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<div>Dear Community,</div>
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<div>I was happy for the opportunity to talk about the hosting
process for the WOSonOSes in Kraków.</div>
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<div>Pernilla gently reminded me to put my comments into this
forum. </div>
<div>I do it now.</div>
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<div> When I read though your proposal, Pernilla<br>
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I really like the idea:<br>
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<ol>
<li>to post the ambition to host a WOSonOS on social media. We
have to find the right place, where everybody has an access.</li>
<li>to have a session about the next WOSonOS on a WOSonOS.
Experience could be shared, the Access Queen could be involved
on the spot, and all necessary/crucial questions could be
discussed. The next host will get to know the amount of work
and the obstacles...</li>
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<p>I am wondering <br>
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<ol>
<li>how we might integrate the idea, that the WOSonOS should
rotate around the world. (Have we ever had an WOSonOS in
Africa?) However - this might happen - or not. <br>
</li>
<li>and I am not quite sure how to combine the hosting-question
with the closing circle. I would like to keep the closing of a
WOSonOS free for closing of what has happend. The next WOSonOS
is something to come in the future. Therefore it belongs - for
me - into the action phase before closing the circle.</li>
<li>If we integrate the hosting-question of the next WOSonOS
into our agenda it becomes transparent. And if everybody wants
to join this session, we have to make space for it. :-o</li>
</ol>
<p>So far my thoughts.<br>
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<p>WHO I am:</p>
<p>Founding member of boscop, the Berlin Open Space Cooperative.
After more than 20 years in SM and Big Enterprises out of which
7 years in Sweden I am living in Cyprus and work on a volontary
basis with diffferent NGOs which want to make CY to a better
place. </p>
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<div>Thank you Harold for your help to get this post from my
berlin.de-account<br>
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Subject: Re: [OSList] An invitation for future invitations to
WOSONOS<br>
Date: Fr 09 Okt 2015 16:29:51 CEST<br>
From: Daniel Mezick via OSList<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org"><oslist@lists.openspacetech.org></a><br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>,
Pernilla Luttropp<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:pluttropp@swipnet.se"><pluttropp@swipnet.se></a><br>
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What Pernilla has written here looks and feels like a <i>proposal</i>.
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<br>
Something for consideration. Perhaps to try? As an <i>experiment</i>
? <br>
<br>
Maybe for just 1 iteration (1 season)........to see how it works? <br>
<br>
Or maybe, just try it in one <i>venue</i> in a given WOSONOS year,
again, to just to... <i>see how it works? </i><br>
<br>
And then explicitly <i>inspect</i> that, and make any adjustments
needed from there?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
I wonder what person, or group of people, could actually make it
happen; that is, who can actually <i>authorize</i> this proposal ?
<br>
<br>
De-authorize this proposal?<br>
<br>
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<small><small><small><small><font size="2"><small><small><small><small><font
face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size:10pt"><big><big><big>The
countries/places that wish to host a
future WOSONOS could post this on the
OSLIST and Facebook and send a gentle
reminder a few weeks before the upcoming
WOSONOS. The inviting hosts would then
be posted on a flip chart at the WOSONOS
and announced as a session when creating
the bulletin board or at the evening
news. As always there is the opportunity
to add places, sessions and news
announcements up until the closing
circle, both on the spot and via other
ways of communicating. This would make
it easier for everyone to approach the
hosts, express their delight or ask
clarifying questions. It would also
enable the hosts (or their
representatives) to come together in a
session and find out how they would like
to do the invitations in the closing
circle. Maybe some will wait until next
year? Maybe multiple WOSONOSes in one
year? Maybe in different continents at
the same time? Maybe with different
themes/urgent questions?<br>
</big></big></big></span></font></small></small></small></small></font></small></small></small></small><br>
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style="font-size:10pt"></span></font></font><br>
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On 9/30/15 3:03 PM, Pernilla Luttropp via OSList wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:D231FEA8.D84E%25pluttropp@swipnet.se"
type="cite"> <font size="2"><font face="Calibri, Verdana,
Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Hi all!<br>
At the inspiring WOSONOS in Kraków there were some
learning conversations on how this community ÃÂ goes about
when expressing and accepting invitations from
countries/places to host the upcoming WOSONOSes.<br>
ÃÂ <br>
In the big circle there were voices that expressed some
confusion and discomfort with the process. Others said that
whatever happened, they would trust the process. There was
also the mentioning of ÃÂtraditionsÃÂ and the ways
things are usually done at a WOSONOS. And the reminder that
traditions are made in every single now and ÃÂWhatever
happens is the only thing that could haveÃÂ.<br>
ÃÂ <br>
<b>If you are new to WOSONOS<br>
</b>This is how itÃÂs usually done (I think): the
countries that wish to host the next WOSONOS makes an
invitation at the closing circle of the WOSONOS and the
participants are free to accept any of the invitations. The
process of accepting the invitation is sometimes done by
some kind of ÃÂvotingÃÂ procedure in order to agree on
one place. There is often someone who reminds everybody that
the only way to ÃÂvoteÃÂ in Open Space is by applying
ÃÂThe law of mobilityÃÂ. There is no need to only have
one WOSONOS, there could be multiple since ÃÂWherever it
happens is the right placeÃÂ.<br>
ÃÂ <br>
<b>My view<br>
</b>I am personally very uncomfortable to use the words
ÃÂvotingÃÂ or to ÃÂmake a collective decisionÃÂ
within an Open Space. One of the beauties with Open Space is
taking responsibility for your own engagement. If we all
share the same engagement we will walk in the same
direction, eventually. But sometimes it takes time for
things to emerge.<br>
If a group decides on voting there are many good methods and
itÃÂs of outmost importance for those present to
understand what they are about to do, in order to make an
informed decision. Is it a majority decision? How many is
the majority? What happens if some vote no? Is it possible
to have a ballot vote? Is it the role of the facilitator to
sum it up and make the final decision? In my view, we can
only express our appreciation for the invitation at the Open
Space, offer help if needed and make use of the law of
mobility. <br>
ÃÂ <br>
<b>An invitation<br>
</b>This is an invitation to try something else and maybe to
let go of a ÃÂtraditionÃÂ. What if we opened up at the
beginning of the process in order to see how it self
organizes at the end?</span></font></font><font face="Times
New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"> <br>
</span></font><font size="2"><font face="Calibri, Verdana,
Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">There seems to
be something unclear about the ÃÂtraditionÃÂ on how to
get information about who is inviting and why. If that
information were transparent from the very start of the
WOSONOS, it might enable more dialogue with the inviting
hosts and between the hosts.<br>
ÃÂ <br>
The countries/places that wish to host a future WOSONOS
could post this on the OSLIST and Facebook and send a gentle
reminder a few weeks before the upcoming WOSONOS. The
inviting hosts would then be posted on a flip chart at the
WOSONOS and announced as a session when creating the
bulletin board or at the evening news. As always there is
the opportunity to add places, sessions and news
announcements up until the closing circle, both on the spot
and via other ways of communicating. This would make it
easier for everyone to approach the hosts, express their
delight or ask clarifying questions. It would also enable
the hosts (or their representatives) to come together in a
session and find out how they would like to do the
invitations in the closing circle. Maybe some will wait
until next year? Maybe multiple WOSONOSes in one year? Maybe
in different continents at the same time? Maybe with
different themes/urgent questions? LetÃÂs embrace chaos
and see what emerges! Or ÃÂWhatever happens is the only
thing that could haveÃÂ.<br>
ÃÂ <br>
Since the closing circle have a more definite dead line than
ÃÂWhen it is over it is overÃÂ, due to flights and other
time restrictions, this prolonged invitation process will
open up time for more dialogues and invitations. <br>
But then again, as said in the closing circle in Kraków,
there is nothing like a good mess in order to learn
something new </span></font><span style="font-size:10pt"><font
face="Wingdings">J<br>
</font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <br>
Maybe it has been tried before and in that case IÃÂm
interested to know how it worked or didnÃÂt work.<br>
<br>
Greetings from Sweden!<br>
Pernilla</font></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12pt"><br>
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