<div><div dir="auto">Unless your people already know OS, I'd mix those references, Jake. Replace with open forum or working session or summit event or summit series. This avoids question and debate about "the process. "  anyone who knows open space will still be able to recognize it in your description of what will happen. </div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I read quickly and did f notice if this is first of many. If you're committed to more, I'd mention that. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also, in the invite or in confirming correspondence to registrants, I reg will be done, it would be worth making a point about the importance of being ready when the opening starts. Not exactly saying "don't be late."  That would counter one of our principles. But we can reinforce the value of being ready and the importance of the opening time. Especially when meeting online. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">More if you like when we talk this week. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Michael</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 00:29 Chris Altmikus @ iDeA-Link 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"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Hi Jake, <div><br></div><div>I particularly appreciate your offering an important intention to the group in the invitation… Why is this important to you, to us and to our organisation …</div><div><br></div><div>Kindly<br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Le 26 févr. 2019 à 01:17, Jake Yeager via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> a écrit :</div><br class="m_-7515573995066591082Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>I've composed my first OST invitation and would love your feedback. I reproduced the invitation below. It will be included in a calendar invite that will have the date and time.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks ahead of time for any comments!</div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div>Jake</div><div><br></div><div>----------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Co-Create our
Team’s Future?</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Our team’s purpose is to ensure that
Navy Federal’s Lending division takes prudent risk and maximizes profitability,
all while upholding a preeminent member experience. This is no small feat: challenges
arise that require that we stretch ourselves to innovate, to break new ground,
to open new horizons. Recent challenges include CECL, AnyLogic simulation, SRM
Mission and Automation, and credit card optimization.<span style="color:red"> </span>We
surmount these challenges because we collaborate to share our knowledge; because we ask tough, insightful questions; and because we push ourselves to grow and achieve excellence. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">But there are always intractable
issues that cause headaches, and there are opportunities that wither for lack
of time or attention. What are the  issues that our team faces, and how
can we solve them? What are the opportunities that lie before us, and how can
we maximize them? How can we co-create our future to work more seamlessly, to
be more agile and innovative, and to enhance our well-being? What does that
look like, and how can we get there?</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">I invite you to an Open Space in
order to explore these questions. Open Space is a highly participatory process
that has been successfully employed in multiple situations all over the world. Our
Open Space will be via WebEx, so that all team members can participate together
if they want. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">This first gathering will kick off
our Open Space. Here is a schedule:</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">1:00 – 2:00pm ET        Opening</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">2:00 – 3:00pm ET        Session I</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">After the kickoff, we will have a
dedicated Open Space session each month. However, you are welcome to hold
sessions outside of that time slot. It’s really up to you: your passion and
responsibility drives this process.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">I can assure you that by the end of our
Open Space:</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Every issue of concern to anybody
will have been raised, if they took responsibility for doing that.</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">All issues will have received full
discussion, to the extent desired.</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">A full report of issues and
discussions will be in the hands of all participants.</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Action plans will be made and
priorities set.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Hope to see you there!</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">All the best,</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Jake</span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-7515573995066591082gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>________________</div><div><br></div><div>When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems.</div><div> - <a href="http://www.robert-adams.info/" target="_blank">Robert Adams</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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