the envelope attached to the report. One volunteer per report<br>
>> remains at the wall for the announcement of results. When counting is
all<br>
>> done, the facilitator asks if any report has the maximum number of
points<br>
>> a report could receive (e.g., same number as the number of
participants<br>
>> when it's one vote per person per report), and then goes down by 10
until<br>
>> someone shouts that their report is in that range. As report numbers
and<br>
>> titles are announced volunteers note them on flip charts to capture
the<br>
>> priorities of the group. This approach was used with several OS events
of<br>
>> 450 people and it works wonderfully.<br>
>><br>
>> Diane<br>
>><br>
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