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Welcome, Judith! <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/6/15 5:28 AM, AoH Kenya via OSList
wrote:<br>
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everybody,</span>
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<div
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am new to this list (applied in October) and fairly new using
OS for facilitation - I am definitely a chick among you ;-)</div>
<div
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Hence
so far I was only lurking… feel I have nothing to contribute
but to listen/read and learn (if my inbox is not full with
other urgent things).</div>
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<div
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liked the comment from Paul Levy and Michael Hermann to this
OSList game and would like to reply to the questions from
Michael.</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">1. when did you first hear about os or
ost?<br>
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2009 at an Art of Hosting training<br>
<blockquote type="cite">2. what was the hook? how did you
notice it might have value?<br>
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I love the simplicity and the self-organisation. As well as
the “honesty” how OS works because the first time as caller I
had first non and at the end one participant - it she was the
right person for me.</div>
<div
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OS fits to my spiritual and business values in life.<br>
<blockquote type="cite">3. when did you notice that you'd
started letting it inform how you live?<br>
</blockquote>
During an OS training I realised that this is exactly the
method I love to use and personally need more because I learn
more and more how to let go and trust the process of the team.
The principles are perfect guidelines in every gathering too!<br>
<blockquote type="cite">4. what has happened since then? what
difference does it seem to make?</blockquote>
…listening, observing, waiting. Everything needs its time. If
I pull on the grass it will not grow faster ;-)</div>
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<div
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Regarding
readability in this OSList:</div>
<div
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Is
there the technical possibility if someone replies to an email
(that was already a reply to one or more other emails) to hid
the original email(s)?</div>
<div
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kind of drop down menu that I can open optional the emails
below to which it is referring?</div>
<div
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">I
would feel that this would make it easier to read it.
Otherwise I get lost when I scroll down… and usually never get
until the end because it is so long.</div>
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<div
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wishes & warm regards from Kenya,</div>
<div
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<div
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sorry for the late response but first I faced technical
problems and than I was on holidays</div>
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Onyari & Judith Stemerdink-Herret
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<div dir="ltr">Phone: Bikundo +254 721 339 389</div>
<div dir="ltr"> Judith +254 788 516 866<br>
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<div><i>"If the branch is to flower, it must honour its
roots."</i></div>
<div dir="ltr"> African Proverb</div>
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Am 11.12.2014 um 00:25 schrieb Daniel Mezick via OSList:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Some of us were on a call on
Tuesday, talking about Open Space....and<br>
OSLIST....<br>
<br>
...the participants at the time were....<br>
<br>
Chuni Li<br>
Daniel Mezick<br>
Karen Davis<br>
Linda Stevenson<br>
Lucas Cioffi<br>
Paul Levy<br>
Peggy Holman<br>
Skye Hirst<br>
Suzanne Daigle<br>
Tricia Chirumbole<br>
Harold Shinsato<br>
<br>
We discussed OSLIST culture, and how the culture of
OSLIST may not<br>
actually be very easy to figure out...<br>
<br>
...we talked about how this list has hundreds upon
hundreds of members,<br>
with just 25 to 45 people (give or take) who post or
reply with anything<br>
close to a regular frequency, and how some speak with
highly<br>
authoritative voices.<br>
<br>
...we talked a bit about how the culture of OSLIST
/might actually be<br>
kind of intimidating for new people/ to participate in.<br>
<br>
<br>
The Game<br>
<br>
We have no idea how many "regular lurkers" are in the
group...we talked<br>
about trying to find out.<br>
<br>
<br>
So: if you are a "regular lurker", someone who examines
these OSLIST<br>
threads periodically but does not actively participate
... are you<br>
willing to play a little game?<br>
<br>
<br>
The Lurker Game: you are invited to play...<br>
<br>
1. *...The goal* is to collectively get some idea of how
many of us on<br>
the list are "regular lurkers".<br>
<br>
2. *...The rules* are:<br>
<br>
* If you consider yourself a "regular lurker", consider
opting in to<br>
the game, by replying...<br>
* If you reply, absolutely nothing further will be
asked of you. All<br>
you are doing is identifying yourself as someone who
lurks. That's it.<br>
<br>
3. ...We'll all track *the progress* by watching the
thread, and seeing<br>
how many reply over time.<br>
<br>
4. ...Participation is *opt-in*.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
To participate, just hit [Reply List] and enter "hey"
and press [Enter]<br>
...or...<br>
<br>
... (optionally) just say whatever you might want to
say, instead<br>
<br>
We have no idea what might happen next; let's see what
develops.<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
Daniel<br>
<br>
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Message: 10<br>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 10:46:58 +0000<br>
From: paul levy via OSList <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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To: Daniel Mezick <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:dan@newtechusa.net">dan@newtechusa.net</a>>, <span
class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>World wide
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Subject: Re: [OSList] Who has facilitated at least 7 OST
events?<br>
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I've facilictated around 50 gatherings using Open Space
Technology.<br>
<br>
And therein lies a possible interesting conundrum.<br>
<br>
Because I have open space thousands of times. I have also
never opened<br>
space quite like the next time it is going to happen. So
the number if many<br>
and zero.<br>
<br>
I've also opened space improvising around open space
technology. And Open<br>
Space Technology has changed around me. Self-organisation
has tinkered with<br>
the "recipe" - the one in the guide. But that gets talked
about a lot less<br>
on this list and, increasingly, a bunch of "open spacer"
are sharing those<br>
stories elsewhere.<br>
<br>
There is no such thing as open space technology. There is
no guide. There<br>
is no "founder", there are no gatekeepers; yet there are
all of these<br>
things.<br>
<br>
Tomorrow might just be my first ever Open Space.<br>
<br>
warm wishes<br>
<br>
Paul Levy<br>
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Message: 14<br>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 10:26:16 -0600<br>
From: Michael Herman via OSList <<a
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To: Eva P Svensson <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:eva@epshumaninvest.se">eva@epshumaninvest.se</a>>, <span
class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>World wide
Open Space<br>
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email list<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a
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Subject: Re: [OSList] Who has facilitated at least 7 OST
events?<br>
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i woke up this morning thinking about this game, thinking
in a direction<br>
similar to paul levy.<br>
<br>
i am the nominal leader of a community garden now for four
years. my<br>
management is deeply informed by my learning in and about
open space. does<br>
it count as 1 or 4?<br>
<br>
i once had a client who flew me in to facilitate a
meeting. we also built<br>
a weblog and they contacted me a number of times, over
several years, with<br>
minor technical questions. do the meeting and the blog
count as one<br>
together, or two separate?<br>
<br>
i taught my grandma to say "ah," as she began the active
process of dying.<br>
she then repeated that seed syllable, a one-syllable
mantra for peace, on<br>
every breath of her last week of life. she never opened
her eyes but over<br>
that week completely relaxed her whole body. was that
open space? what<br>
about up all night rocking a tiny, sick, neice?<br>
<br>
i saw some new neighbors moving in the other day. our
neighborhood has a<br>
lot of old houses and everybody moves in and starts
updating everything. i<br>
offered my tools and experience. if they never take me up
on that<br>
offer/invitation, does it count? what if they just look
for me at my desk<br>
in our front window, and wave when they see me, while out
walking their<br>
dog? that could happen a lot. must count as only once?
or maybe it<br>
doesn't count at all?<br>
<br>
what about three opening briefings, on three consecutive
days of open space<br>
trainings i've done? and what about all the things that
happen after an<br>
event, does the original opener get partial credit for
things his/her<br>
participants open later on?<br>
<br>
to paul's point, i can ask questions like this about
almost every situation<br>
where i facilitated a meeting in an open space way, and
about many other<br>
situations where i was not "facilitating" anything,
apparently. this is<br>
one of the ways i understand that we live in open space.<br>
<br>
my approach to training folks in and about open space is
significantly<br>
focused on the crafting of invitations, in the belief that
if we make<br>
enough invitations, over time, people, groups and good
work are going to<br>
show up.<br>
<br>
i also focus on discovering all the different ways that
whomever i'm<br>
"training" has already been opening space in their own
lives. i don't<br>
think anyone could come to this work without having
already done it before.<br>
it would be completely un-understandable to them without
prior experience.<br>
i think people ask for training so they can do what they
already know/do<br>
better. so i try to build on and from whatever
understanding they bring.<br>
<br>
so this question of seven or more is not so easy for me.
not sure it's<br>
even helpful. i'm more interested in questions like:<br>
<br>
1. when did you first hear about os or ost?<br>
2. what was the hook? how did you notice it might have
value?<br>
3. when did you notice that you'd started letting it
inform how you live?<br>
4. what has happened since then? what difference does it
seem to make?<br>
<br>
and so on. a new game? the next round? maybe. or maybe
it's just the<br>
game Murli called OSLIST back in 1996?<br>
<br>
michael<br>
<br>
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Michael Herman<br>
Michael Herman Associates<br>
312-280-7838 (mobile)<br>
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