<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444">My response is similar to Pauls, qualitatively at least.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444">How many times Facilitating <i>Open Space Technology</i>? I can count 10.<br><br>How many times holding space that any of us here would pick up the invitation, feel the space and see the colours of the dance and say "hey, that is open space!"? Maybe 30 or 40.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444">My hair is dark brown.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444">I prefer to dance to a latin beat, but that is purely coincidental.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444">Cheers</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><font color="#663300" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><b><i>John Baxter</i></b></font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small;font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><i>Cocreation Consultant & CoCreate Adelaide Facilitator</i></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small;font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><a href="http://www.jsbaxter.com.au/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">jsbaxter.com.au</a> | <a href="http://CoCreateADL.com" target="_blank">CoCreateADL.com</a></div><div style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><font color="#444444" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">0405 447 829</font><div style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);display:inline"><font color="#444444" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"> | </font></div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">@</span><a href="http://twitter.com/jsbaxter_" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif" target="_blank">jsbaxter_</a></div><div style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><i>Thank you to everyone who came, helped or spread the good word about <b>City Grill</b>!</i></div><div style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><i>Summary and links: <a href="http://cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/" target="_blank">cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/</a></i></div></div><div style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 9:16 PM, paul levy via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I've facilictated around 50 gatherings using Open Space Technology.<div><br></div><div>And therein lies a possible interesting conundrum.</div><div><br></div><div>Because I have open space thousands of times. I have also never opened space quite like the next time it is going to happen. So the number if many and zero.</div><div><br></div><div>I've also opened space improvising around open space technology. And Open Space Technology has changed around me. Self-organisation has tinkered with the "recipe" - the one in the guide. But that gets talked about a lot less on this list and, increasingly, a bunch of "open spacer" are sharing those stories elsewhere.</div><div><br></div><div>There is no such thing as open space technology. There is no guide. There is no "founder", there are no gatekeepers; yet there are all of these things.</div><div><br></div><div>Tomorrow might just be my first ever Open Space.</div><div><br></div><div>warm wishes</div><div><br></div><div>Paul Levy</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 13 December 2014 at 16:34, Daniel Mezick via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span> wrote:</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
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Hmmm, the the Lurker Game proved interesting.<br>
<br>
...lots of seldom-heard-from voices! Quite a deep level of
experience being reported! <br>
<br>
So interesting ... so much depth. Seems like something to ... <i>explore....</i><br>
<br>
So: if you want, <i>you are cordially invited</i> to play ... let's
call it the OST-7 Game:<br>
<br>
<br>
========================================<br>
<b>The OST-7</b><b> Game</b><br>
========================================<br>
<br>
<b>The Goal:</b><br>
Get a collective idea of how many people here have actually
Facilitated 7 or more OST events in their lifetime. Put another way:
what is the depth of practical OST facilitation experience across
the entire membership?<br>
<br>
<b>The Rules:</b><br>
If you have Facilitated at least 7 OST events, consider replying
with "hey" ... or optionally, with absolutely anything else you
might like to say, for example: where you are located, last time you
did one, your hair color, etc<br>
<br>
<b>Tracking Progress:</b><br>
Watch the thread to track progress, by: # of replies, # of
countries, # of OST events, replies per unit of time, # of people
with red hair, or absolutely any other measures you like<br>
<b><br>
</b><b>Play:</b><br>
100% optional. Play if you like. If you've done more 7 or more and
prefer to just watch the game, that's OK too. <br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
<br>
Notes:<br>
<ul>
<li>For this game, "OST" means something like this: <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm</a><br>
</li>
<li>This is for Facilitating only; consider replying if you've
Facilitated at least 7 of these events in your lifetime.<br>
</li>
<li>Please reply by clicking [Reply All] Or [Reply List], so the
thread stays together, under the same subject</li>
</ul>
<br>
Steps to Play:<br>
<ul>
<li>Click [Reply All] Or [Reply List]</li>
<li>Reply with "hey" or with absolutely anything else you might
like to say<br>
</li>
</ul>
<br>
You are invited. What might happen next? Let's see...<br>
<br>
Daniel<br>
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