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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='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tricia – “Proof” will never be forthcoming. Reason is simple. Every Open Space is unique. What happens in one place is not a firm indication that “it” can/will happen again. So whenever anybody says they want “proof” – my answer is that it can’t happen, won’t happen, and if it did they would never believe it anyhow. In this case... what happened in Harrisonburg happened in Harrisonburg. Pittsburg, of course is unique! So what else is new? However, maybe a conversation Mayor to Mayor might help? Kai Degner (who did all of that) is no longer Mayor of Harrisonburg, I believe. But he is still there, a good person, and probably would respond positively to an email <a href="mailto:Kai.Degner@gmail.com">Kai.Degner@gmail.com</a> . I know him. He knows me. Good luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Harrison Owen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>7808 River Falls Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Potomac, MD 20854<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Camden, Maine 04843<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Phone 301-365-2093<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(summer) 207-763-3261<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";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='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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>Tricia Chirumbole<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 14, 2014 10:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSList] Request for Government-sponsored Open Space stories!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This is part 2 of a request for fodder for my discussions with the new mayor of Pittsburgh, PA re: Open Space inspired civic engagement initiatives. They watched the video of the Harrisonburg, VA mayoral Open Space summits and said they were, "very cool", but apparently wanted more "proof".<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>The scoop: </b>Good news so far! I was in the Mayor's office last week and learned that they are very sincere about wanting to develop a civic engagement platform, and they even said lovely things like they don't want it to be top-down and they want participation in actual community development - not just feedback/town halls. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>They also mentioned early on that they could use "something like this" for <b>internal work</b> - citing low morale from the last mayor who left in scandal and the fact that some of the people have probably worked there for 30 years and never been asked their thoughts on anything. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Request: </b>They are interested in more examples of governments sponsoring this type of citizen-directed and designed civic engagement. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Three specific questions: 1) How do we make sure people feel safe?; 2) How do we ensure that there are no repercussions for people sharing openly? (in reference to an internal Open Space); and 3) How do we get a diversity of people to participate? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I gave responses to all of these that I think made sense, but <b>any references, videos, examples of government external or internal open space work </b> would be MUCH appreciated! I think any level of government in any country would do. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks so much for reading this lengthy epistle! May you share and feel the love today and always :) <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tricia Chirumbole<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Open Space Facilitator, Certified Scrum Master<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mojo Collaborative<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.mojocollaborative.com" target="_blank">www.mojocollaborative.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>571-232-0942<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>skype: tricia.chirumbole<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>twitter: @themojozone<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>