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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white 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'>Tony – wisdom (I think) begins when we “think” about one more thing NOT to do. Worked for me. No guarantee, of course.<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'>ho<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><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"> www.openspaceworld.com</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">www.ho-image.com</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">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><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";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tony Budak via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 04, 2015 6:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> Chris Corrigan; World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] "one less thing to do"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Oh boy, so very hard to do. This reminds me of a mentor as we were drinking a few beers as I complained and complained. He set the bottle down rather loudly and turned and looked me directly in my eyes, (to this day, 50 some years later) I remember clearly, he said, "Damn it Tony, What the hell are you gonna do?" <br><br>So now, I'm gonna do one less thing. lol<br><br>Thanks and Best,<br>Tony<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 9/4/2015 12:02 PM, Chris Corrigan wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>From The Tao of Holding Space: <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"'>Cultivating a practice of opening space means constantly finding things not to do. For most facilitators, facilitating open space runs counter to everything that we know. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"'>But if we practice finding those things we cling to and let go of them, gradually we will develop a practice of opening space that welcomes the group fully into its work. And you will find that many other things change too. </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>For what it’s worth. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chrfis<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sep 3, 2015, at 10:48 PM, Tony Budak via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Would anyone care to drop a few lines in here regards, OST and <span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>"one less thing to do"? I missed the table conversation and I'm curious. Thanks in advance.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#008040'>Cheers,</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/tonybudak">Tony Budak<br></a><a href="http://tbmw.org/" target="_blank"><br>Time Bank Mahoning Watershed</a> </span></strong></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>mobile:</span></em> 330-716-2722 | <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skype:</span></em> tony.budak <b><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TimeBankMahoningValley/">Facebook TBMW</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/TimeBankMW">Twitter</a></span> </strong></b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><br>Past archives can be viewed here: <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#008040'>Cheers,</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/tonybudak">Tony Budak<br></a><a href="http://tbmw.org/" target="_blank"><br>Time Bank Mahoning Watershed</a> </span></strong></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>mobile:</span></em> 330-716-2722 | <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skype:</span></em> tony.budak <b><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TimeBankMahoningValley/">Facebook TBMW</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/TimeBankMW">Twitter</a></span> </strong></b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>