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Hi Susan,<br><br>
Thanks for the welcome. "Stammtisch" is the german word for
that table in a restaurant or pub where the regulars sit at for a beer or
something after work or at night. In rural Germany, there is always (or
was when I lived there 15 years ago) a table marked
"stammtisch", pretty much reserved for these regulars. So they
know that when they come, they'll meet other regulars and have a place to
sit and talk. And as in OS, whoever comes... whenever.. Right Michael?
<br><br>
Here's a copy/paste of an explanation of OS Stammtisch Michael provided a
few months back : <br><br>
"A stammtisch is a regular gathering at a regular time (like every
Tuesday evening, or once a month or, as is the case with the os
stammtische around the planet, every Monday of every odd month at
7pm)where people interested in a particular aspect of life, as for
instance open space, gather for beer (other drinks are perfectly ok) and
food as everyone wishes and talk with each other about whatever is on top
of your mind regarding open space (in a broader sense). People come and
go as they find useful, some arrive at 7 pm (I usually even earlier to
secure a table and talk to the people in the pub), some as late as 11 pm
and it will usually last until well past midnight. No agenda, lots of
energy. Last stammtisch in Berlin several people came because they needed
work (in os, of course), well, they in fact found others that were
looking for help. So its networking, creating collaboration, new ideas
are born, people bring stuff for each other to look at (pictures, a
couple of books of proceedings from recent open spaces, a bottle of
brandy from Kyiv, there are always a couple of laptops to show
things to each other and to write an email to another stammtisch lets say
in Kyiv or Budapest..).<br>
Often, there are also visitors from other countries passing through
Berlin that are real open space stammtisch addicts, they have heard of
the Berlin one and join. So its international, too."<br><br>
Here in Montreal, we usually gather around 6 pm,have a beer, dinner,
talk, and people leave around 8:30 or 9:00. <br><br>
Maybe we will meet at a future NY stammtisch :-)<br><br>
Esther M.<br><br>
<br>
At 12:16 2008-05-13, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hello NYC OSers, many of whom I
know and waive to fondly, and greetings to you too Esther. We look
forward to your arrival. What the heck is a stammtisch
anyway?<br><br>
Susan<br><br>
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On May 13, 2008, at 12:06 AM, Scott Gassman wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Michael,<br><br>
Thank you for feeding the idea of a NYC stammtisch<br>
and providing what it takes.. <br>
The idea appears to be taking on a life of it's own and <br>
snowballing.<br>
I will think about what you have shared.<br><br>
Scott<br>
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On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Michael M Pannwitz
<<a href="mailto:mmpanne@boscop.org">mmpanne@boscop.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
<dl>
<dd>Dear Scott,<br>
<dd>I love the os stammtisch in Berlin and everywhere.<br>
<dd>Here some pointers from a stammtisch-pro:<br><br>
<dd>1. The stammtisch is first of all, for you yourself, yes<br><br>
<dd>2. So, pick your favorite place (restaurant, Bar, whatever) where you
like the food and drinks and invite everyone (you might try the first
Monday evening of every odd month)and go there. If nobody comes, you had
a great time at your favorite haunt and some unobstructed time for
you<br><br>
<dd>3. But, alas, people will show up because they like the idea of
meeting you, talking (maybe) about open space and coming to an event that
has only a starting time<br><br>
<dd>4. Talk to the owner (of course, you know him well) and advise him
that you are coming and that there may be some more people, he will like
that<br><br>
<dd>5. Send an email about a week before the stammtisch inviting people
to join ... this mail should go to the list so that people passing
through NY will drop in and, it should go to all New Yorkers (if all of
you guys in New York include yourself in the worldmap, it will be a
breeze for Scott to invite you<br>
<dd>(By the way, at this point, 51 of the thousands of osworkers in the
USA have included themselves in the worldmap, that makes for an average
of one per State, a grand start! %1 is exactly the number of people
listed for Berlin...about 20 to 40 % of them show up at the
stammtisch.<br>
<dd>(Here is the link for including yourself<br>
<dl>
<dd><a href="http://www.michaelmpannwitz.de/index.php?id=198">
http://www.michaelmpannwitz.de/index.php?id=198</a><br><br>
</dl><br>
<dd>If you go to the homepage of the map<br>
<dl>
<dd><a href="http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/">
http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/</a><br><br>
</dl><br>
<dd>and click on Menu and then search and enter New York you will see 3
colleagues listed)<br><br>
<dd>6. Send out a note to the list after the stammtisch and report the
great stuff that happened there<br><br>
<dd>Have a grand time with your stammtisch which is the most localized
OSonOS in your neighborhood...especially when you cant go to the
regional, national or evern worldwide events.<br><br>
<dd>Greetings from Berlin<br>
<dd><font color="#888888">mmp</font><br><br>
<br><br>
<dd>Scott Gassman wrote:<br>
<dl>
<dd>Laurence,<br>
<dd>Possibly with Esther's NY arrival, we could try again to
initiate a<br>
<dd>stammtische.<br><br>
<dd>A thought for interested NY OS folks.<br><br>
<dd>Who else would be interested here in the NY area?<br><br>
<dd>Scott Gassman<br><br>
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<dd>On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Laurence Berg
<<a href="mailto:laurenceberg@gmail.com">laurenceberg@gmail.com</a>
><br>
<dd>wrote:<br><br>
<dl>
<dd>Hi Esther,<br><br>
<dd>I'm one of the NYers who's in the OS world. (I know someone at
the<br>
<dd>Canadian mission, too.) Feel free to get in touch.<br><br>
<dd>By the way, I once tried to initiate a stammtische with some others
and it<br>
<dd>didn't get off the ground here. NY is an odd place.<br><br>
<dd>-Laurence<br><br>
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