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Alan,<br>
<br>
Thank you for raising this topic!<br>
<br>
I've become more and more confident that "Open Space Technology" is
only one of many potential technologies that opens space.<br>
<br>
Yes, the Universe is self-organizing since before the beginning.
Even so, it still seems to work to sit in a circle and open a
marketplace, etc.<br>
<br>
Electricity has always been around. It's still a good idea to set up
our circuits properly, and pay attention to Ohm's law, etc. etc.
etc.<br>
<br>
I love it that Anne has thought about opening space in her own
heart, and that you are looking at opening space in one on one
conversations with your Conversare (which I have experienced and
enjoyed). I'm glad others are seeing this as a growing area of
study, awareness, and discovery! I look forward to learning and
hearing more.<br>
<br>
Warm Regards,<br>
Harold<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/19/15 5:19 AM, Anne Stadler via
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On Dec 19, 2015, at 8:08 AM, Alan Stewart <<a
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New Roman","serif"">G’day All</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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New Roman","serif""><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"">Here’s something for
you to ponder over during the
Festive Season. <smile> <br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif""><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"">Can
we open space without the format of Open Space
Technology? <br>
</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif""><br>
</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"">Here’s where my
question arises: <span><br>
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif""><span><br>
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"">When living in Hong
Kong for six happy years until
2011 I invented a novel form of socialising which I
called <b>Conversare</b> from the Latin <i>con
versare – to turn or to dance together. </i>See<i> </i></span><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-IN"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://conversare.net/?page_id=1957"
target="_blank">The purpose of <b>Conversare </b></a>and
</span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://conversare.net/?page_id=2002"
target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"
lang="EN-IN">here</span></a><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-IN"> for <span>what
it
is and what it is not</span>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-IN"><span
style="color:red"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-IN">This is
now
being conducted in what may well be regarded as a 'right
place’ - <span></span><span>the </span> </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://us6.forward-to-friend.com/forward/show?u=d2a5886c33ebf0bb6486eeb16&id=8b30b0cef0"
target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-IN">Adelaide
Central Market</span></a><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-IN"> and </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.southaustralia.com/en/things-to-do/ideas-and-suggestions/markets"
target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-IN">here</span></a><span><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-IN">.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<span><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-IN"></span></span><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-IN"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-IN">With
regard to
my question I recently took the opportunity to consult
with a group of Spaceniks
(Raffi’s term!) on their perspectives, expressing it in
this way:</span></p>
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style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-IN"><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Is
Conversare a variety of Open Space?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><br>
<b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""></span></b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Which, in
turn, arose in relation to two issues which I had
recently noticed on the
OSList:</span></p>
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</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">. Open
Space wherever, however, whenever, with whomever as
often as you can.<br>
<i>Lively thread of exchanges initiated by Harrison</i></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><i><br>
</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">. “all OS
events I have seen are highly structured.” <br>
<i>Michael M Pannwitz (mmp)</i></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><i><br>
</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">The language becomes
tricky here </span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">as to whether
‘opening space’ and OS events are to do with the
principles and practice of <b>Open Space Technology</b>
operating through
of the format of sitting in a circle and co-creating a
market place of<span> </span>nominated topics related
to the resolution of
complex issues.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Or
whether opening space can be done independently of this
format.<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Of
the thoughtful responses received there are two which
answer the question most ‘wonder
fully’ and usefully for me and maybe for you too. </span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">From
Anne Stadler:</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">“</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Here's my current POV
[point of
view]: </span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Opening a
Marketplace is ONE form for OST. In my view all sorts of
forms exist. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">On all
occasions, the "space" i open FIRST is the heart space
within, via
emptying my mind & getting meditatively in touch
with the intention I'm
called to take responsibility for. Then the form of the
open space will become
evident as the opportunity clarifies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">A
hallmark of opening space with others for me is I must
explicitly invite them
to "take responsibility for what you love" (Law of Two
Feet) or
"follow what has heart and meaning."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">So
conversare as you describe it, Alan, would be OS for me,
if you'd invite that.
In using this approach to conversare, I would encourage
people to follow their
hearts or intuition & find another person to talk
with; asking that person
what he/she cares about, & discovering the
resonance/connection that exists
between you.” <br>
</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">From
michael herman:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">“i would
say, absolutely, yes, alan. this IS open and opening
space -- fully
within the wherever, whomever spirit. on structure,
there is the
container that is offered, and then all of the decisions
that are made within
it. you make the offer and leave the details to the
paired participants
to work out for themselves. i think there is a big
question or theme,
even if it's not explicitly stated. there is a big
thing to work out
together, and it's going to take everyone. maybe the
articulation of this
would be something along the lines of the bit you shared
at vosonos, about
"loving the one in front of you." there is nothing in
the
definition of open space that says we have to limit
ourselves to questions on
which we can make "measurable" progress in 90 mins or
2.5 days.
quite the opposite, i think! thanks for all of this.”
</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">I have
also received supportive comments from locals here about
their experience of
being in <b>Conversare</b> events and their
ideas on potential applications. Among these:</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
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</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">“Congratulations
Alan</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">For
getting conversare up and running in such an exceptional
place. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">And
support this idea – not before its time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">An idea
for our time.”<br>
<i>Tim Walsh</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><i><br>
</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">“What
uniquely exciting and practical ideas. And what a way it
could be for our
wonderful new refugees to learn real English, and
perhaps for all of us to at
least feel other languages.”<br>
<i>Andrew Booth</i></span></p>
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style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><i><br>
</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Here are two closing
thoughts to stimulate your 'pondering' ... <br>
</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">1. Could
introducing the <b>Conversare</b> process
be a way to open space for all attendees to be full
participants when we meet
and greet in the evening prior to the commencement of
WOSonOS?</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Such an
approach has not been used in the five of these which I
have attended,
beginning in Monterey in 1998. Sitting in a circle in
this context did not
enable everyone to be an active participant, in my
experience. Seeds have been
sown and are likely sprouting in Manila …<span>
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">2. Could
hosting <b>Conversare</b> kind of
gatherings be a new career option for lively spirits who
are so inclined? If
this idea catches your attention do have a good look
around my blog as this has
a wealth of background on its principles, practices and
inspirations. See also <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://conversare.net/?page_id=1920"
target="_blank">Some underpinnings of Conversare
events</a> <span> </span>and <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://conversare.net/?page_id=2022"
target="_blank">Reclaiming Conversation: the power
of talk in a digital age</a></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">With love
and good wishes to you all for a joyous, peaceful and
merry Festive Season. <br>
</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">And warmest salaams from
Adelaide where today's temperature is 44C - 111F!<br>
</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Looking
forward.</span></p>
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style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Go well</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Alan </span></p>
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style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span><br>
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