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Thanks Michael, great questions... just to build on them...<br>
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What does it take to be "in" our community if you wanted to be in
it?<br>
Who are we? Are we just practitioners and fans of Open Space, or
something more, less?<br>
Are we a community of practice?<br>
Are we a learning community?<br>
What is the nature of our "communion"?<br>
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Harold<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Harold
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Dear People of Open
Space:<br>
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The Open Space Institute of the U.S. has been "holding
space for open space" since at least 1997. It's origins
lie in the summer of 1996, 20 years ago. In the
beginnings, there were many serious conversations in the
community as to the role and mission of such an institute,
and that role has certainly evolved over the years. The
board has determined it is time for us to revisit our
mission and role, and especially to invite and trust the
rest of the community refresh and renew our purpose.<br>
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Rather than have a mission statement, we hope instead to
have a mission question. Or series of questions. What are
the most valuable and alive questions for our community
right now, and for the foreseeable future?<br>
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To start the "question storming", here are some questions
that have been reportedly asked deeply within our
community in the early days:<br>
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What is Open Space Technology?<br>
What is Open Space?<br>
What is Space?<br>
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And here are some practical questions that would help
guide the OSI-US's operations:<br>
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How can the OSI-US best support our community?<br>
How can we best work together with the community to
co-create a broad and diverse circle of people holding
space for open space?<br>
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Thanks!<br>
Harold Shinsato<br>
on behalf of the Board of the Open Space Institute,
U.S.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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