<div dir="ltr">I am PRO this idea.�<div><br></div><div>This is the last post from me for 2months.�</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 February 2014 02:03, Praveen Sinha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmhomee@gmail.com" target="_blank">dmhomee@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I just got back from my second consensus night this month. �I go intermittently since the near start of the physical space, and these last few times have been really challenging. �People are at odds with each other in whole new and unique and diverse ways. �With that, I've been thinking of some new practices we could incorporate:<div>
<br></div><div>1) <b>We actually need to make it even more theatrical.</b> �I suggest that we have beginning and intermediate and end interludes where everyone just becomes comically theatrical. �People can act out as Viking warlords and take out their frustrations on each other. �People can recite/sing/ a mini opera. �We can have a Lady Ada drag queen and a Richard Stallman drag king. �Who the hell knows. �Let's blow some of our budget on ouchy the clown [1] �or one of the other dozen clown dom moderators living in this city if they haven't been gentrified out already. �</div>
<div><b>I know this sounds completely insane. �But hear me out</b>, there's logic behind it. �a) it will be fun in a completely insane way which will b) make people a little bit more in a good mood and take things a little less seriously �and c) MOST importantly! �Such injections of random noise will make people more playful and thus more creative and think out of the box more! �There's even a name for it, it's called jittering, and it's used often in machine learning and the source of the name of noisebridge [2]. �Wouldn't that be AWESOME [3] to have at consensus meeting? ��</div>
<div>2) Listen. �One of our primary goals as a culture in a space should be to increase people's engagement. �One source of both disengagement and drama is BURNOUT. �Studies have shown that burnout is caused by LACK OF RECOGNITION/GRATITUDE. �In fact, frequent recognition, especially that which is reward and not outcome based [4]. �To address this,<b> I suggest that we start a culture of recognition by having a modification of the hippie/buddhist/therapist "tunnel of love"</b>. �In this, we go around all giving each other what we are thankful for in each other -- and if you don't know the person, you can give a compliment. �Over time, such a thing would reduce burnout in core members. �We can start with building it into the weekly introductions. �</div>
<div><br></div><div>Yes, I know that other spaces will make fun of noisebridge. �Well, to that I say, fuck 'em if they can't take a joke [5]! �No but seriously. �No other space out there would be capable of this. �</div>
<div><br></div><div>I appreciate any feedback and look forward to refining our stake in better futures. �</div><div><br></div><div>With love and hugs,</div><div>praveen</div><div><br></div><div>[1]�<a href="http://www.ouchytheclown.com/meet.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.ouchytheclown.com/meet.shtml</a></div>
<div>[2] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitter" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitter</a> �I bet a lot of you don't really know what a Noisebridge IS even though you come here all the time! �A noisebridge and it's applications is truly fascinating: �the idea is using randomess as a diagnostic/repair tools and it works in circuits, machine learning, and physical neural brains like yours! �Ask around if you want to get a better understanding!</div>
<div>[3] I can't say "awesome" without a plug for the awesome foundation �<a href="http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/sf" target="_blank">http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/sf</a></div><div>
[4]�<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23055916" target="_blank">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23055916</a><br>
[5]�<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius</a></div></div>
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