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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Hello, dear colleagues –</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Get yourself a cup of tea (or other beverage
of your choice) as this is a long message...</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>First, thank you for your patience as we
work to complete the WOSonOS 2008 Book of Proceedings for distribution.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>We are just waiting for a few more
individuals who had wanted to send in their completed session notes in post-event
for inclusion in the Book.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>So: as soon as those come in (very soon I
promise) we will first send the Book to all the WOSonOS 2008 participants, and
then let you know here on the OSLIST where it will be posted for your own
reading enjoyment.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>And next, a little thing I have been
thinking about. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I am interested in hearing your thoughts.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>And here is a bit of background.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>At the WOSonOS last month, there were two </span></font><b><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-weight:bold'>invitations</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> made for the WOSonOS to
come to someplace welcoming in the world, for 2009 and for 2010. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>You may remember that June 18<sup>th</sup> message
from the June ‘OS Groups or Institutes Call’ that was ** posted on
OSLIST. This call is an every-few-months gathering of one or two
representatives from each Open Space Institute or Group – about 15
countries are represented. I also attend those calls as Access Queen,
because I communicate with and support each year’s Host Team and Askers
as needed, no matter where in the world the WOSonOS may be. In the notes
from that meeting, you probably read that Taiwan was interested in inviting for
2009 and bringing a nice contingent to the WOSonOS, Berlin was interested in
2010, and also if you look in earlier calls notes, Hungary, France and Estonia were
also thinking of inviting for a future year – perhaps 2010 or another
year they felt ready to do so. You may also have read in those notes that
at the Kiev conference (2007) there was a discussion about having these
conferences’ locations and dates announced </span></font><b><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-weight:bold'>two years ahead</span></font></b><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> –
as it is very hard for both the Host Teams and some of the travelers to plan
for these things with less than one years’ advance notice. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>(Our Host Team worked for over one year on
this WOSonOS, for example. Other Host Teams may need even more time
because there is not a large OS community yet locally and the majority of
people who come to these WOSonOSs seem to come over land – so this is
just my observation but a strong local OS community seems so essential for
supporting an event like this. Plus I think it is incredibly useful for
prospective hosts to attend a few WOSonOSs if possible to see how it is the
same and yet different from a client OS, to experience some of the traditions,
and make their own design and decisions based on some of that observation and
experience. Again – just my opinion, but to me, this seems incredibly
useful.)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>And there was also conversation and support
for moving the conference </span></font><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold'>back and
forth across the world</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> – over this land,
over that ocean, over someplace else next – so that some people would
miss coming for some years but others would be able to come – because of
the sharing and moving across the world of this lovely event.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>My Host Team was interested in designing
something thoughtful, supportive and useful for both the invitation process and
– as appropriate – any deliberation process, should there have been
more than one inviting team for 2009 and 2010. Typically, these
invitations get made live at the WOSonOS – by the inviting Host Team or a
representative (Brian B of Australia and I once invited the world to India for
the 2004 WOSonOS to represent that year’s host, Janet Pinto; Thomas
Herrmann and Eva P Svensson of Sweden offered my third year’s invitation
at Kiev last year to represent me - and you can see what happened!). Some
of us on the Host Team had ideas for designing a discussion / consensus /
decision process and we wanted to know who was offering an invitation so we
could welcome them, create time in our event schedule for them, and support all
inviters through this invitation and decision process with thoughtful process
design. I asked all the conference registrants, too, if anyone was
thinking of inviting, just so we would know and design the time and approach to
support each potential hosting group or individual.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>(I had also talked to a few folks who had
expressed an earlier interest – and so had some of my colleagues such as
Gerard, Karen Davis and others– and it seemed as if those others who had
been interested felt it would be better to make their own invitation in another
year – though the Hungary inviters asked that the Berlin event be held
close to the 2010 OD Summit if possible, for potential attendance at both
events).</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>As it turns out, at this invitation portion
of the WOSonOS there was </span></font><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold'>only one
inviting team for 2009</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> (</span></font><b><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-weight:bold'>Taiwan</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>, their second year of
invitation) </span></font><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold'>and one
team for 2010</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> (</span></font><b><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-weight:bold'>Berlin</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>). So there was no
need for any decision-making. Although fabulous Gerard Muller stood up
and reminded me to stop....and breathe....and ask one more time if there was
anyone else thinking of inviting the WOSonOS to their country. I bow to
you, Gerard. The silence was nutritious. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>As it turns out, nobody else came forward. So
we celebrated our next 2 years of hosts (!!! 2009 Taiwan !!! !!! 2010 Berlin
!!!), and at the end of the conference – as is our tradition – the 2008
(San Francisco) Host Team passed the lovely WOSonOS talking stick to the 2009
(Taiwan) team.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>So. </span></font><b><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-weight:bold'>My thoughts for your discussion are...</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>As Access Queen, I often think of ‘what
will help different kinds of people participate if they have a passion to do so’.
I do not get to all the WOSonOSs in person, but I know it is very very powerful
to receive an invitation from a potential Host Team – in person –
to get a sense for their country, their culture, their personality. And
powerful to make decisions in person – with whoever comes - with conversation,
and listening, in-person. I am not sure how one would get such an
amazing, experiential sense of someone inviting – especially someone from
another culture and country – in written form only. Especially if
their home language is not in English, as this list conversation usually is.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>However sometimes I wonder if there would be
a way to bring the invitations to the larger OS community – including those
of you who cannot come live to the WOSonOS.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I am guessing there are some of you who feel
‘it is just fine that whoever comes to any given year’s event in
person collectively hears these invitations and decides / agrees on the future
year(s) locations.’ You are fine with a diverse group of colleagues
being there to hear and feel and taste and sense what future potential hosts
are offering. You are like the butterflies in the room.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I am guessing there are some of you who feel
‘I would like to be included too and I do not get to go to these live
events. I wish there was a way I can be included’. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Maybe some of you feel both of these things
at once.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I do not have an answer – and I for
one am one of those people who is fine with whoever being there getting to make
a decision. That is how I have experienced and enjoyed many Open Space-like
organizations’ or communities’ decision-making processes. They
use each others’ energies and participation in that fluid and trusting
manner, and whoever is at a given meeting gets to make the decisions, whether
all are present at that meeting or not.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>However: I want to invite you to share your
thoughts, dear colleagues. As I am just one person. And I feel like there
is a conversation here that is waiting to happen.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I look forward to hearing the conversation,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Lisa</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<pre><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS"'>** You can find the brief notes from that recent international call in our own June archives (see below my signature for the web address for the OSLIST archives), or take a look at the complete notes for each of those phone meetings at <a
href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/netwiki.cgi?WorldOSonOS">http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/netwiki.cgi?WorldOSonOS</a> </span></font></pre>
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