[Ob-media-multi] [Ob-media] [Ob-media-external] IMPORTANT: Cancelling Today's Meeting and an Important Conversation to Come About the Structure of Media WG
Joshua Eaton
jeaton at post.harvard.edu
Tue Apr 17 12:14:50 EDT 2012
I'm not sure I appreciate the suggestion that Media has become an "insular
power center."
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Gregory Murphy <gsjmurphy at gmail.com> wrote:
> it's a fascinating study - the insular power centers in OB which
> inadvertently and unintentionally develop as we dedicate ourselves to doing
> the best job possible, yet often end up replicating the dominant structures
> we assembled to oppose - this horizontal democracy stuff sure is
> challenging!
>
> GM
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> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler <
> amberpaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1 to cancelimg today's Media meeting. Maybe a focused GA to facilitate
>> the evolution of OB media like the GA that focused on FAWG would be good
>> horizontal democracy to best handle those. As for me I have felt honored to
>> ne part of the hard working and under appreciated media wg
>> Deb amberpaw on droid
>> On Apr 14, 2012 12:29 PM, "Dan" <dcheeno at occupyboston.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Good afternoon Media WG,
>>>
>>> As many of you may already be aware, several members of Media WG have,
>>> over the past few days, discovered that we possess a shared sense of
>>> dissatisfaction at the work that we do as a working group. Furthermore,
>>> the Occupy Boston community has, to varying degrees, repeatedly expressed
>>> discomfort and frustration with our work; some groups and members of the
>>> community, in particular, have indicated that they feel disempowered by the
>>> current structures and policies that empower us.
>>>
>>> Over the past few days, conversations have ranged from: a desire amongst
>>> several of us to simply step back; to an idea of creating an unmanaged
>>> infrastructure that empowers working groups; to suggestions that Media WG
>>> be dissolved in the hopes that the wider Occupy Boston community could find
>>> a satisfactory way to manage Media WG's resources and access (and enough of
>>> us may want to step back that it would be unfair to leave those who don't
>>> want to step back to take on so much). The point is, though, that many of
>>> us feel that we ought to / want to step back or significantly restructure
>>> the working group to address the concerns of the working group's members
>>> and of the OB community--and that, no matter what, a significant change is
>>> coming that will affect you, the working group, and the entire community.
>>>
>>> The purpose of this email, then, is to inform you (and, we realize, the
>>> entire community) that these conversations about things not really working
>>> for anyone are happening and to invite you to be a part of them at our next
>>> working group meeting.
>>>
>>> In the meantime, today is a busy day and, because of the dismantling of
>>> Camp Charlie and Andy's service, it seems that the most appropriate thing
>>> to do at this late hour is to cancel today's meeting. Temp check?
>>>
>>> If today's regularly scheduled meeting is cancelled, though, it still
>>> seems that conversations about the role of Media WG are in order, and
>>> several of us will likely be around at Camp Charlie to have those
>>> conversations.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Dan
>>> ______________________________**_________________
>>> Occupy Boston Media WG resources:
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>>> Meeting Agendas: http://bit.ly/GViUlx
>>> Meeting Action Items: http://bit.ly/H8GydP
>>>
>>> Media Request Log: http://bit.ly/H2jzM3
>>>
>>> Media Coverage Database: http://bit.ly/ICrqjY
>>> Media Coverage Form: http://bit.ly/Ih5FYa
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> _______________________________________________
> Occupy Boston Media WG resources:
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>
> Media Request Log: http://bit.ly/H2jzM3
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> Media Coverage Database: http://bit.ly/ICrqjY
> Media Coverage Form: http://bit.ly/Ih5FYa
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