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Hi Anne-Béatrice,<br>
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Your event sounds challenging and interesting, and a good match for
Open Space. <br>
<br>
You say "<span style="" class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">The duration for the
planned event is 3h30 and there will be a shared meal before it.
It really </span><span style="" class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><span style="" class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">seems </span>short</span><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><span style="" class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"> to me</span> for an Open
Space. "<br>
<br>
You also say: "</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">what can be realistically
achieved in 3h30 by a group of people that mostly don't know
each other and would like to have some consensual concrete next
steps at the end of the afternoon. "</span><br>
<br>
</span>Given the situation as described:<br>
"...I have also understood that the situation is tense, because some
cantons in Switzerland are going towards forbiding Homeschooling."<br>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533693" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><br>
...and...given the desire to have "</span><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">Articles of the
non-profit", with "</span></span><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">group of people that
mostly don't know each other"</span> etc, you might want to
consider a 2-day event. <br>
<br>
A 2-day event includes time for everyone to sleep on it" and
can more likely address many of the challenges the group is
facinf. It may also help the group with it's wider intention
to (perhaps) create a formal organization. A 3h30 minute event
is probably way too short a time to achieve these goals.
That's my guess...<br>
<br>
Do you have more questions about the subject of time?<br>
<br>
Daniel<br>
<br>
<br>
</span><br>
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<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/19/14 6:47 AM, Anne-Béatrice
Duparc via OSList wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532786"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">Hi everyone,</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533256" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><br>
</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533128" dir="ltr"><span
style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">I
am asked for my first Open Space! By a group of parents who
are homeschooling their children and want to form as an
association. <br style="" class="">
They already planned the meeting for the 10th of January.
The duration for the planned event is 3h30 and there will be
a shared meal before it. It really </span><span style=""
class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><span
style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">seems
</span>short</span><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><span style=""
class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"> to me</span>
for an Open Space. </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533257" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><br>
</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533259" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">There will be around
40 adults and 30 children. The children will be taken care
of by some adults, but some of them may also take part to
the event. It would be great :)</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533261" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><br>
</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533263" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">We had no preparation
meeting so on as I was just contacted but they already sent
me by email some of the subjects they would like to discuss.
Even if I know that in OST subjects are not planned in
advance, I share them with you as a way to determine if OST
can be a good thing for this group of people :</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533265" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><br>
</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533267" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"> - Aims and
objectives of the non-profit we could create.<br style=""
class="">
- What are the resources we want to give ourselves (time,
energy, money) ?<br style="" class="">
- What are our resources for the long term? <br style=""
class="">
- How to build a sustainable association or group that does
not depend on one or two persons? <br style="" class="">
- The creation and role a committee could have in the non
profit<br style="" class="">
- Would we like to merge or collaborate with the Homeschool
Association of Switzerland? Pros, cons, how? <br
style="" class="">
- Next steps<br style="" class="">
- Articles of the non-profit<br style="" class="">
- What is the aim of the non profit? Create activities?
Support people in their choice? To be known? <br>
</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533691" dir="ltr"><br>
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533693" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">I have also
understood that the situation is tense, because some cantons
in Switzerland are going towards forbiding Homeschooling.<br>
</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533326" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><br>
</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533269" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">As it would be my
first Open Space, any advice is welcome. I am especially
wondering if Open Space is a first good step in that case
and what can be realistically achieved in 3h30 by a group of
people that mostly don't know each other and would like to
have some consensual concrete next steps at the end of the
afternoon. </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533277" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><br>
</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533273" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">Any advice welcome,
even if it is to say : please do something else :) </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_574111" dir="ltr"><br>
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_574113" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">Thanks!<br>
</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_533274" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893"><br>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_574114" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418859790395_532893">Béa</span></div>
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