friends and colleagues, <br><br>in the course of some recent conversations about the state of <a href="http://openspaceworld.org">openspaceworld.org</a>, it surprised me to notice how many different places open space is showing up all around the online world. it's easy to focus on oslist or osonos as centers of open space practice, and for sure they are. at the same time, there are an amazing number of stories and interactions taking place out there. <br>
<br>in the midst of all of it, <a href="http://openspaceworld.org">openspaceworld.org</a> just tries to point to as many of those as possible. in some cases i've helped initiate them (like the <a href="http://flickr.com">flickr.com</a> photo collection). for those unfamiliar with the history, <a href="http://openspaceworld.org">openspaceworld.org</a> is ten years old this july. i wrote the first pages, borrowing from existing materials and an earlier website and adding some of my own writing and organization. others volunteered to translate my "what is openspace" text into at least 16 languages. i posted and hosted those translations. along the way some others have helped with some heavy lifting in moments or years of transition. initially, i funded expenses. later others made donations. in several years osi made contributions to offset hosting fees and/or hours involved in managing the site, especially work related to the osi bookstore facility. see the bottom of the homepage for a list of leading contributors.<br>
<br>at this point, <a href="http://openspaceworld.org">openspaceworld.org</a> works in four different ways with all of the material out there, it... <br><br> links to all the places we know of where interactive stuff is now happening (see first and largest group below, this stuff is exploding totally separate from <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a>) <br>
publishes invitations and reports (in a blog), on an as-requested and non-editorial basis (osonos, institutes, trainings, second group below)<br> hosts a collection of basic information about what os is and how it works (19 languages) (this, like the user's guide, is pretty stable stuff, at this point)<br>
provides server space for various projects, like openspaceworld.NET and the <i>Practice of Peace</i> recordings<br><br>the amazing thing to me is that so much is happening in so many different ways, that there are so many ways to bump into open space stories, people, pictures and conversations. there are 337 members in a facebook group. there are 6000 pictures tagged with openspacetech at flickr. wow!<br>
<br>i think the most important page at <a href="http://openspaceworld.org">openspaceworld.org</a> is the homepage, which tries to be the cleanest, simplest page possible, that links to all of the new things happening around teh world and around the web, as well as all of the older, original, basic "what is ost" stuff we offer in so many languages. <br>
<br>as new things are developed on the web, or in the community, i invite you to share links to big things like the new facebook group, for adding to the homepage directory. i'm glad to post short notices of upcoming trainings, institutes, osonos's and such in the weblog. (note that nobody is allowed to post their own work directly to the weblog, even me. when i have my own story to tell there, i send it to one of the other 6 or 8 folks who have access to posting there.)<br>
<br>in the meantime, i invite you to have a look at all these things (below) that are already working, online and all around the world, thanks to you and me and a whole lot of others who've never even heard of the oslist. have a look at the site, too... <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org">http://www.openspaceworld.org</a>. i've just spent most of the day working to tidy it up. <br>
<br>will somebody send me the twitter hashtag that's being used, and some clue about how to link to that? how about myspace? and anybody else building something else out there we should know about?<br><br>many thanks, <br>
<br>michael<br><br><br>----<br><br>all of the following interactivity runs totally independently of <a href="http://openspaceworld.org">openspaceworld.org</a>, on other people's passion, bounded by responsiblity. all are linked from the homepage, some newly so...<br>
<br> the oslist... probably our most concentrated center of interaction and most extensive collection of stories and learning (started back i by our friend murli at boise state university, searchable back to 1996)<br> news published around the world (streamed via google search, stories seem to come up at least once weekly)<br>
blog items published around the world (streamed via google alerts, anyone can post to a blog, and new stories seem to come in daily)<br> collected photos (6000+ photos now posted, anyone can post and tag at <a href="http://flickr.com">flickr.com</a>)<br>
videos (not sure how many, but anyone can and does post. <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a> now links to youtube search page)<br> facebook group (with 337 members!, link from <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a> homepage)<br>
linked in group (not sure how many members, but questions already starting to be posted, group linked from <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a> homepage)<br clear="all"> worldmap (developed by michael pannwitz, linked from <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a>, replaced the <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a> facilitator directory)<br>
worldscape (developed by michael pannwitz, linked from <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a>, needs
all of us to post our stories there, and maybe somebody could post in
the stories joelle everett collected<br>some years ago into a series of newsletters, so that part of <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a> could dissolve into michael's fantastic database system.)<br> open space online (developed by gabriela ender, state-of-the-art
online workspace is linked from osw, hosting many events annually,
usually including an online osonos which osw links to)<br> haitian, polish, chinese, and korean websites, totally independent of <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a><br> twitter tag is starting to be used by some of us, and <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a> will link to that as soon as anyone can tell me how<br>
is there a myspace group? i couldn't find one, but thought i remembered hearing about one at some point.<br><br>these things are supported by <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a> on an as-requested basis, as technical steward -- not editor -- posted to the osw weblog and some simple directory pages...<br>
osonos events (usually post invitation and links to proceedings, including openspace-online osonos events, sometimes registration materials as well)<br> open space institutes (organized by various folks around the
world, many have own websites, <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a> offers a list of websites and
email contacts, update at request of organizers)<br> open space trainings (offered by practitioners around the world, <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a> posts invitations whenever trainers request it)<br><br><a href="http://openspaceworld.org">openspaceworld.org</a> provides hosting and (more or less) tech support for the following (mostly basic, static content)<br>
bookstore (owned and operated by osi-usa, storefront hosted and supported by <a href="http://osw.org">osw.org</a>, osi chooses offerings and sets prices)<br> translations of "what is open space" materials in 16 of the 19 languages listed on the homepage (including wiki workspaces for italian, iberian, haitian (migrated), estonian languages which began as open workspaces, but now are essentially static, "what is openspace" material)<br>
occasional community projects like the oslist faq's, the "user's non-guide" ebook, and community recordings of hho's <i>practice of peace</i><br> openspaceworld.NET (a wiki workspace that can be used by anyone for anything related to os practice.)<br>
<br><br><br>--<br><br>Michael Herman<br>Michael Herman Associates<br><br><a href="http://www.michaelherman.com">http://www.michaelherman.com</a><br><a href="http://www.ronanparktrail.com">http://www.ronanparktrail.com</a><br>
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