<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Rose (and all). <div><br></div><div>I am profoundly grateful for your posting. What I've learned about OS from you and everyone who commented is rich and deep. From what people have said here, I'm learning that an appropriate framing of the event, both theme and invitation, are essential. </div><div><br></div><div>So thank you so very much. </div><div><br></div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; 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text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#4449FF"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 73, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 73, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 73, 255); ">Annamarie Pluhar</span></span></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(57, 43, 235); font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Bold'; font-weight: bold; ">Pluhar Consulting</span></div><div style="font-size: 11px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#392BEB" face="'Copperplate Gothic Light'">Results through effective group process</font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy'; font-style: italic; ">802.451.1941</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Calligraphy"><i style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy'; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy'; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy'; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy'; font-style: italic; ">802.579.5975 (cell)</span></span></span></i></font></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div></div></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Nov 8, 2009, at 6:36 PM, Rose Tassone wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Candara, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 49, 82); ">Thank you kindly - To all the people who commented, for the very helpful questions posed and the number of useful suggestions that were made. All your responses are going to help me stay busy in unpacking what preparation is required prior to facilitating OS, the impact of psychosocial and developmental stages on individuals and group dynamics, the principal’s and teachers’ input and in particular my part in all of this.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Candara, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 49, 82); ">To begin with, I can now see in hindsight that I was way too ambitious in what the participants were capable of and the principal really wanted to believe that she was leading a community that did want to take responsibility, so much so that the students were probably too enthusiastically encouraged to accept the invitation. The parents were probably the true barometer of the community as they did not show a significant interest and trust to turn up. It seems that much more is needed at the consulting and planning stage with all parties to determine their interest, willingness and capacity to be part of creating a better community prior to the OS event.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Candara, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 49, 82); "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Candara, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 49, 82); ">Regards<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Candara, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 49, 82); ">Rose Tassone<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Candara, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 49, 82); "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Candara, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 49, 82); "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Candara, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 49, 82); "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Candara, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 49, 82); "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Candara, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 49, 82); "><o:p> </o:p></div></div>* * ==========================================================<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu</a>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>*
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