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I had wondered why it was so quiet on this list recently so read to the end of your email, Harrison, and got my answer. Even though I did not participate often I do miss the rich conversation amongst other participants that popped up in my OS mail box every day when I checked my messages. As you say Harrison, when it's over it's over, but then again whoever's here is the right people. I only open space formally once a year and only for 3.5 hours and it is a special time for me and for most of the participants so far.<div><br></div><div>I enjoyed reading your story about to 'Strategic plan' or not to Strategic plan. I spent may years railing against the wishes of planners but have spent the past 10 years in a governance role and somewhere along the way resigned myself to accepting sound bites of reality that make a strategic plan and the the fallout of such plans that have to be evaluated and audited ad infinitum. I have even found myself studying these documents for anomalies and inconsistencies because perish the thought that a strategic plan would have anything in it that did not align with the organisations stated culture and vision. Happily this is my last term in governance. </div><div><br></div><div>I look forward to knowing the outcome of your wonderful suggestion Harrison and will follow develops here if you choose to stay.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Anne<br><br>> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:19:59 -0400<br>> From: hhowen@verizon.net<br>> Subject: [OSLIST] temporary OFF THE OSLIST -- and on to the future!<br>> To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>> <br>> As they say -- When it is over it is over. But just think about all that new<br>> space! For myself, I have just had a marvelous lunch with the Dean of a<br>> Seminary who is thinking about using Open Space for their strategic Planning<br>> efforts. My suggestion was -- Don't do it! At least don't do it if all you<br>> want is another Strategic Plan. I told him that if he opened space for all<br>> who cared about his community you might just find out that those who cared<br>> were a lot more (people) than he had thought, that they cared about a whole<br>> mess of interesting new things, and finally that if they really had the<br>> space/time in which to express and share their "caring" -- the community<br>> could only grow and evolve. But be very careful for things could definitely<br>> get interesting, robust, rich, out of control... Not exactly according to<br>> The Plan, Strategic or otherwise.<br>> <br>> Harrison<br>> <br>> Harrison Owen<br>> 7808 River Falls Dr.<br>> Potomac, MD 20854<br>> USA<br>> Phone 301-365-2093<br>> www.openspaceworld.com<br>> www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)<br>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of<br>> oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu:<br>> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html<br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael M<br>> Pannwitz<br>> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:00 PM<br>> To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>> Subject: Re: help: temporary OFF THE OSLIST<br>> <br>> Dear Brendan,<br>> there is a rumour that everybody except you and me followed my<br>> instructions and thats the result! 628 deletions in 24 hours.<br>> Greetings from Berlin and see you in May at the WOSonOS<br>> mmp<br>> <br>> Brendan McKeague schrieb:<br>> > HI folks - testing - this is the last message I've received from<br>> > OSLIST....I'm checking to see if I'm missing out??? cheers Brendan<br>> > <br>> > On 21/03/2010, at 12:19 AM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote:<br>> > <br>> >> Dear Gijs, I tried to simulate signing off the OSLIST myself. <br>> >> First, I went to<br>> >>> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html<br>> > <br>> > * * ========================================================== <br>> > OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU ------------------------------ To<br>> > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of<br>> > oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu: <br>> > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html<br>> > <br>> > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: <br>> > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist<br>> > <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg<br>> Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany<br>> ++49-30-772 8000<br>> mmpanne@boscop.org<br>> www.boscop.org<br>> <br>> <br>> Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 398 resident Open<br>> Space Workers in 67 countries working in a total of 139 countries worldwide<br>> Have a look:<br>> www.openspaceworldmap.org<br>> <br>> *<br>> *<br>> ==========================================================<br>> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>> ------------------------------<br>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,<br>> view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu:<br>> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html<br>> <br>> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:<br>> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist<br>> <br>> *<br>> *<br>> ==========================================================<br>> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>> ------------------------------<br>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,<br>> view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu:<br>> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html<br>> <br>> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:<br>> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist<br></div> <br /><hr />Download the new Windows Live <a href='http://download.live.com' target='_new'>Looking for a place to manage all your online stuff?</a></body>
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