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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Happy New year to everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Just coming back from our seasonal family celebrations, it’s
wonderful to see the energy flowing around a project of pooling resources to
create some form of OST user’s guide in French. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I had been planning for a while to work on a French user’s
guide. I wanted to do more writing on principles, concepts and examples to
complement the tools I developed over the years for OST training so that such a
guide would be well anchored in the spirit of OS, the essential part, like the
original Harrison version. This project was more an adaptation than a
translation which is not my specialty skill. In the OST training I offer, this conceptual
part was covered with the experience of an actual OS event, the dialogue following
it and with existing articles in French, some of which are on my web site and the
openspaceworld.org site. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>There had been talk of addressing the creation of a French book
on OST at the first FoFo </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>(Francophone OSonOS) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>in September 2007 but
creating the francophone OS network took priority. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Esther Matte, a Montreal (now temporarily New York) OST colleague
had expressed to me interest in working on such a book but she and I had ongoing
timing issues on our respective agendas that hampered getting that project started.
This morning, as I was returning from my holidays and just before she left for
her holidays, Esther contacted me about a joint client and we spoke briefly about
the recent OS List exchange about a French guide. We both agreed that this invitation
at a specific time and place for a collective pooling of materials is what is
needed to get the project going and certainly, it will bring great richness to
the outcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Count me in Marquis as per your invitation on the OS list to begin
this collective project at the </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>June 18 - 20, 2009 second international FoFo
(Forum ouvert sur le Forum ouvert)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>organized
by the Réseau francophone du Forum ouvert </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(O</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>S</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
Francophone Network</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> anchored in Canada but international in scope </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://fosurfo.blogspot.com/"><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://fosurfo.blogspot.com/</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'> ). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>On the OS list, similar voices around the planet have expressed
interest in collaborations. It all sounds good!</span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The best in the coming year to all, in the OS community, to others
who open space whether they know it or not, and to those who will one day open
space in their own way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Diane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Diane Gibeault & Associé.es-Associates</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Ottawa, Canada Tel. (613) 744-2638</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><a href="http://www.dianegibeault.com">www.dianegibeault.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#4F6228'>Facilitation and training in
support of transformation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='color:#4F6228'>Animation et
formation en appui à la transformation </span><span lang=FR-CA
style='color:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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