<div dir="ltr">And here we have it.  In just 36 hours, a collaboratively written haiku rises from our community which evokes <i>both</i> the fear <i>and</i> excitement someone might feel when facilitating an Open Space Technology event for the very first time:<div><br></div><div><div id="magicdomid15" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(169,217,121)">While</span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(224,236,212)"> </span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(241,255,227)">she</span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(236,188,188)"> circled</span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(255,199,199)"> bells</span></div><div id="magicdomid16" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(241,255,227)">internal</span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(236,212,230)"> beats</span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(236,224,188)"> of</span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px"> </span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(236,212,230)">bumble</span></div><div id="magicdomid39" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(241,255,227)">bees </span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(199,255,213)">entered</span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(241,255,227)"> </span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(227,234,255)">trailing</span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(236,224,188)">, ahhhh!</span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(236,212,230)">, ha</span><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(169,217,121)">.</span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Many thanks to our co-authors:</div><div><div id="magicdomid22" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><ul class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(169,217,121)">Lucas Cioffi</span></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(199,213,255)">Alan Stewart</span></li></ul></div><div id="magicdomid23" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><ul class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(236,188,188)">Allison</span></li></ul></div><div id="magicdomid24" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><ul class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(241,255,227)">Alan</span></li></ul></div><div id="magicdomid25" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><ul class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(255,199,199)">Harold</span></li></ul></div><div id="magicdomid26" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><ul class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(236,212,230)">Anne</span></li></ul></div><div id="magicdomid27" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><ul class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(236,224,188)">Christy Lee-Engel</span></li></ul></div><div id="magicdomid28" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><ul class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(236,212,230)">Florian</span></li></ul></div><div id="magicdomid29" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><ul class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(199,255,213)">Una</span></li></ul></div><div id="magicdomid30" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><ul class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(241,255,227)">Jane</span></li></ul></div><div id="magicdomid31" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><ul class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(227,234,255)">Diana</span></li></ul></div><div id="magicdomid32" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><ul class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;background-color:rgb(236,224,188)">Gail</span></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="background-color:rgb(236,212,230)">Christine</span></li></ul></div></div><div><br></div><div>Lucas Cioffi</div>Open Space Community Poet Laureate 2015, Q2<div>Founder, <font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://QiqoChat.com" target="_blank">QiqoChat.com</a></font></div><div>Charlottesville, VA</div><div>Mobile: 917-528-1831</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Lucas Cioffi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lucas@qiqochat.com" target="_blank">lucas@qiqochat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><div>A very warm thank you goes out to <span style="background-color:rgb(199,213,255)">Alan Stewart,</span><span style="background-color:rgb(236,188,188)"> Allison,</span><span style="background-color:rgb(241,255,227)"> Alan,</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,143,143)"> Harold,</span><span style="background-color:rgb(236,212,230)"> Anne,</span><span style="background-color:rgb(236,224,188)"> Christy Lee-Engel,</span><span style="background-color:rgb(236,212,230)"> Florian,</span><span style="background-color:rgb(199,255,213)"> and Una.</span></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><ul style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"></ul></div></div><div><br></div>In less than 24 hours, there are only five missing syllables in our first collaborative haiku.  Who will take us home?  Participation instructions are below.<div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Lucas Cioffi</div><div>Open Space Community Poet Laureate 2015, Q2</div><div>Charlottesville, VA<br></div><div>Mobile: 917-528-1831</div></div></div></div></div></div></font></span><div><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 11:42 PM, Lucas Cioffi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lucas@qiqochat.com" target="_blank">lucas@qiqochat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>As the recently knighted Open Space Poet Laureate, I am responsible for making sure that no one in the community runs out of poems over the next six months.</div><div><br></div><div>So poetry fans, please buckle your seat belts, and keep your arms and legs inside the moving vehicle.  In this experiment, I am about to invite all of us to co-author a single haiku.  Whomever accepts this invitation are the write people :)</div><div><br></div><div>No sign-in is required.</div><div>  1. Visit <a href="http://notes.qiqochat.com:9001/p/open_space_poetry" target="_blank">http://notes.qiqochat.com:9001/p/open_space_poetry</a></div><div>  2. Add a single word to the collaborative haiku there.  The first word to get us started is "While".</div><div>  3. Add your name to the list of authors at the bottom.</div><div><br></div><div>Let's see what happens.</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Lucas Cioffi</div><div>Founder, <font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://QiqoChat.com" target="_blank">QiqoChat.com</a></font></div><div>Charlottesville, VA</div><div>Mobile: 917-528-1831</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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