<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Harrison,<div><br></div><div>I never met you, but from what I gather through this mailing list and by reading your books, my guess is that one of the best birthday greetings I can give you is the following:</div><div><br></div><div>the day of Open Space at the European Conference on Coworking in Brussels on the 20th of November was a succes: happy and engaged people, a beautiful buzz, feet going where they needed to be, in short: a thriving living system. </div><div><br></div><div>Open Space as a celebration of life... </div><div><br></div><div>Have a beautiful day</div><div>A deep bow of gratitude </div><div>Stien</div><div><br></div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; 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; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; 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; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; 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; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; 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; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Geneva; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; 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 style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p align=""></p><p align=""></p><p align=""></p><p align=""></p><p align=""></p><p align=""></p><p align=""></p><p align=""></p><p align=""></p><p align=""></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><b></b></span></font></p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Stien Michiels
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</span></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><br></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Humbeekstraat 41/6
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<a href="http://www.ziraffa.be">www.ziraffa.be</a></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">1 second later and everything is different...</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">+++++++++++++++</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Feel like experiencing a 3-day Open Space Event? Join me at the 2nd European Open Space Learning Exchange in Italy, May 17-20! </span></font></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">More information: <a href="http://en.boscop.org/events/636">http://en.boscop.org/events/636</a>
</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">+++++++++++++++</span></font></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></b></font> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><br><div><div>On 02 Dec 2010, at 19:00, Diane Gibeault 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: Verdana; 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><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Happy birthday Harrison,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">After a few months on the road, away from my computer, still catching up, I feel lucky to not have missed this piece on the List.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Your birthday made me think of roots and this great thing you've accomplished. You've helped us reconnect with our roots - who we are, by bringing to light what is in each of us: our capacity to find our way, as you otherwise called this gift, our capacity to self-organize. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">What I like best is the loving and liberating "how" to connect with that capacity that you have offered. I thank you for this wonderful turning point you brought to my life. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Enjoy the day and hopefully, one of those famous martinis,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Diane</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; position: fixed; "></div></div>* * ==========================================================<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu">oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu</a>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:<a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>*
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