<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div id="yiv5447978943"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div id="yiv5447978943"><div><div class="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_81_1383250269392_56" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_328_1383076080165_56"><span id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_328_1383076080165_122"></span><div id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_225_1383076080165_56"><span id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_328_1383076080165_168" style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;">As keynote speaker on Agile and Open Space next week at the Quebec City conference (your email and link below), Dan, your key message is likely to be around "invitation" as we have heard from you
recently. </span></div><div class="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_81_1383250269392_58" id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_225_1383076080165_56" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_328_1383076080165_299" style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div class="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_81_1383250269392_60" id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_225_1383076080165_56" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_328_1383076080165_281" style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;">The spirit of "invitation' is really based on <span style="text-decoration: underline;">the</span> </span><span id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_328_1383076080165_277"
style="font-size:10pt;">fundamental </span><span id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_328_1383076080165_285" style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;">element of the OS approach, that of letting go. Letting go of control. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">You modelled detachment in many exchanges that you initiated or participated to recently on this List, despite the fact that some discussions may have challenged elements of the method you promoted for years, and
published on. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">Kudos! </span></div><div class="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_81_1383250269392_60 yui_3_7_2_128_1383311014702_61" id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_225_1383076080165_56" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13px;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">To help people get it, good idea also to spread when you can, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">these 2 magic easy to remember words that somewhat sum up OST: letting go.</span></div><div class="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_225_1383076080165_66" id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_225_1383076080165_67" style="font-size:10pt;"><div class="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_225_1383076080165_100 yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_81_1383250269392_65" id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_225_1383076080165_195" style="font-family:
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style="background-color:transparent;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Diane</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br clear="none" id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_328_1383076080165_64"></div> <div class="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_328_1383076080165_66 yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_81_1383250269392_88" id="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_328_1383076080165_67" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div class="yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_328_1383076080165_114 yiv5447978943yui_3_7_2_81_1383250269392_89" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="yiv5447978943yqt1584358925" id="yiv5447978943yqtfd98372"><div class="yiv5447978943yqt5483868767" id="yiv5447978943yqtfd83332"><hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Daniel Mezick <dan@newtechusa.net><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b>
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 28, 2013 11:41:12
AM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OSList] Quebec City by way of Sherbrooke<br clear="none"> </font> </div></div></div><div class="yiv5447978943yqt5483868767" id="yiv5447978943yqtfd81611"><div class="yiv5447978943yqt1584358925" id="yiv5447978943yqtfd64669"> <div class="yiv5447978943y_msg_container"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv5447978943">
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Greetings, <br clear="none">
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Some of you have asked about the purpose of the Quebec City trip.<br clear="none">
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Here's the purpose of the trip:<br clear="none">
Quebec City Agile Tour 2013 keynote: <br clear="none">
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv5447978943moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.agilequebec.ca/agile-tour-2013/conferencier-principal/">http://www.agilequebec.ca/agile-tour-2013/conferencier-principal/</a><br clear="none">
en Anglais:<br clear="none">
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv5447978943moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.agilequebec.ca/media/41988/keynote_abstract.pdf">http://www.agilequebec.ca/media/41988/keynote_abstract.pdf</a><br clear="none">
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About 500 people are expected to attend this event.<br clear="none">
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I am looking forward to meeting some of you along the way, in
Brattleboro, VT and Drummondville, Quebec Canada<br clear="none">
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Kind Regards,<br clear="none">
Dan<br clear="none"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">-- </span><br><blockquote type="cite">
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