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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And then there was the time when Michael Pannwitz and I had 2108 participants… And I think we ended up with 175 Groups. We grossly under-estimated (75) – but fortunately you can add groups as many as you need. The People are always right, and they will claim the space they need. Facilitators are only guessing – and then just get out of the way </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lori Palano via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 5, 2019 9:51 AM<br><b>To:</b> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Lori Palano<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSList] number of breakout groups<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Hello all<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>A number of years ago I seem to remember a resource shared on this list that calculated an average number of breakout groups that tended to show up according to the total number of participants based on the cumulated experience of this community. Does this ring a bell with anyone? I think it was an excel sheet. I'd like to find it again, but so far my searching hasn't lead to anything.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Here's hoping!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Lori<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>