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<br><div><div>On 2012-05-07, at 8:28 PM, Chris Corrigan wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I deal with people anxious to disrupt the process by pointing out that that appears to be what they are doing. And then we talk about that.<div><br></div><div>I am happy to have skeptics on a planning group, but not cynics. The reason is that while both are high on doubt, only the skeptioc is high on hope. Cynics who are high on doubt and low on hope can suck a lot of energy out of a process. So early on it is worth pointing out that "problem seeking" is not a behaviour that is going to get us where we need to go in terms of planning. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The best plan is to talk about that and talk about what it would take to have people work from a place of possibility, while still keeping their eyes on real constraints. AS I get older and more experienced I let people know pretty clearly that, while cynics are certainly welcome at the event, I won't work with cynics on a core team. Bring on skepticism and doubt, just be sure to use that to make our effort MORE possible and not less so.</div>
<div><br></div><div>That's my two cents.</div><div><br></div><div>Chris <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Raffi Aftandelian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raffi_1970@yahoo.com" target="_blank">raffi_1970@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<span>Harrison, Michele-jan, salam!</span></div><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Harrison, thanks for your thoughts. Especially helpful to hear the reminder that the process is doing me!</span></div>
<div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Michele-</span></div><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><br>
</span></div><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>I didn't quite understand the question</span></div><div class="im"><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"> </div><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">"Is it possible that research into perhaps a new law could highlight, an approach to your feeling of planned disruption?"</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">Can you explain?</span></div>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif"><br></span></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Hope this helps!</font></div>
<div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">appreciatively,</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Raffi</font></div>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Raffi Aftandelian <<a href="mailto:raffi_1970@yahoo.com" target="_blank">raffi_1970@yahoo.com</a>>; World wide Open Space Technology email list <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 7 May 2012, 14:32<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OSList] Occupy report<br> </font> </div></div><div class="im"> <br>Hi Raffi<br>
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Is it possible that research into perhaps a new law could highlight, an approach to your feeling of planned disruption?<br><br>I appreciate this is a hot potato and I am a great academic failure, personally.<br><br>But the topic interests me, still WOSNOS is coming, to London and maybe I will understand more then?<br>
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have experienced it! But is there somewhere I could read more?<br><br>Michele<br>------------------<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Raffi Aftandelian <<a href="mailto:raffi_1970@yahoo.com" target="_blank">raffi_1970@yahoo.com</a>><br>
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