[Noisebridge-discuss] Practical Politics

Rachel McConnell rachel at xtreme.com
Wed Feb 2 18:37:12 UTC 2011


I'd love to come to a discussion group on the consensus process.  Please
facilitate this.

Rachel

Jared Dunne wrote:
> Is anyone else interested in something like what Shannon proposed?
> 
>>> I'd still like to do a seminar-style class-thing on Consensus process; I'm
>>> imagining it as a set of lightning talks interspersed with Q&A and
>>> Discussion periods.  Anybody have experience with consensus process outside
>>> of Noisebridge who is willing to give a five-minute "how we did it at X"
>>> talk?  Anybody want to try giving the five-minute "how Noisebridge works"
>>> talk?  (I think we should have at least three of the "How Noisebridge Works"
>>> talks from three people with different perspectives...)
> 
> I'd really like to see something happen even if its simply an informal
> discussion about Consensus at Noisebridge past, present, future.  It
> would be nice to get together everyone who wants to do some Consensus
> Hacking to chat it out in more depth.
> 
> I'd be happy to organize or facilitate something if there is
> sufficient interest.
> 
> j-
> 
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Jared Dunne <jareddunne at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Shannon-
>>
>> I like this idea.  I've used Consensus before in some anti-war groups.
>>  I'd be happy to talk briefly about that experience.
>>
>> I'm all for Autonomous action (do-acracy as NB calls it), but when
>> using consensus to work together we can do more than we can acting
>> autonomously as individuals.  It's strange that consensus seems to be
>> feared and avoided at NB.  I'm newish here so hearing someone give a
>> talk on NB's experience with Consensus would be great to understand
>> more about why that's the case.
>>
>> Depending on when you schedule this... and if I can get a chance to
>> re-read that handbook I donated...  I could give an overview of some
>> of the key insights it adds to the discussion.
>>
>> Jared-
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
>>> To resurrect an old thread with new information, Jared bought us a copy of
>>> "Consensus: A New Handbook for Grassroots Social, Political, and
>>> Environmental Groups" by Peter Gelderloos
>>> https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-January/020237.html
>>>
>>> I'd still like to do a seminar-style class-thing on Consensus process; I'm
>>> imagining it as a set of lightning talks interspersed with Q&A and
>>> Discussion periods.  Anybody have experience with consensus process outside
>>> of Noisebridge who is willing to give a five-minute "how we did it at X"
>>> talk?  Anybody want to try giving the five-minute "how Noisebridge works"
>>> talk?  (I think we should have at least three of the "How Noisebridge Works"
>>> talks from three people with different perspectives...)
>>> --S
>>> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I realized in watching the last couple of threads that there are people
>>>> here who know a *lot* about running anarchist and consensus organizations.
>>>> Would any of you be willing to put together a reading list, or possibly
>>>> hold a symposium of some sort, on how this stuff works, and how it's
>>>> supposed to work?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> --S
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Shannon Lee
>>>> (503) 539-3700
>>>>
>>>> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Shannon Lee
>>> (503) 539-3700
>>>
>>> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
>>>
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