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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Hi Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Surely there is a
significant rearrangement of chairs when a group attracts way more than 15
people, or when one group decides to combine with another. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>(One of my
favorite aspects of OS is to see the way the chairs - not just the people -
move.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Lisa Heft<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 12 December 2008 12:26<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> SPAM MED: Re: [OSLIST]
advice on os for 600 (Lisa)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi, Marty -<br>
<br>
Yes, I think from above it would look like the pie you describe, allowing for a
nice wide aisle for the 4 directions of main aisles and as much room as you are
able to put between the circles, to allow for traffic/flow/sound issues.<br>
<br>
I do circles of 15 chairs. People sit anywhere to start. Then when they jump
into the first session, they just go to the circle where the topic that draws
their interest is. <br>
<br>
No adjustment of the circles of chairs is needed, from open, through sessions,
through close, except for (as I might do in any size room or group) some
helpers (because this is a bigger room helpers are useful) neatening the
circles of chairs and the materials/tools inside the circles between sessions
or whenever they pass something by that could use a little neatening. The
reason for this is both to have some clear access to tools / a neat work space
and clear understanding of locations and also because a neater room throughout
the day in such a large group helps for any safety or emergency issues.<br>
<br>
Lisa<br>
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(Marty wrote:)<br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">> Hi Lisa</font></i></em><i><span
style='font-style:italic'><br>
<br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">> Thanks so much for this detailed
explanation of your very creative spatial arrangement.</font></i></em><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">> </font></i></em><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">> If I understand you correctly, you are
talking about lots of small circles</font></i></em><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">> (about 12 chairs in each) in which
people sit randomly at the beginning. </font></i></em><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">> If we looked at this arrangement from
above, it would be like a pie cut into</font></i></em><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">> four pieces, and each of these pieces
was filled with these circles. </font></i></em><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">> These circles then also become the
breakout spaces (presumably with quite a bit</font></i></em><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">> of rearrangement). Is that right?</font></i></em></span></i><br>
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