<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body >Someone likely has a better memory than I, but there was an online community of OS people prior to the OSLIST. It may have been hosted on the old Metanet site for some or all of that time.<div><br></div><div>The OSLIST was as I recall created when the old system no longer worked. As an email listserv rather than a threaded conversation hosted on a website. More accessible to anyone with an email address!</div><div><br></div><div>I don't recall a formal conversation about the purpose of the list during that transition, so I continue to assume it's as it was from the beginning, a space to talk about open space.</div><div><br></div><div>Warmth to you from the San Geronimo valley north of San Francisco.</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Kári Gunnarsson via OSList <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> <br>Date:11/01/2014 9:55 AM (GMT-08:00) <br>To: Alan Stewart <alan@multimindsolutions.com>,World wide Open Space Technology email list <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> <br>Subject: Re: [OSList] The primary task of the OSLIST group <br><br><div dir="ltr"><br>As I have been told, the Os-list was prompted by Peggy Holman
<a href="http://peggyholman.com/">http://peggyholman.com/</a> and set up in 1996 by Murli Nagasundaram as a
discussion list for the conscious self-organizing system and the Open
Space Institute.<br><br>Original there where two themes for the list-server<br><br>"How do I keep this going?"<br><br>and<br><br>"How do I bring this into my organization?"<br><br>There
is also some connection to organizational learning; creating
communities for learning and action; inspired, high performing learning
organization; leadership and management; to stay aware of what has heart
and meaning; changing the world; it also has connection to Anne Stadler
Spirited Work.<br><br>Here is Anne Stadler Open space Primer ... <a href="http://www.donellameadows.org/wp-content/userfiles/Open-Space-Primer.pdf">http://www.donellameadows.org/wp-content/userfiles/Open-Space-Primer.pdf</a><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 November 2014 13:03, Alan Stewart via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal">G’day Dan and All </p>
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<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>
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<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 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></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b><span>Alan Stewart, PhD</span></b></span><font><br><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b><span></span></b></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font><b>Professional Conversationalist <span><br>Web: </span></b></font><a href="http://www.multimindsolutions.com/" target="_blank"><b><span>www.multimindsolutions.com</span></b></a><b><span></span></b></span><br><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b><span></span></b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><b><span><font><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Em: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><a href="mailto:alan@multimindsolutions.com" target="_blank"><b><span>alan@multimindsolutions.com</span></b></a></span></font><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><br>
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Mob: </span></b><a href="tel:0413848680" target="_blank"><b><span>+61413848680</span></b></a></font><b><span><br></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b><span>New social process <a href="http://conversare.net" target="_blank">Conversare</a><br></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b><span><br></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></span></p><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br><img src="http://www.multimindsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/logo1.png" height="41" width="200"></span></div>
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