[Noisebridge-discuss] Practical Politics

Praveen Sinha dmhomee at gmail.com
Mon Feb 7 08:02:26 UTC 2011


Cool that works for me, hope to see you guys there!

On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Jared Dunne <jareddunne at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All-
>
> So shall we aim to have the Consensus Hacking meetup on this Friday at
> 6pm until 7:30?
>
> I'd like to set a date/time before Tuesday so it can be announced at
> the Tuesday Weekly Meeting and such...
>
> Jared-
>
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:28 PM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
> >
> >    i've got a thing at noisebridge fridays from
> > 12:30 to 6 PM. i can probably take time away from
> > it. immediately after 6 also could work okay for
> > me, usually.
> > jim
> > 415 823 4590 my cellphone, call anytime
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 13:33 -0800, Jared Dunne wrote:
> >> 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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