The Sunday, August 17 the date works for me. Occupy Mendocino meets on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays of the month for future reference. The16th conflicts with our schedule. <br> Thanks for your coordinating efforts.<br> Sheila Dawn<br><br>dougmck@mcn.org wrote:<br><br><br /><br /><br /><br />
----- Original Message -----<br /><div class="replyForwardedMainHeader"><div class="replyForwardedMessageHeaders">From:</div> "" <dougmck@mcn.org></div><br /><div class="replyForwardedMessageHeaders">To:</div> crn@lists.mnn.org<br /><div class="replyForwardedMessageHeaders">Cc:</div> <br /><div class="replyForwardedMessageHeaders">Sent:</div> Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:59:10 -0700<br /><div class="replyForwardedMessageHeaders">Subject:</div> Very important changes, dates for next large group face to face<br /><br />
Hello to all,<br /><br />Sorry that I have not been participating in this list serve of late. I have been working from a mobile device and the interface has been frustrating. I have purchased a new laptop and it appears the problem is solved.<br /><br />Honestly, I have not been willing to dedicate myself to all of this completely as the personal problems and the difficulty with communication made me wonder if the volunteer time is worth the effort. Unfortunately, it has been my experience that any attempt to form a community based on consensus is an extremely difficult task as it only takes on person, one "control freak," that will work outside of the system believing they work for the benefit of the group but actually subconsciously sabotaging the consensus process. <br /><br />In recent weeks, it has become apparent to me that our system of consensus is not functioning very well and must be revisited if we are to continue forward as a group. In order to proceed we must reorganize our Committee system and fine tune the list serve so members of the CRNMC can participate at whatever level they choose. If accomplished, a member could only participate in their sub-group and only receive emails related to the workings of that group (ie. "lets meet at Frank's on Friday to make posters"). If any member chooses to be more involved, they could also receive emails from the general discussion forum and other sub groupings that may evolve in the future. Each subgroup could have a "point person" that would also be included in the "point person group" and on up the chain until a representative of the group sat on the "Central Hub Committee." Members could also start discussion groups about specific topics, including the organization of the network, should they choose, and any member can choose which discussion they would like to participate in. This would reduce email traffic for everyone and anyone can chose their level of participation in he on going conversation.<br /><br />Tim Rice is working on this idea and developing a prototype that could be employed via our website. The "general discussion" could also be set up as a blog on the web site so members who wanted to participate could do so via the website and not receive email at all.<br /><br />The current "core team" is meeting this afternoon to discuss all of this, however, it has become apparent to most of us that we need another large group meeting to discuss all of this face to face. This meeting must be better organized than the last so all of those interested can come. We need everyone who is still interested to try and make it as we will be making critical decisions that will effect the work of the group for some time to come. <br /><br />I am also currently feeling that focusing on a single issue may not be the best approach. I think we should be coordinating with all the social activists in the county (public bank, occupy ect.) as many of us are already involved in other things and I see no reason why different groups should compete with our limited resources to get this work done. For example, our last meeting conflicted with a Public Bank meeting and several people did not come. Isn't it the function of the CRN to coordinate all these actions so we can all work more effectively together? I think this is worthy of discussion.<br /><br />Meg has offered up Aug. 16 or 17 as possibilities. We need to nail this down so we can begin to promote the date and time. Any feedback would be helpful. <br /><br />We are also looking for someone interested in web design. <br /><br /><br />Doug McKenty<br />Point Person<br />Social Media Committee<br /><br />