<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Jamie,<div><br></div><div>Just a word of encouragement and a story to support big dreams. I opened space on my little island for a related dream. A group of folks had a chance to buy 26 acres on which they wanted to create a community commons. There had been a lot of informal meetings and some structured facilitation, but nothing had really ignited it to the point that needed to happen in order to produce the land use documents needed to get approval from local gov. I offered to help with an OS event. They went for it and we opened space for about 60 people over 3 days. I had a volunteer civil engineer (who wanted to get trained in OS, so nice trade) to help with the mapping aspects and support folks understanding of how various features might work together. By the end of the time, they had a solid plan, an actual map that could go to the government for approval, had identified community leadership for all major projects--and--wonder of wonders--no insurmountable conflicts! You have to understand that, like many small places, my island has many longstanding feuds along with more recent hurts and challenges. Folks were amazed at how many of these found some healing during the OS and how others were not an impediment to collaboration and progress within the open space. </div><div><br></div><div>That was four years ago. Now we have a thriving commons that is steadily becoming the centre of community life here. The core group has managed to move through numerous legal and financial challenges to the point where the governance and maintenance of the commons is truly held by the commons. </div><div><br></div><div>In other words, business as usual for open space. </div><div><br></div><div>Set your sights high, Jamie. Magic happens. Keep breathing, trust who's there, and remember it's not about you ;). </div><div><br></div><div>Blessings,</div><div>Wendy</div><div><br><div><div>On 27-Jul-10, at 1:16 PM, Jamie Colston wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="blue"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">I am running a open space on the Sunday 15<sup>th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>August in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bath</st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and require some help. This will be the first open space I would have run having only done a full day workshop on it. I feel happy being able to hold a space and winging it to a certain extent and would really appreciate some support in the guise of a co facilitator if anyone is near<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bath</st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or feels like this is something they could help me with. The project is a CSA and Transition Bath have just secured a year memorandum of understanding for a 6.5 acre piece of land on which to build community around this project with the aim of a long lease on low rent if it works. My aim is to see what is there in the community on the day and where it could go.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">My details are below so please feel free to give me any tips or offers of support.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Many thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Jamie x<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><st1:personname w:st="on"><strong><b><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Jamie Colston</span></font></b></strong></st1:personname><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; 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