<html><head><base href="x-msg://1209/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>John -- as always, your work is an inspiration! Wouldn't it be fabulous for Haiti to become a model of emergent governance?</div><div><br></div><div>Harrison -- Great topic! Assuming the human species makes it through the challenges ahead, I believe emergent governance will be one of the reasons we survive. It's exciting to see the beginnings of it happening at scale.</div><div><br></div><div>Years ago, I read Howard Zinn's <b>A People's History of the United States</b>. It's depressing in that he tells the tale over and over of people rising up to take power into their own hands and being beaten down by the elites. Yet, when I finished the book and looked across the broad sweep of history, what I saw was a pattern of increasing numbers of people having a say in the decisions that affect their lives. That makes me wildly optimistic.</div><div><br></div><div>My own experience with emergent governance is Spirited Work -- a learning community of practice that gathered quarterly in Open Space for 7 years . It was the brain child of Anne Stadler, who some of you may know as an early member of the Open Space community. Spirited Work provided a working model of emergent governance. We used the law and principles of Open Space as the foundation of how the community operated. We ultimately adopted the term "steward" for the people who took responsibility for governance. Anyone could step into stewardship -- whoever comes. When we, as stewards, weren't sure about the best direction for a decision that affected the community, it went up in the marketplace during a quarterly gathering. When the stewards made a decision that didn't work for people, it also ended up in the marketplace. </div><div><br></div><div>We solved a financial crisis and handled all of the issues that arose in the community through the practice of Open Space. That experience taught me more about working with emergent decision making and governance than anything I've ever done.</div><div><br></div><div>At the heart of it was, not surprisingly, the idea that when people take responsibility for what they love, their actions become an act of service. In other words, the needs of individuals and the whole are both met.</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">I just pulled up a paper from 2003 that Anne Stadler and I wrote about the experience. Below was our answer to the question </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i><b>What are the essentials for emergent organization and leadership?"</b></i></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i><b><br></b></i></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i>Enjoy!</i></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i>Peggy</i></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i><b><br></b></i></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i><b>From an unpublished paper called </b></i></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i><b>
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systems <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<!--EndFragment--></b></i></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i><br></i></font></div><div><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Using what we have learned
from Spirited Work, we believe there are three aspects critical to an emergent
organization.Together,
they form the boundaries that give order to the whole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It is within these bounds that chaos is
free to roam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In fa</font>ct, it is
because of these boundaries that leadership and appropriate structures can
emerge as there can be no form without something to give shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The essential aspects that shape an
emergent organization:</i></div><div>
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guiding purpose and principles that define the whole;</i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><i>A
guiding organizational pattern with roots in natural cycles;</i></li>
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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i>A guiding purpose and
principles that define the shape of the organization.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Purpose is the glue that binds any organization or community
together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Without clarity of its
fundamental reason for being, there is no center to guide individual and
collective action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When the
central purpose dissipates, the boundary dissolves and the organization
dies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When central purpose is
clear, it acts as an attractor for whoever cares to get involved.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Principles name universal truths.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>They are conditions that always exist but can be amplified
by conscious attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We are
particularly struck by an insight from a computer model called the Boids<a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn" href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character:footnote"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[1]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This model demonstrates that highly
complex group behavior can be achieved through individual, autonomous action
guided by a few local directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A handful of principles created enough order for appropriate structures
and leadership to continually evolve, bringing out the best of both individuals
and the collective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Perhaps the most fundamental principle we have found is to
take responsibility for what you care about.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>This simple, autonomous act in the context of a purpose that
guides the whole causes extraordinarily complex, intelligent and caring
behavior to emerge.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><i> </i></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i>A guiding organizational pattern that has
its roots in natural cycles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Some examples of such patterns are Angeles Arrien’s Four
Fold Way, the Native American medicine wheel, <span style="color:black">five
element acupuncture theory,</span> Ken Wilbur’s all quadrant, all level model.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>These frameworks provide a systemic
view of the overarching functions of every organization or community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A periodic organization-wide gathering
on each aspect of the pattern provides continuous evolution of how the
organization operates, as collective understanding about how it really works is
open for examination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Paying
attention to these underlying patterns plays an important role in continually transforming
beliefs and behaviors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>For example, translated into the language of organizations,
the four-fold way could be seen as:</i></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><i>Leadership
& Governance (Warrior)</i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><i>Organizational
Health (Healer)</i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><i>Vision
and the Art and Science of Work (Visionary)</i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><i>Continuous
Learning (Teacher)</i></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i>A stewarding group
that reflects the diversity of the whole.</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>This group experiences the intensive version of the work of
the organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They become a
mirror of whatever issues or questions are facing the whole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As a result, they also become a model
of how to stay open through the transition from a traditional organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It is almost a guarantee that at
some point things will get messy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>This occurs as people begin to realize that their assumptions about
leadership, organizational structure and power are no longer valid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Through the periodic gatherings on the underlying systems of
organization, people experience their environment in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This group keeps the organization open
rather than shutting down in fear by meeting regularly to reflect on what’s
surfacing, what they are learning, how they can best support the whole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Having some guides who have been
through the territory is enormously useful to help the stewards stay open to
the unknown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>By experiencing
conflict and uncertainty in this microcosm, the whole organization benefits
from what is learned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Over time,
this group is best formed through a self-selected commitment to lead a cycle
through the pattern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></i></p><div><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></i></div>
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<div style="mso-element:footnote" id="ftn"><p class="MsoFootnoteText"><i><a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn" href="#_ftnref" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character:
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Crag. Flocks, Herds, and Schools: a
Distributed Behavioral Model.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>SIGGRAPH '87.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Or check
Reynold's website on Boids:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/">http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/</a></i></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><i>The Boids is a computer model that describes the flocking
behavior of birds. This model demonstrates that when each boid has direct
access to the whole scene's description and follows a few local principles
within its control, the desired system emerges. The basic flocking model
consists of three simple steering behaviors:<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;tab-stops:list .25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
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crowding local flockmates;<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;tab-stops:list .25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
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the average heading of local flockmates;<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;tab-stops:list .25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
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toward the average position of local flockmates.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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"...captures the global behavior of a large number of interacting
autonomous agents."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In other
words, when individuals follow a few simple principles, complex system-wide
behavior emerges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<br><div><div>On May 21, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">John -- Thank you my friend. I will read with interest. Of course I will now be confused by the facts. Always difficult to deal with, but I will try. And in the meantime, carry on in the great style that becomes you!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Harrison Owen<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">7808 River Falls Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Potomac, MD 20854<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">USA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Camden, Maine 20854<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Phone 301-365-2093<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">(summer) 207-763-3261<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.openspaceworld.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://www.ho-image.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.ho-image.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Personal Website)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>John Engle<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, May 21, 2012 4:42 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [OSList] emergent governance<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Thanks for the interest Harrison and others in this project. Here's the document with deliverables Habitat For Humanity put in their Call For Proposal and our plan for each.<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><a href="http://www.haitipartners.org/wp-content/uploads/Santo-governance-project-for-web.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.haitipartners.org/wp-content/uploads/Santo-governance-project-for-web.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Also, here's information about a 6-month contract we just finished with USAID that also used Circles of Change, which includes open space:<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><a href="http://www.haitipartners.org/what-we-do/projects/usaid-grant-brings-circles-of-change-to-northern-haiti/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.haitipartners.org/what-we-do/projects/usaid-grant-brings-circles-of-change-to-northern-haiti/</a><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">USAID was extremely pleased with outcomes and we received a wonderful letter of reference.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Thanks again for interest.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">John<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(133, 133, 133); ">______________________________</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(133, 133, 133); ">John Engle - <i>On the ground regular updates at </i></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><a href="http://www.haitipartners.org/the-blog/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(23, 79, 165); ">http://www.haitipartners.org/the-blog/</span></a></span></i></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; 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