<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>Harrison:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>In what concerns your previous message to some friends, I have NINGed it </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt" lang=EN-US>as a blog post)</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>, as you requested. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>I know that you are now a WW OST NING member (Congratulations! and Thanks ;-), but I am not sure if you know already all the facilities, namely, the list of new activities by members, that appear below at the left of the main page.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>So this is to let you know that there was a comment to your stuff on "WaveRiders in The Sky????". The transcription is here:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US> </SPAN><A title='"Skye Riquelme" ' href="http://openspaceworld.ning.com/profile/SkyeRiquelme"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none"><?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shape style="WIDTH: 36pt; HEIGHT: 36pt; VISIBILITY: visible; mso-wrap-style: square" id=Imagem_x0020_1 title='"Skye Riquelme"' o:button="t" href="http://openspaceworld.ning.com/profile/SkyeRiquelme" alt="Skye Riquelme" type="#_x0000_t75" o:spid="_x0000_i1026"><v:imagedata o:title="Skye Riquelme"
src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\ARTURS~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.png"></v:imagedata></v:shape></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>Comment by <A href="http://openspaceworld.ning.com/profile/SkyeRiquelme"><SPAN style="COLOR: #b26400; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Skye Riquelme</SPAN></A> 1 day ago <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US> great...where do I join the WaveRiders??? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>This is interesting because of 3 reasons, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>1) Skye is someone from Brazil I knew in a different NING community - The Presencing Institute Community at <A href="http://presencing.ning.com/"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">http://presencing.ning.com/</SPAN></A>, that has the symbol of Otto Scharmer's Theory U. </SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US></SPAN> </DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US><A id=application_name_header_link href="http://presencing.ning.com/"><IMG alt="The Presencing Institute Community" src="http://api.ning.com/files/Xxs2hUxBWCwU8-KYdW7P*3VikBxX47vz1XGsPSmfjPluU5DTtb2dvyEcVnIzTFaKPN2ZArDmZBgTmPSJqKb-Lkg5CVZMLXyg/pi_logo_com.gif?width=360&height=72&xn_auth=no&type=gif"></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>- Some of you will remember the concept of Presencing being referred in this list in 2005, and many open spacers recognized it as similar to OST. The most clarifying of those posts was from Chris Corrigan and can be found here: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US><A href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0504&L=oslist&P=R1201&I=-3&X=7AFC7D2012C125C29B&Y=arturfsilva%40yahoo.com"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0504&L=oslist&P=R1201&I=-3&X=7AFC7D2012C125C29B&Y=arturfsilva%40yahoo.com</SPAN></A>.</SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>After that Otto Scharmer's book "Theory U" has been published (and it deserves to be read, as it goes deep in understanding the processes of letting go and letting come, and many others - which resonate with OST) and the Presencing Institute created;</SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>- Skye message revels something very interesting - there are a lot of people in other communities that also want to be Wave Riders, and "Unite" to others of the like. He even seems to think, from your message, that your intention was to create a movement (to change the world? And was it?) and he wants to join.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>So, Harrison, can you be so kind and go back to the OST NING and answer directly to him (in the blog post with the original title of your message)?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>Thanks<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: PT" lang=EN-US>Artur </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 12/15/09, Harrison Owen <I><hhowen@verizon.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Harrison Owen <hhowen@verizon.net><BR>Subject: [OSLIST] Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders Unite!<BR>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR>Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 5:26 AM<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Several days ago I sent a note to what I thought was going to be a small group of friends, inviting thinking about opening space every day, what that might mean, and how to accomplish all that in specifics. In effect, I was taking off from my book "Wave Rider" which is my best shot on the subject to date -- with the expectation that there is much more "out there" in terms of ideas and actions. Along the way I did suggest that OST (as the meeting approach) might be getting in the way of the larger discussion. Even worse, I facetiously (jokingly) invited everybody to join "The Imperial Society of Wave Riders!" Well you can imagine the uproar this caused. Here I am suggesting that we eliminate OST and become imperialists! Not a good day -- but I do think the proposed discussion has merit. In fact from where I sit it may just be the most important discussion we could have.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Given the state of the world (no need for detailed analysis) superior human performance achieved in a peaceful fashion seems like a very good idea. Or put another way how do we find the intelligence and energy to deal with the massive issues we face without killing each other? I believe that the 25 year Open Space experiment has clearly shown that superior performance in a peaceful manner can be achieved any time we open space. It may not be perfect, but it works better than just about anything else, and for sure it is a lot less work. The reason for all this is that we are not really doing anything. Rather, we are inviting the system (business, family, organization) to do what it can do all by itself. Self organize. We are just helping people to notice that -- and when they do magic seems to happen. Peace and high performance show up. If we are honest about it, I think we might realize that OST is in some real ways a fraud and a joke,
at least it becomes all that if we take credit for the power and effect of the process, and the special way that we might "do" it. Rather like taking credit for the power and effect of gravity -- which will continue no matter what we do!</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Anyhow, I believe the community that gathers here online (and anybody else who cares to join us) is uniquely positioned to engage in this discussion not just at a theoretical level but at a very solid practical level. We have the shared experience of hundreds of thousands of Open Spaces. And we have something else -- the shared experience of life in our community. As the world might see it the "Open Space Community" is a pretty strange thing. It has no boundaries, no formal organization, leadership, or corporate status. Membership is pretty much whoever shows up -- and the party has been going on for 25 years. Odd but very effective. Indeed there are multiple formal organizations in the world who with might greater effort have accomplished substantially less. Think about it! Multiple Global and regional meetings. A world wide reach. More training programs than you can name. And absolutely nobody is in charge. There has never been a
Business Plan, and if a budget exists it has never been found. Is it all just a gossamer dream, a fanciful delusion, or something much deeper and more important? I vote for the latter. I think this is a conversation that needs to happen, not to the exclusion of all others, but this is where my passion is.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Anyhow I invite you to share and think about our common experience -- and let our experience be our guide. As a starting point we might just begin with invitation. What would happen if all our projects began with invitation as opposed to assignment?</DIV>
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