[CRNMC] Fwd: Very important changes, dates for next large group face to face

[she-la]

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. 
 Thanks for your coordinating efforts.
 Sheila Dawn

dougmck at mcn.org wrote:

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>Subject: Very important changes, dates for next large group face to
>face
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> Hello to all,
>
>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.
>
>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. 
>
>
>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 (i.e.
>"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.
>
>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.
>
>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. 
>
>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.
>
>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 
>
>We are also looking for someone interested in web design.  
>
>Doug McKenty
>Point Person
>Social Media Committee
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