<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Yes Brendan it will be quite a challenge for the organisation that is so strongly hierarchical. Where there is a strong tendency to defer decisions to “those above”, and doing what I am told. The current issues relating to the Catholic Church in particular, demonstrate how this system has failed catastrophically. <div><br></div><div>We can but hope that the organisation does not obstruct the forces that open space will release. There is nothing as powerful as an idea whose time has come. Our Open Space community needs to be as one with those who have the privilege to attend the event and all must know that the right people are there and that there is space for all and their ideas/issues/ attitudes / aspirations.</div><div><br></div><div>I am sure Father Brian will be smiling on the event and doing what he can to make it as good as possible. I am not sure what he will be telling “the Bishop” as in the past some of the messages he sent were somewhat different to the messages others got!</div><div><br></div><div>I can’t hardly wait to see the outputs from the gathering.<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Regards<div>Rob</div></div><div><br>On 1 Nov 2017, at 6:12 pm, Brendan McKeague via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8">Thanks Michael - warm and wonderful words. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I will forward it to a few Catholics here in Australia - see if we can expand the ecumenical space, and the practice of peace, a wee bit further!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I remember Michael Hermann telling the story, many years ago when he was 'down under' with us, after an OS meeting he had facilitated, one of the participants approached him and asked: “Can the Catholics do this?”</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Cheers</div><div class="">Brendan <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 31 Oct 2017, at 10:56 PM, Michelle Cooper via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: TrebuchetMS; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Yes I loved this too. Suggesting the idea for an event we are planning here. Thanks for sharing.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Michelle<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>OSList [<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Diana Larsen via OSList<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>October-31-17 10:03 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>World wide Open Space Technology email list<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Diana Larsen<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [OSList] Invitation using youtube<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">I’m sending it to an organizer I work with too! Thanks Michael. As someone already said: wonderful, warm, and inspiring. <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Diana <o:p class=""></o:p></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Diana Larsen<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="http://futureworksconsulting.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://futureworksconsulting.com</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Portland, Oregon, USA <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br class=""></p>On Oct 31, 2017, at 04:53, Scott Gassman via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p><p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Thank you Michael for sharing.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">I enjoyed the "<span style="font-size: 9.5pt;" class="">two minute youtube invitation,"</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;" class="">and I have someone to send it to. Impeccable timing.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;" class="">Scott Gassman</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 2:36 AM, Michael Wood via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-AU" class="">I am facilitating an Open Space soon for the Anglican Diocese of Perth soon. One of the sponsors made a two minute youtube invitation to accompany the written invitation which was being emailed. I think it’s really good and thought I’s share it with you. If the OSLIST mucks up the formatting for the youtube clip, please email me and I’ll be happy to send you the link by email. Michael Wood, Perth, Western Australia.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-AU" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-AU" class=""> <a href="https://youtu.be/V-AE5Bh67Aw" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://youtu.be/V-AE5Bh67Aw</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-AU" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">OSList mailing list<br class="">To post send emails to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org" style="color: purple; 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