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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;line-break:after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If I didn’t say it, I could have. Holding Space involves being “totally present and absolutely invisible” – to quote myself from “the book.” Meditation can get you there, or at least it always has for me. Is this right and true? Who knows, but it seems to work.<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'>ho<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>Alan Halford via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 17, 2019 5:09 AM<br><b>To:</b> World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Cc:</b> Alan Halford<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] Why CERTIFICATION makes sense considering this conversation on Mission, Vision Strategy Plans, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have a vague and distant memory of seeing/hearing HO saying or being quoted “ The only training you need for OST is to meditate”<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Not sure whether I imagined it, but it was a decisive reason for me to delve into the world of OST<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>AND it’s still<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>“Issue the invitation, sit in a circle, create an agenda and get to work”<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>WHOO HOO<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Alan<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000FE'>Alan Halford & Associates</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000FE'>Open Space Technology Aficionados<br>Mediation and Conflict Transformation</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000FE'>Facilitators<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FE0000'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FD0000'><a href="http://www.alanhalford.com.au">www.alanhalford.com.au</a></span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FD0000'><a href="http://www.conflictcompany.com.au">www.conflictcompany.com.au</a> <br>0421 475 252<br>skype: alanhalford</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 17 Aug 2019, at 4:59 pm, R Chaffe via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>So does teaching! <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Rob<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 17 Aug 2019, at 4:47 pm, paul levy via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I'd never certify OST. Only takes one minute to explain, or one second to discover.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Paul Levy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Paul Levy<br>Writer, facilitator, conversifier and collusion breaker<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>O<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>