<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Circle of Chairs!</div><div><br>Chairs, do we need them?<br></div></div><br>Well, if chairs are one less thing to do, what then?<br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 June 2015 at 12:29, Robyn Williams ► <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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-AU"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thank you for keeping it real Harrison </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1f497d">J</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Best wishes, Robyn<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Robyn Williams<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#8db3e2">See</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#548dd4">Change</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#c6d9f1">WA</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Communicate, facilitate and educate<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">for sustainability</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">M: 0424 587 262<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">E: <a href="mailto:pov@iinet.net.au" target="_blank">pov@iinet.net.au</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Fremantle ~ Geraldton<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> OSList [mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harrison via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 8 June 2015 8:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Koos de Heer'; 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'</span></p><div><div class="h5"><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] How big is a circle with 300 people?<u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p></div></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">Good point Koos!  But I think you are forgetting the “secret sauce.”  When I get to the point of inviting everybody to go to the wall and sign up, I say there is one last thing that needs to be done. I ask all those people sitting chairs in front of the wall to pick up their chairs, coffee cups, books, computers, etc and move it all to the center of the circle. Marvelous pandemonium! In no time at all there is oodles of space in front of the wall, and I can sneak out in the chaos with nobody noticing. And you know what I am going to do...<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">Harrison <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"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