An article from the Nation about the response of NY Times http://www.thenation.com/blog/163626/correcting-abysmal-new-york-times-coverage-occupy-wall-street?rel=emailNation
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Tenneson Woolf <[email protected]>wrote: > Is it not an amazing time. > > The consciousness of democracy seems to be bursting forth with expressions > of invitation, emergence, and wholeness. In some regions, with great pain. > In others, with a welcomed vibrancy akin to the dawn of a new day. > > Species wide learning manifesting -- that is the story I tell myself. From > a much quickened consciousness shift. > > Appreciating our friendships and colleagueships here. > > Greetings from Utah. > > Tenneson > > > Tenneson Woolf > [email protected] > 801 376 2213 (mobile) > > www.tennesonwoolf.com > www.berkanacollaborative.org > www.berkana.org > www.artofhosting.org > > Twitter <http://twitter.com/tennesonwoolf>, > Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=740192222>: > TennesonWoolf > Skype: tenneson_woolf > > > > > On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:13 AM, Helen Titchen Beeth wrote: > > Oh wow, Benjamin, what lovely germs you're germinating here! > > They spark off some questions in me, too... > > I've noticed that when a group shares an *aligned intent* (doesn't have to > be - can never be - identical, just resonant rather than fragmented) things > can get done without any overt coordination. People just see what needs > doing from their perspective, and they do it. They tell others what they're > doing, and people see what others are doing, and the information gets passed > around quite synchronistically so people know what they need to know. > > What seems important is processes whereby groups can keep coming together > to sense what's changing and shifting through their action (and the > responses of the environment/context) and continue to keep their shared > intent aligned. So there can be an ongoing 'story field' that's constantly > fueled as the actors move away from the fire into action, then return with > the next installment of the story to share. > > So inspiring that all this collective learning is happening in hotspots all > over our world, and being shared back into the middle. In so many different > ways. > > We don't have to design it. It's happening now. We just have to witness it, > perhaps discern some patterns and articulate them back into the system so > that we become more conscious of what we're doing, and can experiment with > the next level. > > Species-wide learning is now possible. > > :-D > > h > > On 30 Sep 2011, at 12:53, Benjamin Aaron Degenhart wrote: > > Hi there, > > indeed a dance of the masculine and the feminine. let's continue, here's > maybe a more masculine one again :) i am hearing a need for effective and > agile ways of processing information in a big group and converge into quick > collective decisions in response to acute challenges... the community > building/bonding is already in place and ideally get's nourished > and strengthened by the ways used to move as a whole body 'intellectually'. > > > i am intrigued by the way Tom puts it: "the evolutionary pressures to > develop new forms are intense". > Walking through the morning-sunshine of Oxford i remembered a few pieces in > resonance with this that i'd like to offer as *potential crystallization > points of some new forms*... these are not ready-to-implement-tools but > thoughts to play with. maybe someone IN the actual heat of the physical > reality of this can see if any of it makes sense. maybe not (yet), that's > fine too. > > > - - here's [http://wp.me/pyPX5-1D] a piece on convergence involving *systemic > voting* (people giving negative votes on options, the options with least > negative votes win), *collectively choosing a voice for the system* (on > 1-2-3 everyone points on the person they think will speak this > inquiry/decision in the best way as a voice of the whole system, person with > most fingers pointing at them gets to speak. alternatively also the person > with least fingers or other configurations) and *finding missing voices *(a > ball is thrown from person to person and three persons have the chance to > speak, they shall only do so if they feel they hold important voices of the > system). > > > - - consciously working with *leadership-pathways*, rather than "leaders" > [http://wp.me/pyPX5-fF]. The choice/evolution/iteration of these pathways > could be wrapped around the challenge faced? Like finding the narrative from > the group that works best in the light of this. > > > - - finding new ways of using the *body as a communication instrument*? [ > http://wp.me/pyPX5-eR] imagine you'd have identified a few voices of the > system that represent the spectrum of the opinion-landscape around a > subject... then these voice-holders take a posture and so does everyone > else. Now in slow-motion you morph your own posture towards the postures of > the voice-holder that you feel aligned with... [ > http://wp.me/pyPX5-7j/#posturemorph] > > > - - i would love to find a way to move on practically with this one as i > sense so much potential, but i have no clue about a next step. Seeing a > group as a *social processor*... a group of 50 contains 1225 different > possible subgroups of two people. it also contains 19600 different possible > groups of three people and so on. A group of 50 people indeed has a total of > 2^50 = 1.126 quadrillion different possible subgroups of different sizes. > What if there's a way to leverage this abundance very consciously and > strategically to process information and hold as much complexity as possible > as a whole group... [http://wp.me/pyPX5-aD] > > > > joyously, > > Benjamin Aaron Degenhart > KaosPilot Team16 > > > On 30 September 2011 09:13, Helen Titchen Beeth < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you, Brigitte! You totally rock! >> >> I think this might be the voice of the feminine speaking through you. If >> it is, then it is important to acknowledge that there is also a need for >> what the masculine does - which includes strategizing and lofty inquiry. It >> is when BOTH are present that we humans are at our best, don't you think? >> >> :-D >> >> helen >> >> On 30 Sep 2011, at 00:59, Brigitte Kupfer wrote: >> >> >> "............ that an overarching strategy (a framework) is needed by >> which to unite and focus peaceful people, organizations, and institutions to >> participate in peaceful, transformation of unilateral power." >> Yes, David, I agree. But I think this framework is not coming from any of >> our maps, AoH etc. >> This framework has always existed and is already there. "We the people" >> are reconnecting to it. >> "The HEART is where the revolution begins" -And if we don't trust our >> hearts and the collective force which is only accessible through our hearts, >> then "The HEAD is where the revolution ends". >> .......and we'll repeat - repeat - repeat. >> "The map is not the territory". >> What about expecting the unexpected? >> What about imagineering new formations which don't come from us "the >> experts" and our maps. >> What about taking a moment before rushing into action and asking again >> what is needed from us right now. >> This is a crucial moment for all "warriors of the heart". >> Becoming the "I" of the storm - becoming the "eye" of the heart. >> Or as Vaclav Havel puts it: "to live in harmony with the 'voice of being' >> as I understand it within myself" . >> >> *It Is I Who Must Begin* >> >> >> *It is I who must begin.* >> >> *Once I begin, once I try --* >> >> *here and now,* >> >> *right where I am,* >> >> *not excusing myself* >> >> *by saying things* >> >> *would be easier elsewhere,* >> >> *without grand speeches and* >> >> *ostentatious gestures,* >> >> *but all the more persistently* >> >> *-- to live in harmony* >> >> *with the "voice of Being," as I* >> >> *understand it within myself* >> >> *-- as soon as I begin that,* >> >> *I suddenly discover,* >> >> *to my surprise, that* >> >> *I am neither the only one,* >> >> *nor the first,* >> >> *nor the most important one* >> >> *to have set out* >> >> *upon that road.* >> >> >> *Whether all is really lost* >> >> *or not depends entirely on* >> >> *whether or not I am lost.* >> >> >> *~ Vaclav Havel ~* >> >> * >> * >> >> *Trusting we'll hear the "voice of being" within ourselves while doing >> our work * >> >> My best wishes to all >> >> Brigitte >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Dave Cooper < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Greetings Sandy and all, >>> >>> In response to Sandy's request, I expect that there are some "experts" >>> among >>> the masses of people who are organizing. I hope that from the >>> "ethnographic" >>> work of people who are experts in their own communities will connect with >>> the emerging relational power that is building into a national and >>> worldwide >>> Movement. >>> >>> Some years ago, I stated to a friend, " America needs a Movement in >>> which >>> the organizing organizations organize to transform dominating power and >>> with >>> it the culture that clamors after and clings to it". It seems that the >>> non-hierarchical consensus-based processes among the demonstrators that >>> Sandy mentioned are an attempt at overcoming unilateral power. However, >>> like >>> Sandy, I agree that some structure is needed to avert chaos that could >>> erupt >>> into and create an inhospitable and unproductive environment. >>> >>> What I am witnessing (perhaps you too) and mapping is a mostly peaceful >>> Movement toward relationship-centric, equity-forming, common good of >>> proportions that boggle my mind and imagination. People are resisting >>> dominating unilateral power; resisting the chasm between wealthy and >>> poverty-stricken; resisting the prescriptions that come from >>> organizations >>> and institutions that for too long have suppressed and oppressed them. >>> >>> Moreover, I agree with Sandy that an overarching strategy (a framework) >>> is >>> needed by which to unite and focus peaceful people, organizations, and >>> institutions to participate in peaceful, transformation of unilateral >>> power. >>> >>> >>> Warmly and with expectant hope, >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> Rev. N. David Cooper, MDiv, MSW, CPM >>> Shalom Makers >>> P.O. Box 61 >>> Doswell, VA 23047 >>> >>> c. 804.614.6254 >>> e. [email protected] >>> w. http://www.shalommakers.com >>> w. http://www.communitiesofshalom.com >>> @shalommakers and @communit_shalom on Twitter >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandy >>> Heierbacher >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:50 PM >>> To: AoH List; [email protected] >>> Subject: [aoh] protestors and process people on Wall Street >>> >>> Hi, Open Space and Art of Hosting friends! >>> >>> I wanted to send a quick message out to both the OSlist and the AoH list >>> to >>> see if any process experts in these communities are working with the >>> Occupy >>> Wall Street folks who are doing direct action in NYC right now. >>> >>> We had a thread on the NCDD Discussion list today (I'm the director of >>> the >>> >>> National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation, if you've not heard of >>> NCDD) >>> about the timely opportunity to provide real assistance and advice with >>> process to these activists. Additional occupations (as they're being >>> called) are being planned for DC, Boston, and other locations I believe >>> -- >>> and I wanted to check in with the Open Space and AoH communities to see >>> if >>> process folks were already involved (if so, let's talk about how NCDD >>> members might be able to help you out, and stay informed about what >>> you're >>> doing). >>> >>> The Occupy Wall Street folks are an intentionally leader-less, >>> self-organized group. Open Space and Art of Hosting-style processes seem >>> like the best fit for helping them stay that way, continue to give all >>> protestors a voice and to move more quickly to jointly-identified >>> outcomes. >>> >>> For those of you who may not be too familiar with what's going on in NYC >>> right now, here's an interesting part of the listserv thread I mentioned >>> (this segment is written by Tom Atlee): >>> >>> 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 6 >>> http://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://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-w >>> hole-world-is-watching-nonviolence-at-liberty-plaza<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-format >>> ion/1316784846<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://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-s >>> treet-9-20-2011/<http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2011/09/20/police-occupy-wall-street-9-20-2011/> >>> http://thiscantbehappening.net/node/785 >>> >>> Best, >>> Sandy >>> >>> Sandy Heierbacher >>> Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) >>> email: [email protected] (switching to [email protected]) >>> website: www.ncdd.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe or change personal settings go to: >>> http://list.artofhosting.org/mailman/listinfo/aoh >>> Trouble? 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