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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Irv – Sounds like fun. There is in fact some experience in
the area and I am sure others will chime in. And for (more or less) local
experience you might contact Kai Degner the Mayor of Harrisonburg who has been
doing a series of Community Forums all in Open Space. If you Google him you
will find some great clips, and you can contact him at <a
href="mailto:Kai.Degner@gmail.com">Kai.Degner@gmail.com</a> Tell him I
said Hi. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Harrison <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Harrison Owen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>7808 River Falls Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Phone 301-365-2093<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>www.openspaceworld.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Irv Sheffey<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> A question of size ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I’m working with a
local community group to organize a one day forum on creating local sustainable
neighborhoods, here in the District of Columbia. We want the forum to be
inclusive of a wide range of perspectives from environmental NGOs, local
government, civic leaders and most important, folks from the community at
large, namely the “grassroots”. The theme is “<i>Getting
from here to there, creating sustainable east of the river communities</i>.”
We are targeting people who reside in a part of DC that is geographically
separated from the other, two-thirds of the District, by the Anacostia
River. This part of DC is the home of over 140,000 people, many who have
been historically neglected socially and politically. We envision the
forum to be a place where their voices can be heard <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This brings me to my question
and I hope someone out in the network has some suggestions. How do we
open space such that we get a good representation of people from these
neighborhoods, without overwhelming ourselves? Whereas it’s
relatively easy to work in a context of a given organization, i.e., a company,
a school, a profession, since affinity is defined and numbers limited but what
do you do when you’re seeking a broad cross section of the public?
We have a modest budget and a venue that could accommodate upwards of 200
people. How can you be “open” while reasonable as to how many
people can be logistically accommodated?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The forum is scheduled for
late October and we will begin outreach efforts over the summer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I hope that this
doesn’t sound like a “duh” question for you more experience
facilitators. I could truly use your insights. I’ve taken the
liberty of copying my co-organizers of this event. It would be great if
you can hit “reply to all” in responding, so that they can be
directly informed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Irv</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>_________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Irv Sheffey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Associate Field
Organizer - Washington DC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Environmental
Justice & Community Partnerships Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Sierra Club</span><span
style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>3101
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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>20020</span></ns0:PostalCode></ns0:place></span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>tel: 202-575-1469</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>cell:
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>e-mail: </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:irv.sheffey@sierraclub.org"
title="blocked::mailto:irv.sheffey@sierraclub.org">irv.sheffey@sierraclub.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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