<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Thank you Brett, </div><div>Please look this article over .. if u R pressed for time start in the middle and finish, The Tyranny of Structurlessness. Humans expect, create and follow leaders in every culture. When, unnamed they can easily co-opt anything either consciously or through their unconscious desire for power .. which is human, just needs some temperance.<br></div><div><br></div><div>And, yes, thank you for the feedback I write like I think .. in circles, gathering bits, or as a poet, symbolically (much more to say some other day) ... unless I'm on the other side and writing a list. Or I take an inordinate amount of time and write a beautiful, clear piece. I don't like email, radio-frequency, prosthetic intimacy .. I'm a healer, dancer, gardener, and ritualist, activist .... I'm a listener. And therefore a bit lost on the web, easily overwhelmed by the lists and moderating, compounded by little sleep for these 2 months... look fwd to face to face, eden<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="sigimg0" title="signature image" src="cid:sigimg0@cfd7b9433c28163d54c3d159122fce8f" alt="" border="0"> Free School University is located in Dewey Square.</div><div>Most classes north end of the square, unless otherwise noted.</div><div><strong>EDUCATION IS A WEAPON OF MASS CONSTRUCTION </strong></div><div>To schedule a class send to <a href="mailto:fsu@occupyboston.org">fsu@occupyboston.org</a>, write 'POST' in the subject line.<br><strong>To volunteer you are in the right mail box. </strong></div><div>FRIDAY MEETING:The ground-support volunteers meeting is at 3pm. The FSU Working Group meeting is 4pm, arrive 15 minutes early and check in with the info tent for indoor location.</div><div>List of FSU classes WIKI:</div><div><strong><a href="http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Solidarity/FSU">http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Solidarity/FSU</a></strong></div><div>and whole Occupy Boston: <a href="http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar">http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar</a>/</div><div>Daily newspaper, list of classes and other notes RE: FSU can be found at Boston Occupier: <a href="http://occupybostonglobe.com/free-school-u/">http://bostonoccupier.com/free-school-u/</a> <br>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyBostonFSU">https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyBostonFSU</a> <br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/OccupyBostonFSU/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/OccupyBostonFSU/</a></div><div>Our recordings are listed on wiki and on:</div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/FSUOccupyBoston">http://www.youtube.com/user/FSUOccupyBoston</a></div><div><br><br></div>
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Subject: Re: [Street] Meeting tonight 5pm Street<br>
From: Brett West <<a href="mailto:heavyriser@gmail.com">heavyriser@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Tue, December 06, 2011 11:20 am<br>
To: <a href="mailto:Eden@akashic.com">Eden@akashic.com</a><br>
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Hey Eden,<div><br></div><div>I'll make sure to get you the notes from the meeting tonight. I'm definitely intrigued my leaderlessness and want to use it more on the street team as well as learn more about how it works. I encounter problems in it concerning accountability to the group and coordinated execution of action plans. </div> <div><br></div><div>Currently, my belief is that structure exists within every group whether formal or informal. Formal structure embraces leadership officially and works more effectively. Informal structure embraces leadership unofficially and is more susceptible to corruption and imbalance of power. It works less effectively. Working within the leaderless movement that is Occupy, I still see leadership all over the place, albeit unofficial. I am at attentively observing ways that we can make this work. I'd like to hear what you think.</div> <div><br></div><div>On another note, and I say this coming from a place of real admiration for your organizing power, I want to bring it to your attention that your emails are often hard to extract clear points from. Your written communication is hard to dissect but your face to face verbal communication is straightforward and accessible. This is something I wanted to tell you not just for working with you in the next couple of weeks in boston but as a fellow organizer who's regrettably moving out west!</div> <div><br></div><div>Yours</div><div>Brett</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:31 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:Eden@akashic.com">Eden@akashic.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt"><div>I'm not going to prioritize this meeting ... I might make it, If I can find you. Too unfocused .. I support leaderlessness however, w.o. point-coordinators, and little group responsibility or foresight ... it's too hard to communicate. Love to get a few updates Dan, Brett, Ben.<br> </div><div><br></div><div>If you have a recap and have a mechanism to record it for OB, I'll write-up my notes ... and thx, much of it was magical.</div><div><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">SINCE UPDATE AT 11am</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">BRETT ADDED: I can check if we can use United for a fair Economy. Hopefully I hear back before noon. I'll be in touch</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">DAVID:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">I can't make it at 6:00pm. Tues, Wed, and Thur I'm busy till 7:30. Sorry just send me the notes.<span> </span>David Lamoso</div><div>Older and new to whole street list.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Ben Janos <<a href="http://webmail.php?login=1" target="_blank">occupyprospecthill@gmail.com</a>></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">I think we should physically meet. I'm gonna be coming.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Katie: <span>I will be there, along with save our Somerville</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">BRETT: I think its important for this evaluation meeting to be in person. I think its perhaps the most important meeting we can have and could be a great long term investment for the next time we put one of these things together. So I would discourage making it an online conversation</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Also, I'm not sure that we decided that tonight's street meeting would be the evaluation meeting for the 99 Unity Rally, although it was suggested.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">We need to figure this out asap tho</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">I expect it won't be very big, right?</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Can we just hold this meeting at S. Station and skip the search?</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Won't be able to make it tonight.<span> </span>Yours, Jim Recht</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">SINCE UPDATE AT 11am</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">BRETT ADDED: I can check if we can use United for a fair Economy. Hopefully I hear back before noon. I'll be in touch</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">I can't make it at 6:00pm. Tues, Wed, and Thur I'm busy till 7:30. Sorry just send me the notes.<span> </span>David Lamoso<br> <br> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"></div> <div></div><div><br></div><div><img title="signature image" src="cid:sigimg0@51e844223e934693ad128e646da21e54" alt="" wbeuser="eden@akashic.com" border="0"> Free School University is located in Dewey Square.</div><div>Most classes north end of the square, unless otherwise noted.</div> <div><b>EDUCATION IS A WEAPON OF MASS CONSTRUCTION </b></div><div>To schedule a class send to <a href="mailto:fsu@occupyboston.org" target="_blank">fsu@occupyboston.org</a>, write 'POST' in the subject line.<br><b>To volunteer you are in the right mail box. </b></div> <div>FRIDAY MEETING:The ground-support volunteers meeting is at 3pm. The FSU Working Group meeting is 4pm, arrive 15 minutes early and check in with the info tent for indoor location.</div><div>List of FSU classes WIKI:</div> <div><b><a href="http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Solidarity/FSU" target="_blank">http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Solidarity/FSU</a></b></div><div>and whole Occupy Boston: <a href="http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar" target="_blank">http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar</a>/</div> <div>Daily newspaper, list of classes and other notes RE: FSU can be found at Boston Occupier: <a href="http://occupybostonglobe.com/free-school-u/" target="_blank">http://bostonoccupier.com/free-school-u/</a> <br>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyBostonFSU" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyBostonFSU</a> <br> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/OccupyBostonFSU/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/OccupyBostonFSU/</a><br></div><div>Our recordings are listed on wiki and on:</div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/FSUOccupyBoston" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/user/FSUOccupyBoston</a></div> </span></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> Street mailing list<br> <br> Post: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:Street@lists.occupyboston.org">Street@lists.occupyboston.org</a><br> List info: <a href="https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/street" target="_blank">https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/street</a><br> <br> To Unsubscribe<br> Send email to: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:Street-unsubscribe@lists.occupyboston.org">Street-unsubscribe@lists.occupyboston.org</a><br> Or visit: <a href="https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/street/heavyriser%40gmail.com" target="_blank">https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/street/heavyriser%40gmail.com</a><br> <br> You are subscribed as: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:heavyriser@gmail.com">heavyriser@gmail.com</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><br></div><div><br></div>You can do anything you want, as long as you don't wait for permission.<br> </div>
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