<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Reminds me of one of the lessons in Public Speaking: Always expect tension and stress as you deliver your speech. Becomes more exciting.<br><br>Cheers from Mindanao.<br><br>Franklin<br><br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 3/3/11, Michael M Pannwitz <i><mmpanne@boscop.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Michael M Pannwitz <mmpanne@boscop.org><br>Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Opening space within conflict<br>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>Date: Thursday, 3 March, 2011, 1:52 AM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Dear Christine,<br>sounds like a pretty regular Open Space event, grand!<br>And you in charge of "animation" (as it says here<br>> <a href="http://forum-ouvert-mediation.dyndns.org/Contributions.htm"
target="_blank">http://forum-ouvert-mediation.dyndns.org/Contributions.htm</a><br><br>The conflicts you mention as being virulent in the community are one of <br>the prerequisites for the unfolding of selforganisation... without them <br>it might have been less productive and less magic!<br><br>I do hope you and all of us will be in many more os events like the one <br>you just had,<br><br>Greetings from Berlin<br>mmp<br><br><br><br>On 01.03.2011 22:13, christine koehler wrote:<br>> Dear all,<br>><br>> It has been a great experience !<br>><br>> Till the very last day before the event, tension has been palpable :<br>> articles published condemning not only the goal, but also the event,<br>> people taking their organization out of the planning commitee... A few<br>> supporting but low voices still came out and finally 130 people had<br>> subscribed on the 150 expected.. I wonder how many people there
would<br>> have been if this community had not been in conflict...<br>><br>> On the morning of the event, I was tensed, so I went out for a walk a<br>> bit before the start.While walking, I experienced suddenly a deep<br>> shivering, and then I was quiet, realizing that I had only to trust<br>> the process. Just before going back into the sportshall, I got a<br>> phonecall : the sponsor has just received the news that a deputy was<br>> coming, and wanted to know when this man could talk... So he talk: 2 mn<br>> after the sponsor's introduction ;-) And then I started talking.<br>> Everything went fine, I just forgot a few nimor details. Then people<br>> started announcing topics : rythm of this group was 2-3 pause then 2-3<br>> pause and again 1 or 2 topics then pause. All important and disturbing<br>> subjects came out.They decided to combine many topics, and when<br>> discussions
began, there were mainly bigs groups, and only 1 or 2 whith<br>> less then 10 people. This kept true during the whole event. Around<br>> midday, I got a few remarks asking for more structure (interestingly<br>> from people I would not have expected to) ;-). But then people<br>> self-organized again and went back to their groups, and all conveners<br>> gathered to the newsroom to type their reports. Newsroom has been a very<br>> active point during all the event, with typing and reading the reports<br>> and correcting them and discussing them etc.. people looked for accuracy<br>> of reports !<br>> On the second day, there were more bumblebees and many feedbacks of<br>> great informal conversations. People were very busy all the time, and 35<br>> topics were documented, creating a 126 pages report of impressive quality.<br>> Action planning gave 11 projects, and 9 were actively discussed.<br>> Sponsor was
amazed : this was the first time for years and years that<br>> real cooperation had taken place between all those organizations that<br>> were usually either competing or in conflict, and all projects were of<br>
> great interest for the whole community ( definition of central<br>> concepts, organization, communication, ethics, training etc..)<br>><br>> Now there are a few articles coming out, I hear the words of "magic" and<br>> people start discussing of what they will do from all this..<br>> There should be some pictures coming soon here<br>> <<a href="http://forum-ouvert-mediation.dyndns.org/index_fichiers/Page331.htm" target="_blank">http://forum-ouvert-mediation.dyndns.org/index_fichiers/Page331.htm</a>><br>><br>> So magic happened<br>> It always works<br>> ;-)<br>> Christine<br>><br>> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 2:40 PM, christine koehler <chris.alice.ko<br>> <a
ymailto="mailto:ehler@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=ehler@gmail.com">ehler@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:ehler@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=ehler@gmail.com">ehler@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> Dear all,<br>><br>> You really are an amazing community, thank you so much for all your<br>> answers and mark of support !<br>><br>> Amazing Lisa, you got it all. Indeed the big issue is about to<br>> professionnalize or not, and the community is strongly divided about<br>> the question. And indeed stated as it is, it's an outcome...Thanks<br>
> so much for this.<br>> You also helped me clarify the importance of the Book of<br>> Proceedings, which I had not seen so clearly. You're right ,
and I<br>> just suggested the sponsor that it be the goal of the OS (luckily<br>> all has been organized to make it feasible).<br>> I told them that it would be their gift to the community, as a thank<br>> you for all participants trusting them and making them the gift of<br>> their presence to this OS.Let's see what they say.<br>><br>> Thank you all for underlying that words must not become barriers,<br>> and that change can be made, even at the very end.<br>><br>> Catherine, thanks for your suggestion to make my hat obvious. While<br>> I had made it clear from the very beginning with the sponsor that I<br>> was there as the facilitator and not mediator (in the beginning
they<br>> suggested that we present the OS as a mediation, and that I woud be<br>> the mediator, so I had to let them understand that it was not a good<br>> idea ;-)), it may not be clear for all participants.<br>> So at the beginning of my introduction I'll take off my mediator's<br>> badge (the one I use at Court) that I will have put on my clothing<br>> on purpose. I like this idea ;-)<br>> Thanks also for advising me to have a look at Peggy's introduction.<br>>
I'll look for it.<br>><br>> Diane, thanks you for your advice. Indeed, like Michael & the Boscop<br>> team showed me so often, I also believe that facilitating an OS<br>> event is a
team work, and my assistant for this event is a wonderful<br>> person that you trained recently in Belgium, Jocelyne. I am
<br>> confident she will handle perfectly all last time logistical details<br>> and problems (which I already handled to her last Thursday to be<br>>
able to concentrate on facilitation).<br>><br>> Christian, I love the citation of William Blake on your website :<br>> "there are things known and there are things unknown, and in between<br>> there are doors". I may say add it to my introduction ;-)<br>><br>>
Christine, thanks for the picture. Indeed I see yout point ;-)<br>><br>> My learnings here these days ;<br>> Being part of the system is definitely not the
right place for a<br>> facilitator. It prevents from seing obvious facts.<br>> Here, being part of the system and knowing the people, I was not<br>>
willing to see where the unconscious control was (although I could<br>> feel it, I could not point it).<br>><br>> My comprehension of the role of the facilitator has taken me, I<br>> think, a step further. I had seen that some of you position<br>> themselves as going with the participants through the process, and<br>> only warrant of the process, while others were what I would call<br>> "champions" of dialogue (or other concept like self organizing or<br>> emargence or peace., as I think that it depends strongly of who
you<br>> are) and would have an "appealing" introduction or closing. Up to<br>> now I was belonging to the first category, as I trust the process,<br>> but was no trusting myself 100% probably. Maybe it may change...I'll<br>> let you know ;-)<br>><br>
><br>><br>> Thank you SO MUCH Suzanne, Thomas, Steve, Phelim, Chris, Ria, Elaine<br>> and you all. I'll open space at 9am next Thursday till Friday<br>> 5.30pm. I already feel you are with me, and it helps !<br>><br>> Christine<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Christine Koehler<br>> Médiateur<br>> Créatrice d'espaces de dialogue et de coopération<br>> www.christinekoehler.com <<a href="http://www.christinekoehler.com"
target="_blank">http://www.christinekoehler.com</a>><br>> Tel : 06 13 28 71 38<br>><br>> Twitter <<a href="http://twitter.com/Mediateur_" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/Mediateur_</a>><br>><br>
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