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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/19/2013 12:04 PM, jim wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap=""> My take was to have faith in others and don't try to fix problems--
let the group dynamics take their courses and hope for the best
(and get active with respect to things that impinge directly).
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Jim, i have not found anything in the archive supporting "have faith
in others" or "hope for the best". But you're correct about not
fixing problems before they happen. Here's a post from Mitch, 2008:<br>
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finding an organizational structure that meets this balance:
making it as likely as possible that the organization moves forward smoothly into the future,
while not trying to solve too many possible awful problems that may arise in some dystopian future."
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As a designer, I believe the simplest, most uncomplicated system is
BEST. So, I applaud Mitch for that. Mitch is by the way an
impeccable, professional designer. <br>
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I also found some interesting quotes from Jim, 2008:<br>
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<pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"> i raised the topic of having a financial policy. two members asked that i do create one. so i took on the job
...policies should not include specific implementation details (e.g. The statement "NoiseBridge will have a checking account and maintain a CD ladder."
i am currently unemployed and have been for months; i like it that way, but money is tight.
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it looks like you've erased everything </i><i>i'd originally written. </i>
Jacob Appelbaum wrote:
<i>It's been rewritten to be what has been discussed and largely agreed </i><i>upon to death in (endless) meetings.
</i><i>while I'm totally happy with you making suggestions, </i><i>I </i><i>understand that you've been to just a single meeting.
</i> Jim wrote:
i joined the mailing list august 4 and went to one meeting (at muddy waters) since.
<a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2008-October/000973.html">https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2008-October/000973.html</a>
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There too, one gets a sense of a desire to keep things simple. <br>
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A simpler foundation requires something noisebridge lacks:
structural adaptability. The ability to easily and quickly
self-correct (eg, if a process or procedure is failing to achieve
it's intended function, it can self-improve as needed, not
as-"approved"). <br>
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Doacracy was maybe an attempt to give us that: "Don't ask
permission". Which is great, but basically individualistic. Doacracy
does not produce "all of us as a group agree to follow an equipment
donation-process." It doesn't produce community-wide teamwork. <br>
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Software can write highly planned, designed software which never
changes, where the designers look ahead and try to predict various
risks. This has strengths and weaknesses. Vs self-correcting,
self-modifying code, inelligent code, which starts out completely
formless. Also has strengths and weaknesses. <br>
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Noisebridge could use some of both. Problem is, some Noisebridgers
want neither. They want structural nihilism; they equate
organization, agreed community standards, structure, procedure, and
process with Fascism or bullyism. Personally, I really do NOT see
what structural nihilism has to do with hacking. Strucural nihilism
seems like the OPPOSITE of hacking.<br>
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Might be partly due to concerns about surveillance. The Sun Tzu "be
formless" thing. <br>
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