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Hi Alan, <br>
<br>
I am thankful for your expressions of personal perception, and
explanation, regarding the primary task of this group. <br>
<br>
Thanks also for your story!<br>
<br>
<br>
You quote Picasso, and elect to paraphrase him, as follows:<br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>“Our meaning in life is identifying our
gift,</i></p>
<i> </i>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>"Our purpose in life is giving it away.”</i><i>
</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>I tend to paraphrase this as ‘… our gifts …
is giving them away.’ </i></p>
<br>
<br>
<br>
I do not know if you speak for the group as a whole. And we are
about to find out shortly. Right? Your expression of the perceived
primary task may
<i> resonate</i>- if it does, some may join, by encouraging the
discussion in the same direction. <br>
<br>
Your expression of the perceived primary task may <i>not</i>
resonate- if it does not, some may encourage the discussion in a new
direction, or opt-out of participating in the thread altogether. <br>
<br>
For my part, I elect to join you, in exploring <i>gifting</i> (your
words) and <i>generosity</i>
(my words) here. <br>
<br>
And here are some of my thoughts on that:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/being-generous-with-your-gift/">http://newtechusa.net/agile/being-generous-with-your-gift/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/generosity-thrivability-and-self-organization/">http://newtechusa.net/agile/generosity-thrivability-and-self-organization/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/microgenerosity/">http://newtechusa.net/agile/microgenerosity/</a><br>
<br>
Kind Regards,<br>
Daniel<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/1/14 9:03 AM, Alan Stewart wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">G’day Dan and All </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In your response of 21 Oct 2014 to my post<b>
</b><span><b>Re: [OSList] Respect in Self-Organizing Systems </b>you
muse:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“I often wonder what the primary task of
the OSLIST group is.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Having been a group member for about 20
years and having attended five WOSonOS </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have a ‘take’ on this matter. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This derives in part from a statement of
Pablo Picasso that:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Our meaning in life is identifying our
gift,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our purpose in life is giving it away.” </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I tend to paraphrase this as ‘… our gifts …
is giving them away.’ </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of the gifts I note in relation to ‘the
primary task of the OSLIST group’ is that of knowing of the
principles and practices of OST by the group members and our
giving them away, professionally and personally.<span> <br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>In my case the 'beginning' gift
arrived, in 1994, totally unexpectedly, in the post in the
form of Harrison's original book, about which knew nothing.
I had occasion to experiment with the process, as a speaker
scheduled to present a few days later had withdrawn. Which I
did, after reading the book swiftly - and on observing the
response was forever hooked! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As my ‘take’ is quite long and somewhat
personal I would not wish to foist it on the LIST. And so I
invite anyone who may be interested in this to contact me.
Whoever does ... <smile> <br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Incidentally, yesterday I facilitated a one
day conversation for the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.australianchurchesrefugeetaskforce.com.au/"
target="_blank">Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce</a>.
This has been established by a group of the biggest church
denominations in Australia to care for the wellbeing of asylum
seekers and refugees. This event was held in Adelaide at their
second annual get together and was to converse about their
priorities in the coming year. Several participants had
previous experience of the value of OST for such a purpose,
which is why it was chosen. The concluding consensus – in my
understanding - was through it this time they had accomplished
what they wished. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Go well</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alan <br>
</p>
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