{"id":2778,"date":"2010-06-03T23:50:57","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T07:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2010-06-03T23:50:57","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T07:50:57","slug":"the-slips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/the-slips\/","title":{"rendered":"The Slips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The slips by Chris Corrigan, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chriscorrigan\/4668071539\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1282\/4668071539_18e0c7b61c.jpg?resize=500%2C257\" alt=\"The slips\" width=\"500\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been trolling through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.showmethechange.net.au\/\">Geoff&#8217;s harvest of our Open Space conference last month<\/a> in Melbourne and just enjoying the memory of working with friends.  \u00a0Our friend and conference cartoonist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abwac.org.au\/?page=121&amp;id=75\">Simon Kneebone<\/a> drew our hosting team.  \u00a0We call ourselves The Slips.  \u00a0The term is from the cricket world and has two purposes.  \u00a0First it signals that this is an all-Commonwealth team, which is lovely, and second, it&#8217;s a large cordon and nothing gets past us.  \u00a0From right to left, our members are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pattillo.co.nz\/anne_pattillo.php\">Anne Pattillo<\/a> from New Zealand who is our wicket keeper, Aussie <a href=\"http:\/\/vivmcwaters.com.au\/\">Viv McWaters<\/a> at first slip, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnniemoore.com\/blog\/\">Johnnie Moore<\/a> from the UK at second slip, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yesandspace.com.au\/\">Geoff Brown<\/a> also from Australia at third and me on the end, occasionally moving out to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cricket_field_positions\">gully or silly point<\/a> when needed.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate I love this drawing.  \u00a0It bring back some lovely memories and has me salivating when we join together again in Amsertdam in September for the <a href=\"http:\/\/appliedimprov.ning.com\/\">Applied Improv Network Conference<\/a> where we will play together mostly and probably end up opening space again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been trolling through Geoff&#8217;s harvest of our Open Space conference last month in Melbourne and just enjoying the memory of working with friends. \u00a0Our friend and conference cartoonist Simon Kneebone drew our hosting team. \u00a0We call ourselves The Slips. \u00a0The term is from the cricket world and has two purposes. \u00a0First it signals that this is an all-Commonwealth team, which is lovely, and second, it&#8217;s a large cordon and nothing gets past us. \u00a0From right to left, our members are Anne Pattillo from New Zealand who is our wicket keeper, Aussie Viv McWaters at first slip, Johnnie Moore from 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