<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi all,<br><br>It's happening today!  Not too late to join in.  Read Ben's original email invitation. Using multiple technologies. An ambitious plan with an amazing design team (I've been very much in the sidelines) and a theme that embodies the magic ingredients of an Open Space : real issues of concern that people care about, complex, urgent, lots of diversity, some conflict and great passion. <br>
<br></div>Add to this the fact that this is an experiment, no predetermined outcome, there will be bumps and hurdles along the way but in the end, it is the journey that becomes the magic and lots of magic has been there already by just being together.<br>
<br></div><div>Suzanne from snowy Atlantic Canada<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Ben Roberts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben.roberts@charter.net" target="_blank">ben.roberts@charter.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white">ONLINE DIALOGUE AND DELIBERATION: WHAT IS POSSIBLE NOW?  </span></b><span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></i></b></span></p>
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<span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">You are invited…<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u> <u></u></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">What: </span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">A free two-hour conversation/experiment on the general question <i>“what is possible now in the realm of “online” dialogue and deliberation?”</i>   The conversation will also serve as a test of new tools and techniques that might be used to host virtual Open Space Technology engagements of any length.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">When:</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Wednesday, December 19^th</span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">from 1-3pm Eastern/10am-12pm Pacific/6-8pm GMT </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Where:</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">On your phone, or via Skype (if you have a strong internet connection), using the MaestroConference platform--please register in advance if possible</span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/56E8FSQ9BHHJQKL7" target="_blank">using this link</a>.  We will also be playing with a set of online documents using the Hackpad platform.  This is optional, but strongly encouraged. </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="https://hackpad.com/S7GohT68dmG#Welcome-to-Online-D&D-Dec-19,-2012!" target="_blank">Access Hackpad now</a></span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">to get comfortable with this tool and connect with other participants prior to the event.  </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Who:</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">People with an interest in online dialogue and deliberation in general, and/or Open Space Technology in particular. Please feel free to pass this invitation on to anyone you think might be interested. We are planning for a minimum of twenty and maximum of one hundred participants.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Why:</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">1) to provide a venue for open conversation on all aspects of virtual dialogue and deliberation as a gift to the dialogue and deliberation community of practice and 2) to experiment with tools and techniques for virtual Open Space Technology that might be used as a component of the upcoming World Open Space on Open Space (WOSonOS) gathering in St. Petersberg, FL from May 16-19 <i>[note that we recognize that OST traditionally requires more time than this as a rule--our intention is to experiment with a set of protocols that can be used to host much longer engagements as well].</i></span></span><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">How:</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/56E8FSQ9BHHJQKL7" target="_blank">Please register in advance for the MaestroConference call using this link</a>.   You are also encouraged to</span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="https://hackpad.com/S7GohT68dmG#Welcome-to-Online-D&D-Dec-19,-2012!" target="_blank">log in and play with our Hackpad documents</a></span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">prior to the gathering to get familiar with the platform.  You can use our Hackpads</span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">now</span></i></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">to post an introduction of yourself as well to exchange ideas with other participants. For more information on alternative ways to call into MaestroConference,</span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://maestroconference.com/gettingin" target="_blank">click here</a></span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">or email <a href="mailto:ben@occupycafe.org" target="_blank">ben@occupycafe.org</a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">This engagement is being produced by Ben Roberts, in collaboration with Suzanne Daigle, Elaine Hansen, Eric Hansen and Michael Herman, along with the generous support of MaestroConference. Over the next few months, it is hoped that a number of such experiments will be conducted by various self-organized groups, using different platforms and approaches, so that we will have a solid set of options for offering virtual participation in WOSonOS 2013, as well as for anyone who wishes to convene OST virtually for their own purposes. Please contact Ben Roberts (<a href="mailto:ben@occupycafe.org" target="_blank">ben@occupycafe.org</a>)</span></i></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></span><span><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">if you have any questions, or</span></i></span><span><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></i></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="https://hackpad.com/An9KFnIpLe0#Questions-and-Comments" target="_blank"><i>share them via Hackpad</i></a><i>.</i></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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