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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Christine – Job well done! Congratulations, and thanks so much for sharing. I am curious who the participants were. Often when I am in Africa, people will say, “This (OS) is just like we used to do – where did you learn it?” I always smile and tell the truth. My inspiration for Open Space came from Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Winter Address<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>7808 River Falls Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Potomac, MD 20854<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>301-365-2093<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Summer Address<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>189 Beaucaire Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Camden, ME 04843<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>207-763-3261<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Websites<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="%20www.openspaceworld.com"><span style='color:blue'> www.openspaceworld.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="www.ho-image.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.ho-image.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>OSLIST </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org"><span style='color:blue'>http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>christine koehler via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 12, 2015 11:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> OSLIST<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSList] Closing circle in French Speaking Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Coming back today from a 3 days OST in Africa, with 35 participants from more than 18 French speaking countries, I would like to share with you a few words from the closing circle.My hope is that this will help spread OST in Africa.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>christine<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'>"It was a very important meeting , thank you . What we heard was different than usual. " `</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'>"It was a very rich meeting , even for the very old leader that I am . " </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'> "I am more than satisfied because for me usually three days in one place is a waste of time . But there I learned a lot. We will bring the recommendations of that meeting to the General Assembly ." </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'> " Usually when we come to a workshop, we put our computer on the table, open them and spend 50% of our time working on our daily problems . There I regret having brought my computer because I did not use it. "</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:24.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#191919'>"It was time to find this way of working: it is important to get help from ones peers when you have gone through many failure. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#191919'>Big or small we face the same challenges. "</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:24.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#191919'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:24.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#191919'>"At first I did not know why my organization had been invited. Because I did not know what my role was, so I listened. And it got me thinking. I'll take up the results of this meeting at the highest level "</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:24.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#191919'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:24.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#191919'>"At first I asked myself many questions. Now I am very happy. First for discovering the method. We are leaders and we know that we are very isolated. Here it was like a 3 days </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#191919'>collective intervision . Then because it strengthened my conviction: we have many responsibilities and we must take what interests us and what concerns us. It is for us to take move forward. Finally I would like to share the emotion I felt when I felt the real motivation of wanting to change the world through what we do. "</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:24.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:24.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#191919'>en français </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'>« C’était une réunion très importante, merci. On a vu des discours différents par rapports à d’habitude. « </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'>« C’était une réunion très riche, même pour le très vieux responsable que je suis. »</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'>"Je suis plus que satisfait car pour moi d'habitude 3 jours au même endroit c’est une perte de temps. Mais là j’ai beaucoup appris. Nous allons porter les recommandations de cette réunion à l’assemblée générale ».</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'>"D’habitude quand on arrive à un atelier, on ouvre nos ordinateurs et on travaille à 50% à nos problèmes quotidiens. Là je regrette d’avoir apporté mon ordinateur car je ne l’ai pas utilisé. « </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'>"Il était temps qu’on trouve ce genre de fonctionnement : c’est important de se faire aider de ses pairs quand on a vécu beaucoup d’échec. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'>Grands ou petits on a les mêmes défis. « </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'>"Au début je ne savais pas pourquoi mon organisation avait été invitée. Comme je ne savais pas quel était mon rôle, alors j’ai écouté. Et ça m'a fait réfléchir. Je vais remonter les résultats de cette réunion au plus haut niveau »</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif"'>« Au début je me posais beaucoup de questions. Maintenant je suis très content. D’abord pour avoir découvert la méthode. Nous sommes dirigeants et nous savons que nous sommes très isolés. Ici c’était comme une grande intervision collective de 3 jours. Ensuite car cela a renforcé ma conviction : nous avons beaucoup de responsabilités et nous devons prendre ce qui nous intéresse et qui nous concerne. C’est à nous de nous bouger avant tout. Enfin je voudrais partager une émotion que j’ai ressenti à sentir la vraie motivation de vouloir changer le monde à travers ce que nous faisons. »</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>