<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif">Hi, Harold! This is important. I've also encountered it as a gender bias issue--if you're wearing a short skirt or dress, you might not want to bend over in front of the group, and so you'll feel uncomfortable about fully participating. </span><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif">My easy solution: If it's a seated opening, I reserve one chair in the innermost circle of chairs. I put paper and markers on that chair, as well as on the floor. When I show people how to share a session idea, I model it using the paper and marker on the chair so everyone knows they don't have to get down on the floor.</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif">What have other people done?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="GmSign"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Richard Kasperowski</div><div>Read my <a href="http://kasperowski.com/" target="_blank">blog</a>, <a href="http://gr8p.pl/corebookrk" target="_blank">the Core Protocols book</a>, and the <a href="http://gr8p.pl/gguild" target="_blank">Manifesto for Greatness</a>,</div><div>and join me at <a href="http://gr8p.pl/rkevents" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" target="_blank">upcoming </a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://gr8p.pl/rkevents" target="_blank">events</a></span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">!</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 12:28 AM Harold Shinsato via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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In the many OST's I've participated in or helped open myself, I've
encountered this complaint about having to bend over to pick up the
pens and the papers in only two instances. Both of which were
Universities. In both cases, the leading edge of the complaint
seemed to have to do with women's dresses, but I also heard
something about being "able" prejudiced.<br>
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The first University chose to put some tables outside the circle
with some papers and markers. The second one is thinking they will
wheel in a table after the opening into the center, which seems
energetically disruptive.<br>
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Have others encountered this? How did you deal with it?<br>
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Thanks!<br>
Harold<br>
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Harold Shinsato<br>
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