<div dir="auto"><div>Thanks Harold for digging into the topic and sharing your assessment!<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My other topic is below. </div><div dir="auto"><blockquote style="font-family:sans-serif"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">2.</div><div dir="auto">Will others join me to research any eligible university faculty or faculty emeritus who might be willing to submit a Peace Prize nomination? </div></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">I have begun to sketch a draft list including some folks who are on this listserv. And also including old friends in the OS world who might be eligible - tho have not contacted these folks yet. Dr. John D. Adams, Dr. Antonio Nunez came to mind recently.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Other topics can of course be placed on the wall that Barry invoked for us!</span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div>Warmly</div><div dir="auto">Jeff<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 8:21 AM Harold Shinsato 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>
Hi Jeff,<br>
<br>
I'm going meta here. Let's look at the nomination process:
<a href="https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/Nomination" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/Nomination</a><br>
<br>
It says nominations must be submitted by <b>January 31</b>. "In
order for a nomination to be valid, it must be submitted no later
than January 31." So we are preparing for the 2022 nomination
process at this point.<br>
<br>
Let's look at who can nominate:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/Nomination/Criteria-for-nominators" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/Nomination/Criteria-for-nominators</a><br>
<br>
The relevant clause is here (emphasis added):<br>
<br>
University professors, professors emeriti and associate professors
of <b>history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and
religion</b>; university rectors and university directors (or
their equivalents); directors of peace research institutes and
foreign policy institutes<br>
<br>
The Open Space Institute - U.S. isn't allowed to nominate exactly,
it would be it's director. OSI-US has never had a "director". That
typically is a paid position. We could probably work around that
issue, maybe, but let's say we could. What is a "Peace Research
Institute"? I can't find a definition anywhere, but there are
numerous organizations with "Peace Research Institute" in their
name. Like the "Stockholm International Peace Research Institute".<br>
<br>
I just don't think the OSI-US can morph itself into an entity that
would qualify us as a nominator. It is likely to get our nomination
disqualified. Our best bet is to find a Professor, Professor
Emeriti, or Associate Professor in the relevant subjects.<br>
<br>
Harold<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>On 2/12/21 3:29 PM, Jeff Aitken via
OSList wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="auto">Ok! My name is Jeff and I have two topics:
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">1.</div>
<div dir="auto">Will the OSI-US consider discovering if they can
be a Peace Institute under the definition in the Nobel
guidelines, in order to be eligible and to submit a Peace
Prize nomination? </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">2.</div>
<div dir="auto">Will others join me to research any eligible
university faculty or faculty emeritus who might be willing to
submit a Peace Prize nomination? </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Warmly,</div>
<div dir="auto">Jeff</div>
<div dir="auto"><a href="mailto:Rjeffaitken@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Rjeffaitken@gmail.com</a></div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Telegraph Hill, San Francisco</div>
<div dir="auto">Ramaytush Ohlone ancestral territory</div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 1:55 PM
Barry Owen via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">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 dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">Hello Mark!
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Jeff and I connected today about this today, and we
are definitely interested in moving this forward.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I would like to pose a question - A theme:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>By all means, feel free to edit the theme if you feel
so moved </div>
<div><b><br>
</b></div>
<div><b>How will we appropriately Honor the significance
of the impact on all beings through Harrison Owen's
discovery and dissemination of Open Space Technology?</b></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize seems to be a
good start. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>All 8 Billion of us are hereby invited to join us to
explore issues and opportunities relating to this
important and complex theme. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>For sure, our participants will be a wildly diverse
group and potential for conflict runs with the
territory, - we know that resolving to succeed with this
nomination will be a HUGE leap towards Harrison Owen's
realization of his lifelong work of bringing all 8
Billion of us into useful conversation. </div>
<div>We know that this is possible because we know that
it matters not how MANY people join this gathering , , ,
It's WHO comes. All the right people will Show up and be
fully present.</div>
<div>NOW is the right time for this . . . Right HERE
wherever we are . . . and whatever happens will be the
only thing that could have . . . And we might just break
the 5th principal, because, with success comes a
universal conversation which we know will never be over.
Bumblebees, Butterflies, and the law of 2 feet . . . and
our only expectation is that we'll be surprised.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Let's get to work - We've got @ 8 months to submit
this nomination</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>PS . . . I don't have a "Plan B"</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>b</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>So . . . State your name - Title your topic - and add
it to the Bulletin Board . . . The marketplace is now
open</div>
<div> </div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at
3:02 PM Mark Carmel via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto">
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto"> How is that for a little poetry for
you? It was amazing to me that I had the lightning
bolt of this idea and shared it with you all only to
Learn from Jeff Aitken, it was within minutes of the
deadline for the previous cycle. I would like to
sincerely thank everyone who replied positively. I
love the suggestion from Jeff and Romy that perhaps
we could transform ourselves into a peace institute
or to rely on professors to submit the nomination
for us next year ... Of course this is not my party
and I'm not in charge. (Darn it, LOL...). </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">If the World Could Only See,</div>
<div dir="auto">That Open Space Technology IS the way
to BE,</div>
<div dir="auto">Then all the World's Women and all the
worlds Men,</div>
<div dir="auto">Will Live Peacefully Together again</div>
<div dir="auto"> And be Happy all the way till THE
END.</div>
</div>
_______________________________________________-- <br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<div dir="ltr"></div>
</div>
<br>
</blockquote>
</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
<div>-- <br>
Harold Shinsato<br>
<a href="mailto:harold@shinsato.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">harold@shinsato.com</a><br>
<a href="https://shinsato.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://shinsato.com</a>
</div>
</div>
_______________________________________________<br>
OSList mailing list<br>
To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>
To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>
To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br>
<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><br>
Past archives can be viewed here: <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a></blockquote></div></div></div>