<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Open Space Friends,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I just made a donation to the
Open Space Institute–US to renew my membership for 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It took me less than a minute to make
the <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/osi-usa/pmts.html">donation</a>
online!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>I love doing this as a way to
honor the many benefits I have received from Open Space Technology and to
support the good work of the Open Space Institute-US, which is one of several
Open Space Institutes around the world.</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>Isn’t it incredible that Open
Space Technology provides us with an elegantly simple way to help our clients,
our communities (and in my case, even my family) to take responsibility for
their passions and self-organize for innovative action?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s all the more amazing that we can
do this without needing to be certified or licensed.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Harrison made sure that Open Space was open – open hearted,
open-minded, open source.</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">The purpose of the Open Space
Institute–US is to hold space for Open Space by providing access to resources
on Open Space, by connecting individuals and groups to inform, inspire, mentor,
and sustain each other in opening and holding space, and by being an inclusive
learning community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You can join
the conversation on the new self-organized <a href="http://openspaceworld.ning.com/group/osius">Open Space Technology World
Community</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Or, you can visit
us at <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceInstituteUSA">Open
Space World</a>.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>We hope you will want to
learn more about the <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceInstituteUSA/JoinTheInstitute">benefits
of membership</a> and how to join OSI-US. If you feel inspired to renew
your membership or become a member of the Open Space Institute–US you can make
your <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/osi-usa/pmts.html">donation</a>
online.</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>We hope you will join us in
holding the space for Open Space!</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>On Behalf of the Open Space
Institute-US Board,</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Christine Whitney Sanchez, Harold
Shinsato, Phelim McDermot, Ed Laboy, Peggy Holman, Lisa Heft, Doug Germann,
Tree Fitzpatrick, Karen Davis, , Suzanne Daigle</span></p></body></html>*
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