<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69669" dir="ltr"><span>Wow, I am truly excited - should Taiwan be finally selected as the next WOSONOS host-country.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69669" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69669" dir="ltr">Looking forward Jane, Gail and Dick...</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69669" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69669" dir="ltr">love</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69669" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69669" dir="ltr">Carms</div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69670"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69671"><span style="color:rgb(156, 0, 92);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:small;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69710"><span style="line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">True happiness is a state of mind.</span><br style="line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Happiness is not a consequence of things that happen. </span><br style="line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69709">Do not pursue happiness - practice it. </span><br style="line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sing, even if you do not sound good. </span><br style="line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Smile, even when things go wrong. </span><br style="line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Create happiness, and happy you will be.</span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69711"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69707" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69706"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69705"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69712"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69713"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jane Lewis via OSList <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> World wide Open Space Technology email list <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, 12 November 2016, 20:47<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [OSList] Nominations for Next Host - WOSonOS 2017<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69704"><br><div id="yiv9013070383"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69703"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69702"><div><div><div><br>Just yesterday Carms asked the world (the OSList and all of us here in Manila) who might be interested in hosting 2017's WOSonOS.<br><br></div>Today at breakfast, people started asking me about my connections in Hawaii (I'm a resident there, though I live in south Taiwan), in reference to a potential location for next year.<br><br></div>Then, in the closing circle it hit me. One of my motivations, after all, for coming to this meeting was to locate my own way to stimulate organic cross-fertilizing conversations in my city. During these 2.5 days in Manila, instead, I'd focused on other types of conversations. <br><br>Maybe it's time to bring this topic to life in a big way.<br><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478870489773_69701">After the closing circle, and on through a group dinner tonight, I went around to share this idea of Tainan being offered as next years location, and all around I got "Yes!" and "I'll be there, what help do you need?" So, by the evening of the closing of WOSonOS 2016 I, along with Sharon Wu are ready to make a nomination.<br><br></div>We nominate Tainan, in the south of Taiwan as the location for the 2017 WOSonOS.<br><br></div><div>It's Taiwan's oldest city, a beautiful highly hospitable tropical city full of Japanese era buildings, thousands of temples and temple events, little winding alleys and all manner of street food. It's Taiwan's holiday destination by the ocean, and a welcoming destination for everyone in 2017. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to the ensuing discussion!<br></div><div>With respect and excitement,<br><br></div>Jane Lewis & Sharon Wu <br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to <a ymailto="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org" href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To unsubscribe send an email to <a ymailto="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org" href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><br>Past archives can be viewed here: <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>