<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Congratulations Véronique,</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>It is often the case that opening a little space leads to a thirst for more and bigger space. People see how simple it can be to have their voice heard.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Diane</span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height:16px;"><span></span></span></font></div></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr
size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Veronique Santos <veronique_santos@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> World wide Open Space Technology email list <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, March 18, 2012 12:15:47 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [OSList] OST at R(E)volution of Portugal - A New World is Possible<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv1833216903"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal">Hello,<br></div><div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal">Last Thursday
and Friday took place in Lisbon a very interesting 2 days Conference under the
subject “<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.r-evolucionar.eu/">(R)Evolution of Portugal – A New World is Possible</a>”.<br></div><div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal"><br></div>
<div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This was mainly
a conventional event with 7 panels that took place from 9 am in the first day
until 4.30pm in the second day. Each Panel had 3 or 4 presentations of 20
minutes each, followed by a 30 minutes period of questions and answers. From 5
pm to 7pm in the second day there was an Open Space session organized by the
Open Space Institute of Portugal. In the traditional Conference part a number
of talks took place, many real cases were presented on sustainability and
transition projects, cooperative organizations, values and economy for a “new World”,
new educational projects, the need for a new awareness, etc. </span></div><div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div>
<div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have
facilitated the Open Space part (having Luís Dias and Artur as co-facilitators).
The Opening, including session proposals and the market place took place in
half an hour, followed by two breakout sessions of 30 minutes each, in 10 places,
and a closing circle of 30 minutes.</span></div><div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div>
<div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">About 70 people
were present and 19 sessions were offered but, after the breakout sessions were
initiated, people self-organized and many sessions were merged with others.
There was a palpable energy during these sessions, probably as this was the
first space were people could talk freely with each other, followed by a very touching
and emotional closing circle.</span></div><div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div>
<div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">During the OST
session and at the closing circle some people mentioned the need to have a bigger
OST for people networking and cross-pollination of different projects. <br></span></div><div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I will put some photos of this OST in the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://openspaceworld.ning.com/">NING</a>.</span></div><div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div>
<div class="yiv1833216903MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards,</span></div><div> </div><div><span class="yiv1833216903yui_3_2_0_17_133207261200152" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">Véronique Santos</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.instituto-ost.pt/home">Open Space Institute of Portugal</a><br></span></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to <a ymailto="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org" href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To unsubscribe send an email to <a ymailto="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org" href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br><a
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