Rubin-<br><br>Perhaps the thread below will give you some context?<br><br>In short, we had a group meeting to discuss Consensus as a topic and we expect to have more.� I'd like to let people opt-in to the logistics emails (organizing the date and time of meetings) and any in-depth discussion threads, instead of having those over the entire discuss list.<br>
<br>The requested list isn't intended as a forum for discussion/debate of actual Consensus item.� Perhaps a better name is 'Consensus Hacking' to avoid that sort of confusion?<br><br>jared-<br><br><a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/020953.html">https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/020953.html</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jared Dunne</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jareddunne@gmail.com">jareddunne@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 9:15 PM<br>
Subject: Re: Consensus Hacking Meeting, this Friday, 6pm<br>To: NoiseBridge Discuss <<a href="mailto:Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net">Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a>><br><br><br>Thanks
to everyone that came to the meeting tonight.� We had some good
discussions.� I was able to gain a lot more perspective on the history
of the consensus process at Noisebridge.� I also feel like I have a
better understanding of why Do-acracy is so prolific at NB.� I still
feel like the consensus process is underused, but perhaps feel like
that's not terrible thing.<br>
<br>I didn't facilitate the meeting as actively as I had originally
planned.� It seemed better to let the discussion unfold organically
rather than be to formal, but then we ran out of time.� However, in
hindsight I wish I had jumped in to make sure we did two things.� First,
to consense on plans for any future meetups in this vein. Secondly, to
determine the goals or "points of unity" for future meetups.<br>
<br>The informal consensus at the meeting's end seemed to be that people
were interested in having future meetups, but we didn't discuss things
like frequency or better days/times.<br><br>I've started
non-hierarchical groups before and normally my first point of business
is defining "points of unity".� Informally I advertised this meetup as
being about encouraging education, discussion, and improvement of the
consensus process at Noisebridge.� Should we meet up again, I would like
to see us formally adopt some points of unity so that the group has a
clear direction on what we are trying to accomplish when we meet up.<br>
<br>I have sent a request to <a href="mailto:rack@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">rack@lists.noisebridge.net</a>
to create a "Consensus" mailing list.� Once that is created, I
encourage everyone who came tonight (or wished they could've made it) to
join the list so we can have more in depth discussions which spamming
the general disc list.<br><font color="#888888">
<br>Jared-</font><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Jared Dunne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jareddunne@gmail.com" target="_blank">jareddunne@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Just a reminder that this starts tonight at 6pm in the back classroom (Church).<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Jared Dunne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jareddunne@gmail.com" target="_blank">jareddunne@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">On this Friday at 6pm until 7:30pm in the Church Classroom, we will be<br>
having a meeting to discuss consensus.<br>
<br>
You should come if you are interested in learning more about<br>
consensus, in hearing tips for being a better participant in<br>
consensus, or in improving the use of consensus at Noisebridge.<br>
<br>
I will facilitate the meeting using consensus, and Al will take notes.<br>
�The tentative agenda is to start with quick (2-3 min) talks on our<br>
past experiences using consensus by those who volunteer at beginning<br>
of the meeting. �We'll then move into a free form round table<br>
discussion on consensus in general and as it applies to Noisebridge.<br>
Finally, before we leave we should consense on if we would like to<br>
meet again and when.<br>
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Jared-<br>
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