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Thanks Richard, Sarah, Koos, Chris, Birgitt, Michael, MK, Jennifer,
Harrison, Bhavesh, Christine, & Lisa!<br>
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I've appreciated your thoughts and recommendations on this topic and
look forward to summarizing this thinking to the client. This will
definitely inform my thinking going forward. In many ways, I'd
prefer to ignore it and let it be "one less thing to do". But having
papers on a chair in the circle, tables outside the circle, using
clipboards, and providing some words to make the process easier and
cause less friction seems a small thing. Though I do aspire one day
to only need to say "if your ego & arthritis permit, otherwise
ask for help." Maybe if I get a hat first :-)<br>
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Harold<br>
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P.S. There's so much happening on the OSList. I'm rejoicing in all
the LOVE! Thanks to all participants!<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/26/16 1:09 PM, Richard Kasperowski
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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
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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
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 12:28 AM Harold
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> 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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