[Noisebridge-discuss] Practical Politics

[Rachel McConnell]

What would people think of a Friday evening instead?  I try to go to Ace
Monster Toys' meeting on Thursdays (in the East Bay).  I could also make
a weekend time, except Sunday evening.

Rachel

Jared Dunne wrote:
> I think there is sufficient interest in organizing a Consensus
> discussion.  Let's proceed.
> 
> When would be good to hold it?  Would next Thursday evening sometime
> work?  My thinking being: Mon-Wed evenings are so busy at NB.  If we
> hold it next week, we can announce it at the general meeting to get
> more people into the discussion.
> 
> Let me know when would be ideal for you...
> 
> Jared-
> 
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:
>> 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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