Present: Jake Yeager, Harold Shinsato, Karen J. Davis, Mark Sheffield, Barry Owens, Myriane Ouellette

Minute of silence
Checkins

Jake Yeager Induction

Harold moved, Mark seconded, that we accept Jake Yeager onto the board after he has been present for 3 consecutive board meetings. All approved. Harold will send the onboarding document to Jake (and Myriane).

Peace & High Performance 2021

When do we make the final decision? Karen will talk to International House to understand when we need to make the decision, or even if the facilties will be available.

OSI-US OST Online Event - Connecting & Collaborating

Looking at the documents tracking who we've spoken with. Good representation from Agile, from 'Matriarchs', and many others. Frances Barello - in order to heal a system - get it to talk to itself more. If we are going - address the issue we raise - if we are going to move forward with a theme and an invitation - it has to speak to all of the different communities we have identified. Based on the feedback we have received - What is In It for Them? For them to participate?

Reaching out to Lucas Cioffi - join with his efforts, QiqoChat.com.

Diane Gibaut says the theme needs to reach everyone else - including non-open spacer's, people who practice it on a once in a while basis. She suggested a theme around thinking together, to be able to leverage the potential of our collaborative methods.

The theme and the invitation will be borne of the planning group. What can we do together that we can't do alone? How can we explore that?

We are inviting diversity - invite each one of these different people or methods together. Around a method? Or working with complex issues? We missed Appreciative Inquiry.

Karen said for the International OD Association, they have a third summit every 5 years apart. Bring people with similar values and practices. From that experience from what we talked about so far, no input about what has worked and not worked. It goes to personal contact.

Mark noticed a theme in several of the comments that resonated with him: the question of what would you like to have happen here. The abstract ideas are there. He asked what would you like to have happen if this event were to be wildly successful?

Myriane said she and Jake spoke about that in their initial conversations. We could essentially bring a group together from different spheres to discover that together for a 100% co-creative process. Really to see can we start exploring. And what she recommends, join a committee together go through Medicine Wheel together.

Jake concurred and offered a question for group around the purpose of the OSI. "Our purpose is to hold space for open space." We start with Open Space - those people have connections to make it even bigger.

A lot of Art of Hosting, everyone thinks they've been in an OST - then they come to OST and it isn't the same as what they came to. We are really using the principles. We are giving it the time. We are setting the stage properly. It educates without - come to one of our events. This is an event we want to share with the community with REAL open space.

This is a good opportunity to experience 'pure' open space. We don't have to be explicit with that. It can just be part of the process. Don't be dogmatic. Jake responded to Mark's point, he doesn't think we have take the feedback to heart - they want to know concretely. Let's just do it to do it - because we know it'll be.

Most people think linearly. We can't sell beyond the linear, even though that is what we are trying to sell. It's being dogmatic, instead find an Issue that all these people resonate with.

Someone said the theme is staring us in the face, we as facilitators are going to be called upon, and we are going to be truly busy post covid 19, figuring out what this is doing to our systems and how we are going to navigate it.

Barry's input: I like and I know what is going to be is pure OST - and everyone gets that. Not understanding, but it's what we deliver. Initial excitement, all the folks different ways of opening space, whatever you call it - don't want to call it methods as that is labeling. One of the real values is all these people do it differently get to get together and learn how they are doing it. and everyone comes away with a different perspective. Just the word Diversity. This isn't any different from different cultures how we are going to emerge from a pandemic. Everyone will have their own perspective based on their beliefs.

Myriane moved that we get a team together. Is everyone on board with this idea? Myriane already has one person at least from AofH to participate. Facilitate a Medicine Wheel tool process.

Moved and passed unanimously to assemble a team from multiple communities to create an Online OST with a committee from multiple facilitation communities.

Karen will explore in the Dispute Resolution Community.

This video shows a valuable conversation about hosting online Open Space events from the Devoted and Disgruntled community: https://youtu.be/_HVyAn7qyNo

Next Meeting

July 21, 2020. 6-7:30pm.

Checked out 7:28pm

Open Space Institute - U.S. Board Meeting

April 21, 2020, 6pm edt
Present: Harold Shinsato, Barry Owen, Mark Sheffield, Kevin O'Brien, Karen Davis
Guest: Jake Yaeger

A couple minutes of silence, then check-ins.

Walked through open projects. Some technical and accounting things that keep a number of items open still, and many are just areas of interest without a concrete closing.

Next meeting - May 19, 6pm EDT.

Open Space Institute Board Meeting 12/17/19

Present: Mark Sheffield, Karen J. Davis, Myriane Ouellette, Harold Shinsato, Suzanne Daigle, Tricia Chirumbole, Kevin O'Brien.

Began a 6pm est with a moment of silence, followed by check-ins. Harold volunteered to be note taker.

Annual Meeting

WOSonOS included in effect our annual meeting.

Canadian Institute

In discussion with Canadian Institute - falling apart in many senses. They don't want to put as much energy as they have been. They're not incorporated or anything. They don't have a whole lot of members. They have someone taking care of their accounting as a part time gig. They're asking Myriane to be a part of the committee. Since Myriane is hoping that WOSonOS 2021 will be in Canada, hoping to use as an opportunity to bring them back together. What would it look like for there to be a North American Institute. They're only worry is the whole bilingualism. They Canadian Institute is traditionally run by the Francophones. Always the french against the English.

Who is expressing interest in a Canadian Institute besides Myriane? Andrey Lalonde. Orla Ortiz. Consultants that work with Diane Gibault. Some of the biggest players in this. All are over 65 and looking to retire. There are others interested in getting involved. Don't know them. David Roy. Myriane will not take a leadership role. Karen is a member of the OSI Canada. She did get a dues announcement. We could invite OSI Canada to attend our calls to invite them in how we can collaborate.

WOSonOS 2019

Really good experience. Just the right people there. The Happiness Event and the Open Space Mastermind projects were moved forward there. Also great to honor Harrison Owen. Sang Happy Birthday in many languages. Very joyous occasion. Not planned. Cherry Hill Park was very welcoming to us. They gave us the run of the house. Lived up to what they promised us and more. The training before the event was wonderful. The post-training, an OpenSpace Agility and Inviting Leadership workshop in One Day also went well. One of the attendees did an online facilitation just the other day and did a fine job.

Peace and High Performance 2020

Peace and High Performance registration is already up to 15. We should have surplus afterwards. Everything is going well with that. Keep the invitations going. There is construction at International House and all the rooms are taken, so we need other options like airbnb.

WOSonOS 2020

The OSI-US will be an inviting sponsor for the 2020 WOSonOS in Berlin, happening in October 2020.

Sales Tax Exemption

This exemption is not necessary for our hosting the Peace and High Performance events. International House only requires the tax exempt letter.

Next Meeting

We agreed we'd meet at some point in person during Opening Space for Peace and High Performance 2020.

OSI-US July Board Meeting Minutes

Present: Barry Owen, Harold Shinsato, Kevin O'Brien, Karen J. Davis
Absent: Tricia Chirumbole, Myriane Ouellette

We began near 6pm EDT with a moment of silence and check-ins. There was a signficant sense of being very busy and overcommitted in all the check-ins. Harold volunteered to be note taker and Barry, Bin Wrangler.

Agile Open SoCal

We are sponsoring the event. Colleen, one of the coordinators for the Agile Open SoCal, showed up at the Global Oasis for Emerging Leaders this past week that was convened by the two trainers we have invited to lead a training before WOSonOS, Anna Carolina Turk and Thomas Herrmann. It seems fortuitous that we are sponsoring the event.

IT Support Load

Harold welcomse volunteers to support him separate from the meeting, and that there are tasks on the website that non technical people could accomplish. Barry Owen said he would contact him.

WOSonOS 2019

Registrations are coming in. We have viral invitations spreading through the Genuine Contact and Agile communities. June 24 was the original deadline that Cherry Hill Park was reserving the premium cabins for WOSonOS attendees, but that was extended to July 23. There will be a Halloween event during WOSonOS, but only for overnight guests.

WOSonOS History Lesson

Harold Shinsato had attended the 8 day Genuine Contact Summer Academy, and learned things about early WOSonOS events from stories from Birgitt Williams as well as having had conversations with Peggy Holman. After the last Washington D.C. OSonOS, Birgitt and a group of women that included Ann Stadler and Peggy had invited first Harrison Owen into the center to hold space for Open Space, then asked him to step back and the Open Space Institutes to step to the center and then step back, and finally for the entire circle to then hold the space. Peggy said this was more significant to Birgitt perhaps than to others, but it is an explicit ingredient in the way Open Space and facilitation in general is taught in the Genuine Contact program. That is, an explicit hand off from the leader or leadership to the community to include them in the process. It was after this that the Open Space on Open Space events started becoming an annual WORLD Open Space on Open Space, and the next year it was in Canada.

Thomas Herrmann was involved in Open Space ongoing groups conversations that proceeded out of the early WOSonOS events. He facilitated several "Global Open Space". Larry Peterson was also involved, as was Karen Davis. We'd like to have a safe space for younger adults. Culturally, the communication style is different.

Barry has personal history working with Genuine Contact. He worked with them for a couple of years. What he sees happening right now, right before WOSonOS, everyoe I mentioned has been posting on LinkedIn. It is gaining attention. Doris Gottlieb is there. Anna Carolina, Thomas, and Doris were all at the 8 day Genuine Contact Summer Academy with Harold.

Next Meetings

The next board meeting will be a WOSonOS focused meeting on Tuesday August 6, 6-7:30pm EDT. And then the next regular board meeting will be at the regular date, August 20, 6-7:30pm EDT.

The meeting adjourned a bit before 7:30pm edt with checkouts that were universal in saying we all felt refreshed.