<p dir="ltr">Some q's come to mind...</p>
<p dir="ltr">What's the origin story of the OS Institute? What flash of insight gave birth to an organization to meet a need? What was the need?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Blessings<br>
Jeff</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 18, 2016 4:05 PM, "Harold Shinsato via OSList" <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Thanks Harrison!<br>
<br>
Great wisdom... if you could invite people into living questions you
might encourage us to enjoy - what might those be?<br>
<br>
Inferring from your response - I'll guess at a few living
questions...<br>
<br>
?How can I/we do as little as possible?<br>
?How can I/we be fully present, but basically invisible?<br>
?How can I/we have fun opening space - whenever, wherever, however,
with whomever, about whatever as often as I/we can?<br>
<br>
Anything else?<br>
<br>
Thanks!<font color="#888888"><br>
Harold</font><div class="elided-text"><br>
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<div>On 7/18/16 3:41 PM, Harrison Owen
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Harold
– I love your intensity and focus! And -- I have a few
suggestions for your “practical questions” (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?)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Do
as little as possible.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Never
work harder than you have to.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Be
present, but basically invisible. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Remember
the 5 Principles<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Practice
The Law of Two Feet<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Have
fun.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">That
ought to do it. At least it always worked for me. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1f497d">J</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Harrison<br>
<br>
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">PS
– and if you need something more specific – Just open space
whenever, wherever, however, with whomever, about whatever,
as often as you can.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<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 [<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Harold Shinsato via OSList<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 18, 2016 5:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OSLIST<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OSList] Renewing the Mission of the
Open Space Institute U.S.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Dear People of
Open Space:<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
To start the "question storming", here are some questions that
have been reportedly asked deeply within our community in the
early days:<br>
<br>
What is Open Space Technology?<br>
What is Open Space?<br>
What is Space?<br>
<br>
And here are some practical questions that would help guide
the OSI-US's operations:<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
Harold Shinsato<br>
on behalf of the Board of the Open Space Institute, U.S.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- <br>
Harold Shinsato<br>
<a href="mailto:harold@shinsato.com" target="_blank">harold@shinsato.com</a><br>
<a href="http://shinsato.com" target="_blank">http://shinsato.com</a><br>
twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/hajush" target="_blank">@hajush</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<div>-- <br>
Harold Shinsato<br>
<a href="mailto:harold@shinsato.com" target="_blank">harold@shinsato.com</a><br>
<a href="http://shinsato.com" target="_blank">http://shinsato.com</a><br>
twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/hajush" target="_blank">@hajush</a></div>
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