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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'>Celia – Odd indeed! My first thought is two questions: A) Is participation totally voluntary, or have the people, in some way or another, been “told” to come? B) Is the subject (Theme) of the OS something that the people truly care about? If the answers are No, No – then I am not very surprised with the results. On the other hand, if the answers are Yes, Yes – this is definitely weird and worthy of study.<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'>ho<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 04843<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'><a href="www.openspaceworld.com%20"><span style='color:blue'>www.openspaceworld.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="www.ho-image.com%20"><span style='color:blue'>www.ho-image.com</span></a> (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"><span style='color:blue'>http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</span></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>Celia Bray CEO Omni One<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 04, 2013 2:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSList] inquiry OS<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Dear OS community<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>HELP NEEDED.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I have been working in Kenya for the last 8 months and facilitated a few open space forums. I have noticed a pattern developing in my OS forums that is not great. I am not sure if i am doing something wrong when opening the space. It seems that when it is time to start session 1, if people don't have their own topic in session 1 they just sit there. People only really engage in the topic they put up themselves and sit around being butterflies for the rest of the forum, complaining they are bored and waiting for their session. Also, when they have finished their discussions they don't join other people's group to contribute.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>It has happened a few times. I wonder if it is normal or if I am missing something. I do explain that if they are not discussing their topic they can look at other people's topics and go to other groups, but it seems to not be heard. It is not just a few, it is many people, sometimes half or more of the forum are sitting waiting for their topic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Please help me to understand what might be going on or what I might be doing wrong. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#34AF09'>Celia Bray<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>CEO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Omni One Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Peace, Enterprise and Community Development<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>P +254 735 191 344<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>E <a href="mailto:celia.bray@omni-one-consulting.com">celia.bray@omni-one-consulting.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>W <a href="http://www.omni-one-consulting.com">www.omni-one-consulting.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=160 height=62 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE18D2.B7422FD0" alt=OmniC84a-A08aT06a-Z><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>'The best way to predict the future is to create it' Peter Druker</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>