how did you decide on the times, doug? how does this sort of schedule not presuppose somehting about the rhythm of the day that we can't really know about in advance? thinking another way, if the timing we post matters, then we'd best get it right. which would have to be pretty lucky. and if it doesn't matter, then why mess with it? so, even as i've wondered about such arrangements, and tried occasionally (in minor ways, just to fit time slots to client constraints on total time) i don't know how we could ever make any standard at all. <br>
<br>for that matter, how do we decide between 1.5 and 1.0 and 0.75 and other same-length slots, other than some gut sense of what wants to happen, seems like it might work... or what will fit? in short OS sessions we often have to choose between 1.5 and 1.0... a 3.0-hour block forces a choice between 2 x 1.5 or 3 x 1.0 sessions. i always thinik about this as a choice between depth and breadth. in more established groups and older issues, i usually opt for 1.5s.. in groups just forming, esp community groups with fewer connections, i tend toward 1.0s, so that we get more issues raised and more people meeting more others in more sessions. more voices. <br>
<br>anyway, what drove the creation of this schedule and what do you think happened differently because the times were all funny? <br><br>m<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>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:15 AM, douglas germann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:76066.515@compuserve.com">76066.515@compuserve.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;">
Hi--<br>
<br>
Anybody use an aperiodic grid for OS?<br>
<br>
Here's what I mean: In the big room at an OS meeting, we can have many<br>
simultaneous conversations going on at once, and the physical space used<br>
varies comfortably with the size and needs of the group. How about time,<br>
too?<br>
<br>
A couple of weeks ago I facilitated an annual retreat for a Meeting of<br>
Quakers. It was opening some space, but was not OS. Nevertheless I think<br>
I learned something: We made the conversation time slots unequal:<br>
<br>
10:15 75 min<br>
11:30 30 min<br>
12:00 90 min<br>
13:30 150 min<br>
13:45 60 min<br>
14:45 20 min<br>
15:05 Closing circle<br>
<br>
Has anyone tried something like this in OS? See any good in it? I think<br>
I want to try it again....<br>
<br>
:- Doug.<br>
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