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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Hi Michael<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Thanks for these statistics!! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>A couple of suggested additions/corrections.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>OSI
Sweden is also a registered non-profit organization.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>I
actually think that Lisa Heft followed through with a smaller OS-meeting
– a record hard to break.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Warm regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Thomas Herrmann<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Från:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>För </span></b>Michael Herman<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Skickat:</span></b> den 29 november 2009
20:37<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Till:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Ämne:</span></b> Re: Open Space Tech article
on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>i've wanted to ask you
all to help me build out a list of statistics, a sort of open space tech
"by the numbers".  i was going to make this part of the osw
site, but it might come in very handy in posting as part of this wikipedia
article.<br>
<br>
here are some examples, please check my math and add any other interesting
numbers:<br>
<br>
-the first ost meeting happened in 1985 at the symposium for organization
transformation (OT)<br>
-a total of 20 OT symposia were held annually, that last 19 of them were run
"in open space"<br>
-ost meetings have now happened in 165 countries, as listed at <a
href="http://openspaceworldmap.org">openspaceworldmap.org</a><br>
-there are 469 facilitators listed in the <a href="http://openspaceworldmap.org">openspaceworldmap.org</a><br>
-the worldwide open space on open space practitioner conference has been
annually since 1993<br>
-the wosonos conference has been held in 8 different countries <br>
-an email group, called <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>, for
practitioners worldwide was started in 1996.<br>
-as of december 2009, there are more than 26,400 messages in the <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName> publicly searchable archives.<br>
-<st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName> membership in december 2009
stood at 662.<br>
-there are __ open space institutes active around the world.<br>
-three open space institute groups (US, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>,
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>)
are formal, government-chartered, non-profit organizations<br>
-<a href="http://openspaceworld.org">openspaceworld.org</a> offers (or links
to) explanations of open space technology in more than 20 different languages.<br>
-<st1:place w:st="on">harrison</st1:place> owen has authored 8 books on the
process.<br>
-<st1:place w:st="on">harrison</st1:place> owen estimates that there have been
more than 100,000 applications of open space since 1985.<br>
-the smallest open space meeting commonly reported was a meeting run by <st1:place
w:st="on">harrison</st1:place> owen, for 5 participants (when 7 others were
snowed out)<br>
-the largest open space meetings commonly reported were in germany, 2108
participants, facilitated by harrison owen and michael pannwitz (theme?) and
____ participants at a girl scouts event in _______, facilitated by christine
whitney sanchez and (others?)<br>
<br>
what other numbers might we offer?  and did i get these right?<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>
<a href="http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org">http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org</a><br>
<a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org">http://www.openspaceworld.org</a><br>
<br>
312-280-7838 (mobile)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 1:09 PM, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Harrison
 Owen</st1:PersonName> <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Bye Bye<br>
<br>
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Harrison Owen</st1:PersonName><br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">7808 River Falls Drive</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Potomac</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State>  
 <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">20854</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
Phone 301-365-2093<br>
Skype hhowen<br>
Open Space Training <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com" target="_blank">www.openspaceworld.com</a><br>
Open Space Institute <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org" target="_blank">www.openspaceworld.org</a><br>
Personal website <a href="http://www.ho-image.com" target="_blank">www.ho-image.com</a><br>
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>: To subscribe, unsubscribe,
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<a
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>]
On Behalf Of Dirk<br>
Riehle<br>
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 1:43 PM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
Subject: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied<br>
for "speedy deletion"<br>
<br>
Subject line says it all, article is here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology</a><br>
<br>
Dirk<br>
<br>
--<br>
Website: <a href="http://dirkriehle.com" target="_blank">http://dirkriehle.com</a>
- Twitter: @dirkriehle<br>
Ph (DE): +49-157-8153-4150 - Ph (US): +1-650-450-8550<br>
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