[CRNMC] Facebook page

agnes at mcn.org agnes at mcn.org
Thu May 29 09:35:00 PDT 2014 

Yeah! Thanks ,Doug and Peter!

Agnes


>  OK,
> After emailing Peter, who is now opening lines of communication with
> me, and after speaking extensively with Tim and Caitlin, I have come
> to the conclusion that most of the issues created with the website
> and the Facebook page stem from three situations.  First, the recent
> departure of the "chair" of the point committee caused a lack of
> communication by the core group.  I was basically waiting for the
> email telling me when the next teleconference was going to be when I
> realized that no one was organizing the teleconferences anymore.
>  This led to a period of about two weeks when I don't think anybody
> really knew what work was getting done.  That is when I called
> Caitlin to find out what was going on and antics ensued.  
> Two, our process committee has failed to resolve an internal conflict
> that is causing some confusion.  Tim and I discussed it this way.
>  Some of us emphasize getting the work done.  Some of us emphasize
> our process for getting the work done.  ie in a transparent,
> democratic way that reflect the feelings of a group, operating in
> consensus etc.  I believe we need both of these kinds of people in
> order to be truly successful at what we are trying to do.  The
> process is important.  We are involved in a social experiment to
> find out if cooperative action can succeed and create political
> change.  Nonetheless, we can all do without that third hour of
> discussion about the complexities of the consensus process when
> signatures have to be signed.  Our group is never going to be very
> centrally controlled so sometimes people just need to make a decision
> and get the work done.  These two groups need to learn how to get
> along.  Charles Cresson Wood has resigned from the process committee
> and I get the impression he did not believe it was functioning very
> well  Why?  We need to create a process that actually results in
> conflict resolution. 
> Three, we need to figure out a way to integrate Peter Norris into the
> group.  I must say that I only joined the Social Media team because
> no one else did.  Tim gradually, and thankfully, took over the list
> serve responsibilities and I have always tried to recruit Peter onto
> the team, the first thing I did was check out the CROW page and that
> is when I realized how much more Peter knew about Facebook than I
> did.  Personally, I have never been attached to the point person
> position and I think Peter should be part of the core group as he
> does do a lot of work, is well connected and basically brought the
> whole thing up here in the first place.  I would like to have more
> time to create media content for CRNMC.  Despite my best attempts, I
> have found it difficult to find a place for Peter to fit within the
> "organic whole" that many of us spoke of at the first meeting in Ft.
> Bragg, but hope we can resolve this during the point committee
> teleconference scheduled for later this week.
> We are involved in the sometimes difficult task of working in
> community and I apologize to Peter for may over reaction yesterday.
>  Peter and I have established better personal communication and it
> is my feeling the situation will be resolved shortly.
> Doug
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "karinajoy"
> To:"Community Rights Network"
> Cc:
> Sent:Tue, 27 May 2014 21:30:52 -0700
> Subject:Re: [CRNMC] Facebook page
>
>  Thank you Caitlin, for diffusing a potential upset.
> I don't believe this is anything but lack of communication. I knew
> Peter was working on the website because no one else was doing it. I
> didn't know that Tim was doing it as well, as he'd told everyone he
> wasn't going to.  Neither communicated clearly to the whole group
> that they were taking it on. I wouldn't read too much more into it.
> Karina
>
> On May 27, 2014, at 9:12 PM, Caitlin Alexander wrote:
>
> Doug asked Peter for help with the Facebook page - I only relayed the
> message from Doug, it was not a request from me.
>
> Peter sent Doug an email explaining the reasons why a new page needed
> to be created - people couldn't post directly to the old page and
> there were other restrictions caused by the way it had been built.
> Peter fixed all the restrictions the only way possible, by building a
> new page. He did this only after letting Doug know what he needed to
> do - Doug did not get the email from Peter due to connectivity issues
> on Doug's end.
>
> When there was no website and none seemed to be on the horizon, at
> least not in a timely fashion, Peter built one at my urging - it was
> completed at the same time Tim completed his - this was not "done" to
> Tim - it was simply lack of communication all around - like having
> connectivity problems.
>
> The group process has been in a disarrayed, mockery state not due to
> Peter. People are busy, with full-time jobs, etc., and actions are
> moving forward in many areas outside of committee input. Several
> radio interviews went forward with no notification or involvement
> with the Social Media or Media Committees - people are taking it upon
> themselves to do what they see needs to be done in several areas - not
> just Peter. While frustrating this is not all bad, the results have
> been great with fabulous radio interviews, a website and a Facebook
> page emerging.
>
> Yes, communication could be better all around and I think this is the
> area we are most challenged by.
>
> Best,
> Caitlin
>
> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 7:53 PM,  wrote:
>
>  I wanted to let you all know that the social media team had nothing
> to do with the replacement of the Facebook page.  Though I have
> asked Peter Norris for help with it for months, he consistently
> refused until last night, when Caitlin asked him again of he would
> help.  After not understanding my administration methods, he
> unilaterally took it upon himself to make another.  
> He did the same thing to Tim Rice last week over the web page  We
> had both asked him with help on this, which he consistently denied.
> The last time was literally days before Tim decided to make one
> without his help.  As soon as Tim was finished, Peter revealed his
> web sight, a sight whose domain name and expense had not been
> discussed in any way by committee and an unnecessary expense
> considering he would have been welcome to use the domain name already
> agreed upon (and paid for) for his project if he had accepted Tim's
> offer of days before.  
> Peter Norris is making a mockery of our group process, confusing a
> lot of people as to which web page or FB page should be printed on
> what, and all this days before the Gasland II launch.  The social
> media and media committees reached out to him, and he refused to work
> with us in any capacity.  If the committee system is no longer
> working, lets discuss other options.  If the committee system is
> still the way we are doing business, lets please require all members
> of the group to conform to the process so as not to waste any of our
> volunteer time.
> I have realized that there has been a communication breakdown since
> Kelly Larson left as our tentative "leader."  We desperately need to
> reorganize the point committee to ensure that jobs are getting done as
> quickly as the community will allow so that no one wastes more time
> and money, yet we all remain working together and on the same page.
>  Caitlin has taken the lead on organization but is feeling the
> pressure and needs help.  We will organize a point committee
> conference call to discuss these issues and decide on the next step.
> Doug McKenty
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