<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 April 2015 at 03:21, Romy Shovelton 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 style="word-wrap:break-word">dear Alan<div><br></div><div>poetic and right on the heart button as ever….</div><div>Marysville will never be forgotten</div><div><br></div><div>thank you</div><div><br></div><div>Romy</div><div><br><div>
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Adelaide </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">‘If there’s dancing count me in.’</span></p>

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</div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of OSList digest..."<br>Today's Topics:<br><br>   1. This Was My Town [[Marysville] (Alan Stewart via OSList)<br><br><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Alan Stewart via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">World wide Open Space Technology email list <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">18 April 2015 00:50:26 GMT+1<br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Alan Stewart <<a href="mailto:alan@multimindsolutions.com" target="_blank">alan@multimindsolutions.com</a>>, World wide Open Space Technology email list <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>[OSList] This Was My Town [[Marysville]</b><br></span></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">G'day fellow participants at
WOS2002 and All</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I 'happened' on </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0LpKT_-Kmw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">this song</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> recently through hearing Greg Champion,
</span><a href="http://gregchampion.com.au/music/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">a well known singer and song writer</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> in Australia, on our local radio
in Adelaide. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For it
captures the grief experienced when most of the lovely little town of
Marysville (near Melbourne) in which WOS2002 was held was destroyed in a huge
bushfire in 2009.</span></p><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">After playing the song several
times it came over to me as a beautifully crafted and poignant reminder of the
wondrous time which was had by those who were fortunate and privileged to participate
in this particular international get together of OST practitioners.<span>  </span>And of how ephemeral life can be. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The venue for our gathering, the
majestic largely wooden construction Marylands Hotel - in the heart of
Marysville - suited our purposes beautifully, not least as we all housed under
one roof. One of my favourite memories was going on a night walk in the nearby
forest. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There was nothing left of
Marylands after the 2009 fire. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A sense of this place, its
setting, and the process of the WOS event can be seen in </span><a href="http://openspaceworld.ning.com/video/wosonosinoz-2002" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">this exquisite little video</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> made by David Smith. <span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Also
featured in the video is the facilitator of the event, Fr Brian Bainbridge. Brian,
as many would recall fondly, was a staunch promoter of OST and attended every
WOS up until WOS2009 held in Taipei in Taiwan. Sadly he died shortly after
this.</span></p><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please pass this on if you wish
to others who you consider may appreciate seeing and hearing it. <span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Looking forward. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Go well</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Alan</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Alan Stewart, PhD<br>
</span><a href="http://www.multimindsolutions.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">www.multimindsolutions.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><a href="http://conversare.net/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Conversare.net</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <br>
Adelaide </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">‘If there’s dancing count me in.’</span></p>

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