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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Warm greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>This is a subject I will chime in on. I don’t have anyone sign up onto the session of their choosing. In thinking of one thing less to do, there was very little point to do so. In the end, people end up going where they feel inspired to go, and the signing up process didn’t add value. I always keep the space in the plenary area free of small group sessions…and simply invite the groups, if they discover they are too big, to come back and use space in the plenary area. I remember a meeting that Harrison and I did some years back, and a large group of about 40 people stayed in the plenary session for the full four session times of the day…the session was ‘the conflict’ and was able facilitated all day long by three amazing women. The same 40 people didn’t stay but it was always about 40 in the room.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>One additional reason I stopped doing sign ups for the sessions is about the marking pens. I had a terrible incident in a community OST meeting commissioned by a government, in which as people dropped the marking pens onto the floor after signing up, they became a safety hazard as some seniors slipped on them and tumbled to the floor…never again for me. The marking pens at the start are kept in the center until the topics go up, and then are available later on a table…but not along that congested agenda wall.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Good luck with your event,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Birgitt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harrison Owen<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] Signing up for sessions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I always invite the participants to take a writing implement and sign their name on the session(s) of their choosing – always making clear that this is not a “firm contract” – but an indication of intention and interest. At the end of the day, it remains true – that whoever comes are the right people. But the signatures do give some useful information as to whether the “right people” will be a lot or a few. In smaller groups with lots of free space, that information really doesn’t make a lot of difference. But when you have a large number of participants, it can be helpful, especially when the break out space are confined. When you see a session paper covered with signatures that can suggest that a change of venue to a larger space may be in order. This is not something you need to worry about as facilitator. The folks will take care of the business. For yourself just count it as one more thing NOT to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Harrison Owen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>7808 River Falls Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Potomac, MD 20854<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Camden, Maine 20854<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Phone 301-365-2093<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(summer) 207-763-3261<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>www.openspaceworld.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rob van der Eyden<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 05, 2011 3:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSList] Signing up for sessions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am preparing an Open space later this week. 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