<div>Thanks, Lisa - as always so well and 'passionately' expressed. For me, the richness, diversity, and authenticity of the <em>many </em>virtual and actual OS 'communities' is what validates the OST value proposition.</div>
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<div>Steve Cochran</div>
<div><a href="http://sustainabilitystrategies.com/">Sustainability Strategies LLC</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.nationalcenterforsustainability.com/">National Center for Sustainability</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.uspartnership.org/main/view_archive/1">US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development</a> <br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Lisa Heft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">Hi, all - I am loving this rich and continuing conversation, with all of its edges and sometimes edge-y-ness.
<div>For that is what dialogue is sometimes - not always smooth, and always rich.</div>
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<div>And I love it when (I'll speak for myself because I almost said "we") I can breathe and listen even past what I first feel may be right or wrong words or better or worse ways of saying or naming things.</div>
<div>Because on the other side of that is passion and emotion. And I am all for passion and emotion.</div>
<div>And I also love people owning what they say with 'I feel' or 'this is my experience'. Thank you for that great stuff.</div>
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<div>One point of clarification: (I won't put words into Artur and Shufang's mouth but I'll speak for myself though I sense this from them as well)</div>
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<div>I am **passionate** about the OSLIST. Absolutely passionate.</div>
<div>Part my own interest in inviting co-creation on this OS Community Ning site is to offer yet another way to help connect learners / facilitators / explorers in and about OS to each other and to each others' rich resources and to community. Just like all the other things we do and create.</div>
<div>OSLIST is certainly community and rich resources, in a big way.</div>
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<div>You know, the Ning site is forming and developing in its Beta (which means the still-beginning/forming/figuring out/being designed) stage, yes? - and if you visit you will see that we are highlighting and telling new folks about OSLIST, including a direct-from-site link so those new to OSLIST land on the page for signing up and accessing OSLIST archives.</div>
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<div>I know many people who do incredible OS who do not know about OSLIST because they just didn't bump into knowledge about OSLIST. </div>
<div>It's like a great conversation happening down the hall, and they never went down the hall, because they didn't know it was there.</div>
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<div>So I'm passionate about helping more people - no matter where they dip their toe into information about OS - know about OSLIST.</div>
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<div>Ooops - I am repeating myself because that is what can sometimes happen when you are passionate.</div>
<div>Love that OSLIST - I guess you got that part ;o)</div>
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<div>Lisa</div>
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<div><font size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><b><font color="#0000ff">Lisa Heft</font></b></span></font></div>
<div>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator</div>
<div><font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><b><font color="#0000ff">Opening Space</font></b></span></font></div>
<div><a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net" target="_blank">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.openingspace.net/" target="_blank">www.openingspace.net</a></div>
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