Hello all! <div><br></div><div>Following is a partial description of our discussion on the OS skype hotline last Tuesday! Some good resources included!</div><div><br></div><div>We are opening up the lines again tomorrow for any "hot" topics in the world of OS and OS-related items - friends welcome!</div>
<div><br></div><div><b>Time:</b> Tuesday, July 2nd at 12:00pm-1:00pm EDT via skype. </div><div><br></div><div><b>RSVP </b>with 1) your interest and 2) your skype handle (if I don't already have it). </div><div><br></div>
<div>I look forward to connecting :) </div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>OS hotline Skype #1:
Tuesday, June 25<sup>th</sup> 12-1pm EST</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Participants:</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Skye Hirst</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Harold Shintado</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jonathon Coe</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paul Levy</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tricia Chirumbole</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Disclaimer: </b>These
notes cannot claim to be comprehensive, in order, or fully accurate <span style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span> Please comment or edit
as appropriate!</p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><b>Discussion
of SCRUM</b> – SCRUM/Agile community has embraced Open Space and espouses
similar principles; <b>Kanban </b>“lean”
scheduling system referenced. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Resources: </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Tobias Meyer published book: <u>The People’s Scrum</u></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Scrum Beyond Software – OS event held at Gangplank
(Collaboration and Community space: <a href="http://gangplankhq.com/">http://gangplankhq.com/</a>)
in Arizona. Facilitated by Suzanne Daigle and attended by Harold Shintado. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><u>Personal Kanban</u> – book, website, etc: Jim
Bensen</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Trello.com (Kanban-based tool)</p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><b>Discussion
of Energetic processes: </b>We are energetic beings. Does/how does this
translate when we interact virtually? Referenced biophysics work in Europe
applied to medical professions. Integrates awareness of energetics and “wholeness”
as necessary components of the medical paradigm. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Resources:</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Mae Wan Ho Institute for Science for Society: <i>“Conventional medicine is dying ultimately
because it is based on an obsolete dominant mechanistic model that does not
recognize the coherence of the organism. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho explores how a science
of the organism could underpin a new organic medicine that would best serve the
nation. Visit <a href="http://www.i-sis.org.uk/">www.i-sis.org.uk</a> to learn more.”</i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><u>Centering In Pottery Poetry and The Person</u><i>, by M.C. Richards</i> – nature keeps
putting us back together. <i></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Book addressing the preponderance of virtual
communications: <u>Alone Together</u>, by Sherry Turkle.<i></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>The <b>Global
Consciousness Project: </b><a href="http://noosphere.princeton.edu/">http://noosphere.princeton.edu/</a>
- Research effort to support that “Large scale group consciousness has effects
in the physical world.”<i></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Referenced in relation to the discussion of the energetic
component of interacting remotely via “machines”.<i></i></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><b>Discussion
of holding an OS event in a “less than ideal” setting</b><i></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Host for an OS-based gathering of 500 medical
students is offering a stadium seating space with fixed seating – traditional
circle will not be possible.<i></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Variety of thoughts/advice (paraphrased due to
memory loss and neglectful of some good metaphors!):<i></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>The nature of the physical space is not the only
determinant of whether a space can be opened – intention and invitation play a
strong role. <i></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Circles often will happen irrespective of a
physical circle for opening/closing. People will turn around; groups will form
around a perimeter, etc. <i></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><b>On the
other hand, </b>if a host <i>really</i>
wants to do an OS event, and the role/value of the space and the circle are
explained, then they will find a way to make it happen. <i></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>If a host is not willing to accommodate the space
conditions, then they may not be willing or open to release their control of other
elements, which could close the space to some degree. <i></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Creative spaces could be considered that may not
otherwise be used for similar meetings, but which are totally appropriate for
an OS event, such as gymnasiums. <i></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Jonathon Coe shares his blog: <a href="http://keepinggreendalegreen.tumblr.com/">http://keepinggreendalegreen.tumblr.com/</a><i></i></p></div><div><div><br></div>-- <br>Tricia Chirumbole<br>US: +1-571-232-0942<br>
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