<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">G’day from Downunder again</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To express my appreciation for
the responses </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">received to my missive of 13 April 1919 about this topic.
They were all offline. Mainly from people who know me personally from our
meetings during times and places since my being an <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org">OST </a>facilitator, starting
in 1994.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Including this: </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">“Great
idea Alan. I look forward to hearing what response you get. I am so ‘over’ the
alternatives (commonly called ‘summits’ or ‘round tables’ (which might be
‘round’ in name only), where the regular suspects talk ‘at’ each other.</span></p>
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Space, open invitation, is really the way to go with such a complex question.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">And
who have offered sage suggestions, such as:</span></p>
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all references to myself and how I came up with the idea. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Instead
state clearly in as few words as possible, viz 'the juicy' parts about:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">What
do I suggest?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">What
could the proposed action possibly achieve? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">What
will be the details?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">One responder wonders if the way of using OST I am suggesting could only be done at a
national government level; a fair query, in my opinion. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nonetheless what I will go ahead in proposing is to have an OST
based gathering with the backing of a State’s ‘Climate Body’. In this instance
South Australia.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Together with the local organizers of ‘School
Strikers’ as the 'auspicers' to invite representatives of some main 'constituents' to participate in a 2.5 day OST event I the manner I had outlined earlier. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">And so I will go ahead with the basic initiative as spelled in my note to our List of a few days ago. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px">On the premise that ‘whatever happens …’ <smile></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">To be despatched shortly after the forthcoming Easter weekend. </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Before doing this I would ask you again: Do you have any thoughts on my proposed way of using OST which you reckon could strengthen the likelihood of its being acted upon?</b><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Looking forward.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Papyrus;color:rgb(51,51,255)">Al </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Al (formerly Alan) Stewart, PhD<br>
Process Artist <br>
Facilitator of conversations that matter and participatory fun</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:12.65pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Senior Fulbright Scholar</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Blog: <a href="http://www.conversare.net/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">www.conversare.net</a><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="color:blue"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"></span><br>
</span>Member: <a href="http://asc-cybernetics.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">American
Society for Cybernetics</a></p>
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Makers Union</span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:12.65pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;color:black">Residence:
Adelaide, South Australia, since 1975 <br>
With time away in the USA (1981) and Hong Kong <a href="tel:(2005-2011" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">(2005-2011</span></a>) </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><img src="http://www.multimindsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/logo1.png" height="41" width="200" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;color:black">"Whenever we treat each other well good things
happen."</span></b><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;color:black">
<i>Al Stewart</i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font style="" face="times new roman, serif"><b style=""><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">“Be
yourself. And be it well”</span></b><b style=""><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></font><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">PS You may also be </span>inspired – and alarmed – by the recent contribution from Bill McKibben to this most vital concern of our times. See his new book entitled <b style="">Falter</b> <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/15/falter_in_new_book_bill_mckibben" style="">here</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/books/review/bill-mckibben-falter.amp.html" style="">here</a>. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font style="" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></font></p>
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