Hi Harold,<br><br>I have just read <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/netwiki.cgi?HaroldShinsato" target="_blank">your entry</a> on the "Who's Coming?" page for the upcoming <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/netwiki.cgi?SelfOrganizingWorld" target="_blank">Leadership in a Self-Organizing World</a> and am looking forward to meeting you. And wanted to let you know that at least 4 of the folks who have helped Michael over the years with admin of <a href="http://openspaceworld.org" target="_blank">openspaceworld.org</a> will be at LSOW (Ted Ernst, Chris Corrigan, Ashley Cooper and me) (did I miss anyone?) so let's see what conversations bubble up about the site and what next.<br>
<br>My little blurb is <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/netwiki.cgi?ChristyLeeEngel" target="_blank">here</a>; and did you see that one of the authors you referred to in the most recent post on your own blog, Gervase Bush, is exactly the person listed right before you in the alphabetical list of Who's Coming? I love that.<br>
<br>See you soon!<br>Christy<br><br clear="all">Christy Lee-Engel, ND, LAc<br>206.399.0868<br><a href="http://oneskywellness.com" target="_blank">http://oneskywellness.com</a><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Harold Shinsato <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:harold@shinsato.com" target="_blank">harold@shinsato.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I've been very grateful for all the resources that have been available for<br>
Open Space. Thanks to Michael Herman for maintaining <a href="http://openspace.org" target="_blank">openspace.org</a>. It has<br>
been invaluable for me to get up to speed on Open Space, and it helped me<br>
open the (only) 3 spaces I've been able to open so far. But with so much<br>
activity around Open Space (a minister in Montana told me they ran an open<br>
space from some notes), the question is how can we best support a growing<br>
community. I would like to echo some of Kaliya's requests, and offer any<br>
help I can.<br>
<br>
If I might recommend Drupal, an Open Source Content Management Platform. It<br>
has a very easy interface to aggregate RSS feeds, so you wouldn't need to be<br>
overly technical to set up a number of different blog aggregators. It's also<br>
possible to set up a wiki in Drupal.<br>
<a href="http://cwgordon.com/how-to-create-a-wiki-with-drupal" target="_blank">http://cwgordon.com/how-to-create-a-wiki-with-drupal</a><br>
<br>
Drupal is free and open source, has a very active community, and most web<br>
hosting companies have very easy Drupal setup. Drupal calls itself<br>
"Community Plumbing". I love the humble sound of it, yet plumbing is an<br>
important need. Maybe we need a plumber?<br>
<div><br>
<br>
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:33:42 -0500, Michael Herman<br>
<<a href="mailto:michael@michaelherman.com" target="_blank">michael@michaelherman.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
>thanks, kaliya. when you're done conferencing, please contact me directly<br>
>about the conversation you and i started last year when i pinged you about<br>
>your osonos session notes suggesting these things. you might recall that i<br>
>suggested replacing the current blog with an aggregator or two, but i don't<br>
>have the skill to implement that. i'd be glad for you to build and manage<br>
>that.<br>
><br>
>as for the wiki, the one we have is not restricted. there is a password,<br>
>but it is posted explicitly in the HELP page and many different folks and<br>
>groups have used it. i set the access this way after a couple years of<br>
>daily cleaning up spam. this wiki was totally mainstream when it was set up<br>
>in 2003. again, if you have the skill to migrate these things to newer<br>
>fancier forms, please take the lead.<br>
><br>
>as for admin rights and such, that stuff is all safely archived and shared.<br>
>there is an admin blog that is public but not publicized, holding all kinds<br>
>of admin background. there is a group of 8 folks who worked for a couple of<br>
>years to support admin of the site. i've actually worked very hard to make<br>
>sure that i do not risk any of what's been created in these last ten years<br>
>when i step into a crosswalk or get onto an airplane.<br>
><br>
>again, i'd be glad to work with you on the things you want to create.<br>
><br>
>give me ring when you have time.<br>
><br>
>thanks for popping in mid-conferences.<br>
><br>
>m<br></div></blockquote></div><br>
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