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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>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span
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