I am working on a proposal for a C-BOG (community build-out group, (hyphen added for awesomeness when saying out loud)) In neo-synhak fashion I'm trying to talk with groups of people individually before making a proposal that someone would go as far as to block. As with the last one I researched (laptop-gate era), I'm willing to drop if it will start a civil war.
I feel most of our drama comes from too many cooks in the kitchen; the sooner many of us can feel like they can do their own projects again without feeling selfish if they are at the space and not working on infrastructure, the better. It has breed entitlement, countless disagreements on how things "must" be done, and the worst: fights on who the space owes more. (hint: the answer should be nobody, ever.) The idea of the proposal is to create a separate and temporary standard forman/project-lead/helper organizational structure of volunteers working towards a build-out goal consensed by the membership, funded by a cash-on-card budget (in the area of $2-4k). The treasurer would be instrumental in this process. In my head, this is little more than walls, details, and purchasing of tools so many members who have walked away (during this struggle) have de-donated. Other than the piles of stuff being where the racks were, the place looks mostly the same since March. Thoughts? p.s. If we had a guideline that: don't say anything you wouldn't say to someone's face. I'm guessing the bulk of the last few days email would not have been sent thanks to knowledge of what responses words can have when your not looking at your target through a computer screen. We will all see each other again, we live in the same community and share the same love of something that exists at a single physical location. Why people would use such strong words over email instead of directly to their adversary's face I must not grasp.
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