[Noisebridge-discuss] Practical Politics

[jim]

    if friday evenings, then as early as possible is 
probably better for me. 


On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 12:52 -0800, Rachel McConnell 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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