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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'>The value of an OS Institute is to provide
a focal point, online and in time/space for people who care about Open Space,
want to learn more, and to share what they have learned. I think it is fair to
say that over the years, the several Institutes (</span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>USA</span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>, </span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>Canada</span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>, </span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>Oz</span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>, </span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>Sweden</span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>, and any others
I may have forgotten </span></font><font color=red face=Wingdings><span
style='font-family:Wingdings;color:red'>L</span></font><font color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>) have fulfilled this role
with excellence. So why would you want such a thing? It’s productive and
fun. And it doesn’t have to be a whole mess of work – but of
course you can work just as hard as you would like too.</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'>The first Institute actually happened in </span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>Canada</span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'> when I was
having coffee with three or four Canadian friends, (Larry Peterson for one) and
we were sort of playing with the idea of “what next?” There was a
fair amount of space being opened and it seemed reasonable to offer a focal
point for those who were doing that. I suggested that they might want to create
an institute. They looked at me in some shock, assuming it would be a hellacious
amount of work. I think Larry asked the pertinent question – How do we do
that? I said – Just say you’ve done it! As near as I can
figure out, you can have an Institute any time you say you have one. Of course
it could be officially registered, and have all the bells and whistles –
but I wouldn’t do that unless there is some real reason to do it. That
reason might be that you want to have a tax exempt organization to receive
funds and do projects – which is why the US/</span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>OSI</span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'> is a 501-C3.
But you don’t have to. </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'>Real point is – if you are not having
fun, Don’t do it. And if you find that you are spending a lot of time and
effort organizing stuff you are really in trouble. Self-organization REALLY
DOES </span></font><font color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
color:red'>WORK</span></font><font color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>! So how do you create an Institute?
Simple. Send out an invitation to anybody who might care, sit in a circle,
create a bulletin board, open a market place and Viola! Institute. Of
course if nobody comes – you can have all the cookies and coffee for
yourself. Have fun!</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<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>Catherine Pfaehler<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Friday, March
06, 2009</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>5:04 AM</span></font><font size=2
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [OSLIST] What are the
benefits of a national OS-Institute?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear Friends</span></font></p>
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lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have been pondering the
question of possible benefits of a national OS-Institute. It’s a lot of
work to establish one professionally, but also appealing in order to make OST
more visible and prominent as a valuable tool in our times of ever more complex
change.</span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Please tell me about your
experiences with your national Institutes.</span></font></p>
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lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Kind regards, Catherine</span></font></p>
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