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    "Is it accurate to say that some self organizing happens by
    invitation and some happens by coercion/force? " <br>
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    Great question Lucas!<br>
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    The [invitation] wall-poster you suggest feels wall-worthy to me, so
    long as no one is obligated to examine it... or even look at it.<br>
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    My turn to ask a question: What might a world "void of manipulation"
    and "replete with invitation" actually look like?<br>
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    Daniel<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/31/15 9:57 AM, Lucas Cioffi via
      OSList wrote:<br>
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          <div>Is it accurate to say that some self organizing happens
            by invitation and some happens by coercion/force?  </div>
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          <div>For example, from the perspective of someone who lives
            outside of Iraq, the way the Ba'ath Party took charge of
            Iraq through a coup seems like an example of self-organizing
            by force to us, because we're outside the system of Iraq.  I
            welcome some thoughts on this.</div>
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          <div>Over the past few months (and working with Michael Herman
            for VOSonOS) I've seen that the spirit of invitation
            shouldn't end with the writing of the invitation, and
            instead it should be present throughout the open space. 
            When someone posts a topic on the marketplace wall, they are
            inviting others to a conversation, not taking over a time
            slot (like having a coup and taking over a small country).</div>
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          <div class="gmail_extra">When someone wants to be a "dictator"
            of their open space session, yes others can use their two
            feet and walk out, but that comes at a cost to the social
            fabric of the organization.  A better outcome would be that
            the would-be dictator holds a welcoming space from the
            start.  So I'd recommend that another sign worth posting on
            the wall near "Law of Two Feet" would be "Spirit of
            Invitation".  I think it's wall-worthy, do you?</div>
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                      <div>Lucas Cioffi</div>
                      <div>Founder, <font color="#0000ff"><a
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                      <div>Charlottesville, VA</div>
                      <div>Mobile: 917-528-1831</div>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Paul
            Levy via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                <div>I think the clue lies in the wonderful word "self".</div>
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                <div>We are the selves that organise.</div>
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                <div>Beautiful.</div>
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