[CRNMC] List Serve

[Baile Oakes]

Dear Caitlin, 

What has been posted to our list serve that does not pertain to the intent of our network ?

Possible we need to define "the intent of our network."

always with love,

baile




On Jul 7, 2014, at 6:44 AM, Caitlin Alexander wrote:

> 
> 
> It was a request that posting to the CRNMC list serve have to do with CRNMC 
> 
> It was not an authoritarian command.
> 
> When I say "we" - "we" all created CRNMC for CRNMC information and coordination.
> 
> I personally get tons of emails from all my various interests and sometimes have to 
> unsubscribe from certain sites because it is just too much.
> 
> It is not an unreasonable request that this list serve be focused so that people are not getting information
> they are not interested in.
> 
> Those with other interests have many, many outlets around the web.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Caitlin
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 11:47 PM, Tim Rice <tim at multitalents.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Caitlin, all,
> 
> On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, Caitlin Alexander wrote:
> 
> > Many members of CRNMC are involved in supporting many groups, movements and
> > various politicians. In order to keep our focus on this list serve to
> > passing our ordinance in November, and to minimize the number of emails
> > sent to people we have asked that postings be specific to Fracking news,
>                  ^^
> I am wondering who the "we" is?
> 
> > news of other CELDF supported ordinances around the country and "get the
> > vote out" organizing for this ordinance. Otherwise, we would have many,
> > many postings not directly relevant to this political campaign and we would
> > be both diffused in our focus and inundated with information some of us may
> > not be interested in.
> 
> Thanks for your opinion Caitlin. A good starting point for a listserve
> use recommendation.
> 
> I think there are a few subjects missing. After all, CRNMC stands for
> Community Rights Network of Mendocino County. So I would think that the
> Community Rights part and the Network part would be big part of what is on
> this list.
> 
> Personally I don't much care about fracking news unless it's another
> community rights based ordinance but I understand that since our ordinance
> deals with fracking that others may be interested in fracking news. What
> interests me more is the Community and Network parts of our Community
> Rights Network.
> 
> Now I'm basing my opinions on the assumption that Albert Einstein was right when he
> said something along the lines of you can't fix a problem with the same
> thinking that created the problem. So I strongly suspect that most
> important part of our Community Rights Network is to examine the colonized
> thinking that got us into this mess where we need a community rights
> ordinance and changing our thinking. And more importantly, modeling how we
> want the world to be within our organization. I'm reasonably certain
> that our society's default hierarchal/dominator/power consolidating model
> will not get us out of this mess. And therefore we would be wise to be
> diligent in not letting our organization slip into those default models.
> 
> Looking back at the meting in Fort Bragg where our name was selected, I
> marvel at the wisdom of the group. Our name really points the way for us.
> There is the Community part which implies that it is a collaborative
> endeavor, the Rights part that speaks to our fundamental unalienable right
> to govern ourselves, and the Network part that implies a number of
> autonomous and interdependent/interconnected communities. So I would
> think that subjects around how we take back our personal power, how
> we collaborate as autonomous individuals, and how the various
> collaborative groups network would be worthy of this list.
> 
> It seems likely that others will point out important subjects that I
> have not thought of.
> 
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > -Caitlin
> >
> 
> --
> Tim Rice                                Multitalents    (707) 456-1146
> tim at multitalents.net
> 
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