No problem, Tenneson! I hope all's well with you. Sandy
On Sep 29, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Tenneson Woolf wrote: > Thank you Sandy! > > > > Tenneson Woolf > [email protected] > 801 376 2213 (mobile) > > www.tennesonwoolf.com > www.berkanacollaborative.org > www.berkana.org > www.artofhosting.org > > Twitter, Facebook: TennesonWoolf > Skype: tenneson_woolf > > > > > On Sep 29, 2011, at 7:09 AM, Sandy Heierbacher wrote: > >> NCDDers in NYC might find the occupier community (they call themselves >> "Occupy Wall Street") a challenging, exciting context to work in. Process >> is being evolved on the spot. The occupiers were using a traditional >> consensus process, but the police forbade microphones. So they developed a >> fascinating "human microphone" system where the speaker says a few words and >> the crowd repeats what was said (which allows those in the back to hear). >> (You can watch all this on streaming videos!) But that increases the >> already extensive time needed for consensus (checking for concerns, etc.), >> so the police have started issuing demands that must be met within 5-15 >> minutes, which the crowd can't respond to fast enough without formal >> leaders, which they don't want. The evolutionary pressures to develop new >> forms are intense. What comes out of that could be very good, very bad, or >> something else... >> >> If an NCDDer joined them and created a self-organized "Talk to the Others" >> working group, something might happen along the lines you're thinking, >> Stephanie. But there's no one in charge to talk to about getting other >> protesters to join in Activity X. It is a self-organized system, for better >> and/or worse. >> >> If you/we want to do something more planned, best to start now planning for >> the parallel occupation of Washington DC by hundreds/thousands of >> progressive protesters that is about to hit the city on Oct >> 6http://october2011.org. >> >> For info on Occupy Wall Street, here's some fascinating links: >> http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/7468-occupy-wall-street-take-the-bull-by-the-horns >> http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/64-64/7564-the-whole-world-is-watching-nonviolence-at-liberty-plaza >> http://www.truth-out.org/occupywallstreet-more-hashtag-its-revolution-formation/1316784846 >> http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/chris-hedges-occupy-wall-street-is-where-the-hope-of-america-lies/ >> http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2011/09/20/police-occupy-wall-street-9-20-2011/ >> http://thiscantbehappening.net/node/785 > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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