<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Alan,<div>Peter Sandman would say that until the hazard and outrage are balanced in the community of concern dialogue is not really possible. The issue at the moment may be summarised as the hazard associated with climate change is academic to the majority of the community, in particular the right wing of the community denying the scientific evidence. Even science itself. Ie No hazard, no outrage therefore no issue. </div><div><br></div><div>The answer to your core question is that Open Space is perhaps the only way to address such a complex and systematic issue. Open Space technology is one of the better tools to use to create situations where dialogue may be achieved and where the classic adversarial situation minimised or avoided.</div><div><br></div><div>The irony is that opening the space would be an ideal way of getting the community to the point that they are ready to work seriously on this major issue.</div><div><br></div><div>I have used Open Space technology very effectively to explore our preparedness for climate change and the massive investment required in infrastructure to facilitate innovation and adaption. It has taken 12 years, far too slow but this is the current reality.</div><div><br></div><div>It is again time to try and try again.<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Regards<div>Rob</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 16 Apr 2019, at 7:05 pm, Alan Stewart via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Open
Space, open invitation, is really the way to go with such a complex question.”</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"> </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">And
who have offered sage suggestions, such as:</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">Delete
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>
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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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