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Daniel,<br>
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The primary task of the OSLIST group might best be pondered by
looking at the closest thing we have to a charter on the
OpenSpaceWorld.org wiki:<br>
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<a
href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?EmailDiscussionGroups">http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?EmailDiscussionGroups</a><br>
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Here are the first words [clear action verb fragment emphasis is my
own]...<br>
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The OSLIST worldwide email list ... is a list for Open Space
practitioners and friends from everywhere (really)... perhaps the
most active and easiest place to <b>connect with the living Spirit
of Open Space and the OS community</b>.<br>
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[omitted administrivia links]<br>
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From the very beginning (1985), Open Space Technology has been
free and freely available. But there is a cost -- that <b>we
freely share what we are learning</b>. The mechanisms of sharing
are multiple including training programs, public presentations,
private emails and most especially in the online community known
as the OSLIST. </p>
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The substance of <b>what we share</b> on the OSLIST is diverse:
technical "How to..." <b>questions, philosophical meanderings,
and deep feelings from the heart</b>. And in many ways, the deep
feelings are the most important. It is from those feelings that we
learn who we are, what we are doing, and what the true value of
this work might be. If Open Space and the OSLIST were simply a
technical approach to better meetings, then we might avoid both
the philosophy and the feelings. We have discovered, however, that
"OS as meeting methodology" is but a tiny part of the reality. </p>
<p> Harold<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/20/14 8:40 AM, Daniel Mezick via
OSList wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:54451EC2.6090306@newtechusa.net" type="cite"><br>
I often wonder what the primary task of the OSLIST group is.<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
Harold Shinsato<br>
<a href="mailto:harold@shinsato.com">harold@shinsato.com</a><br>
<a href="http://shinsato.com">http://shinsato.com</a><br>
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