[Noisebridge-discuss] Practical Politics

[Jared Dunne]

I can do a Friday evening, earlier the better IMHO.  Weekends are
normally very socially busy but I can make time if that's the only
time that we can all meet, if so afternoons would be best.

jared-

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:
> 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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