Hi Charlie, et. al.,<br><br>I have edited the scratchpad, pretty dramatically, and assigned time allotments. I think this group has a tremendous opportunity to have a profound and important impact on OB's GA process, as well as an opportunity, right from the beginning of its inception, to model best WG practices.<br>
<br>I am advising we set aside time to agree on our Mission, our Values and how we want to conduct business, for ourselves. I do not suggest that we can finish this process in this first session, but think it important that we start the process, and allot time at each WG meeting, until we have reached agreement.<br>
<br>I see that the wiki has this language, <i>"This working group has the specific intention of taking a critical look
at the processes and purposes of the General Assembly, and generating
proposals for how to improve the process in anticipation of growth in
the spring.," </i> and though I am in general agreement with its sentiment, I assume that is one person's vision and suggest that as a WG, we will be well served, in the long run, by taking the time to be clear about our purpose<i> </i>and understand the values we feel are necessary to do our agreed upon work.<i><br>
<br></i>I look forward to meeting, though I may only be present for the first hour, due to competing demands.<i><br><br><br></i>Greg<i><br><br><br></i><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Charlie DeTar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c@tirl.org">c@tirl.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Great, sounds like we'll have a good number of folks for a first meeting.<br>
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Here's a scratchpad I started for an agenda/topics of discussion:<br>
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<a href="http://notes.occupy.net/p/4QL1LwLLwa" target="_blank">http://notes.occupy.net/p/4QL1LwLLwa</a><br>
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Please add anything you'd like to talk about. And if you can't be<br>
there, please feel free to jot down ideas, concerns, or thoughts you'd<br>
like others to discuss or keep in mind.<br>
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cheers,<br>
Charlie<br>
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