For me, OS Event is a pebble dropping in a calm pond - the closing is not an ending but the invitation for the ripples to radiate outwards . . . and that's where the REAL work that matters happens . . . <br><br>Enjoyed being with Michael H last night to solve all of the world's problems. We did it . . . and now everyone can rest easier.<br>
<br>b<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Michael Herman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael@michaelherman.com">michael@michaelherman.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;">
i usually think and say something to the effect i don't think it's<br>
really about the length of that first or any meeting, but about the<br>
commitment to a long-term process and conversation. an evening might<br>
be the wedding dinner, but 2.5 days is still just the honeymoon. what<br>
i want to know about is the vows and commitments.<br>
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that said, i guess this new analogy works well for me, ralph. thanks!<br>
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On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Ralph Copleman <<a href="mailto:rcopleman@comcast.net">rcopleman@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Shared with future search and open space listserves...<br>
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> Friends,<br>
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> Lately I've had some conversations with representatives of various communities who are considering doing what we did here in my town to organize our community-wide sustainability effort. We created the program with a Future Search in the spring of '06, and we have used open space both before and after that event.<br>
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> Questions from people in other communities revolve around issues you have all heard before, namely:<br>
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> Do we really have to spend 2.5 days to do this, etc.?<br>
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> I used to offer up a medical or dental analogy, along the lines of... if you come in with a toothache or need a new kidney, don't tell the doctor how much time you have available to fix it.<br>
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> Now I think I may have stumbled on a more effective analogy, and I pass it along for what it's worth. It goes like this:<br>
><br>
> Trying to meet your long-term needs by building a meeting around short-term concerns of convenience is like judging the likely success of a marriage based on what you are served at the wedding dinner.<br>
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> Anybody got any other analogies or metaphors that really work?<br>
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