Hi Linda and Zachary<div><br></div><div>Zack I completely share your impatience for Occupy to set some core long-term goals and start working toward them in a focused manner. I have a number of ideas on this front. </div>
<div><br></div><div>In terms of how to make those "big" decisions and maintain the integrity of the process... I think this OpenAssembly.org might be that very "distributed" platform we seek -- it could be a way for Occupy members to "attend" meetings and participate in decision-making without actually needing to physically be there. It is like an on-going GA where people can pose ideas and questions and the best ones will float to the top through an intuitive crowd-sourced ratings system.</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>Quick intro video here:</div><div><a href="http://www.openassembly.org/p/faq">http://www.openassembly.org/p/faq</a></div><div><br></div><div>What do y'all think?</div><div><br></div><div>Adam Friedman</div>
<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Linda Jenkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lindajenkins177@yahoo.com">lindajenkins177@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Great question, Zachary. I'm part of FAWG and created the 2 "instruments" that we offered to WGs and others to begin to think about goals, priorities, actions and resources. Though it seems this process, that we're calling a participatory budgeting process, has been oriented toward participation by means of physical presence at gatherings, I think we should try to encourage as much participation electronically too. I don't know what that might look like but appreciate the need and interest, as well as your points that many may not be present at the GAs and WG mtgs.<br>
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What ideas do you have?<br>
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Thanks & solidarity,<br>
Linda<br>
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"Our goal is a society that prioritizes the needs of all before the profits of the few." Passed by Occupy Boston General Assembly, 11/29/11.<br>
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On Feb 15, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Terra Friedrichs <<a href="mailto:terraf@compuserve.com">terraf@compuserve.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Zachary,<br>
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> Rita Sebastian and a few others are embarking upon a "participatory budgeting" exercise/process that can act akin to strategic planning. By setting out a Working Group's goals and integrating that into a whole, and deciding collectively what resources are required and going after them, we are a long way toward a strategic plan.<br>
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> You hit on a key point. Actionable goals. We have lots. We have events and meetings. I'd call those tactics. But that's what we have so far. So perhaps you might press for STRATEGIC LONG TERM actionable goals as part of the budgeting exercise. And then maybe we can work on shorter term actionable goals that actually get us to the longer term goals.<br>
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> Terra<br>
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> On 2/10/2012 10:41 AM, Zachary Bos wrote:<br>
>> I have a question about means of participation, following from the observation that many GA and WG meetings have been poorly attended. Why are we waiting for an in-person meeting to begin Strategic Planning -- this seems like a self-imposed logistical hurdle. Can we not be discussing potential actions, online, in a distributed forum where many more people can make their contributions?<br>
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>> Please excuse what must look like an impatient tone; I don't mean to sound acutely critical. I'm just impatient to see actionable goals articulated, since I know I'm not the only person eager to put shoulder-to-wheel in a more than symbolic way.<br>
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>> In solidarity,<br>
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>> Zachary<br>
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