<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><font size="2">Ulrika,<br>I have Opened Space countless times in nearly every country of the former Soviet Union, from Eastern Europe to Central Asia.<br>In most cases I had the opportunity to return for further development work. I have never encountered anyone who suffered any retribution as a result of Open Space participation. To the contrary, I continue to get email thank you notes from many participants of Open Space dating back more than a decade. <br><br>It always works!<br><br>Elwin Guild<br>Future Development International<br></font></div><div><span><br></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
<div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Monday, February 10, 2014 11:34 AM, Ulrika Eklund <ulrika.eklund@telia.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container">Dear listmembers and all your experience<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I would love to take part of your experience and knowledge about <br clear="none">working with OS in countries operated by dictatorship. A closed space, <br clear="none">where you are used/allowed to think as The party. "Its a lovely country <br clear="none">as long as you follow the rules" <br clear="none"><br clear="none">For example I had a training course with a group working in the <br clear="none">authorities and governmental bodies (national and regional level), and <br clear="none">they listed some of the problems in one area. After they were <br clear="none">encouraged to brainstorm ideas and solutions on the problems. After the <br clear="none">task I asked - what was the new ideas and
insight you got? New?! We <br clear="none">repeated what the party already have decided"... so it was more a <br clear="none">memory test :) An other exampel: in the university where I met the <br clear="none">students study a Human rights course sponsered by another country. They <br clear="none">said: "its a good course. Why I asked and the answer was: we are <br clear="none">allowed to ask questions when we don't understand, you know sometimes <br clear="none">you read a text in the book and you don't understand and it doesnot <br clear="none">help to read it many times, here we can ask, and we are also allowed to <br clear="none">discuss. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">So my question - how is Open Space working in this circumstances? How <br clear="none">you know people that think freely are not punished after?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">WIsh you all a lovley week<br clear="none">Ulrika<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br
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