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v1 v2 3 3 https://support.mayfirst.org/wiki/projects/leadership-committee/meetings/2015-01-10/workers-assembly 4 4 5 Present 5 Present: Maritza, Liz, Josue, Rob, Mallory, Amy, Alfredo, Jamie, Jerome, Walda, Steve R, Kendra, Juan Gerardo, Enrique, Sandra, Pablo, Jaime V 6 6 7 Maritza, Liz, Josue, Rob, Mallory, Amy, Alfredo, Jamie, Jerome, Walda, Steve R, Kendra, Juan Gerardo, Enrique, Sandra, Pablo, Jaime V 8 9 Introduction 7 == Introduction == 10 8 11 9 Enrique: several challenges in the organisation, in addition to the ongoing DDoS attack. challenges related to political development of our own membership. There are documents and questions about those documents to help discussion in small groups. There's a wiki page of the agenda, documents and questions. There's a pad and each group should have a note taker. … … 19 17 * Do they address MF/PL best possible contributions to the social change movement? 20 18 21 **Political environment** 19 == Political environment == 22 20 23 21 Different motivations of the development of the internet that most people don't know about. If we could include evidence of that. Are we saying that the original use of the Internet is progressive? Or was it militaristic? Maybe it's not a useful approach to qualify it as good or bad. What is the "it"? The theory of the organic internet is that it's fundamentally a human invention for progress. But that's a tweaking of the definition of internet from the technology (military) to the people using it (progressive purpose). … … 41 39 So how do we act on these suggestions and comments? 42 40 43 Summary: The progressive purpose of what-- how to define that-- means understanding democratic communications including the military's role in the creation of the internet and the private sector's role in capitalizing on internet communications. Positive part that we pick up on is the progressive use and the very, very early examples. Needs a thorough going over to tighten up, reduce redundancy. 41 **Summary: The progressive purpose of what-- how to define that-- means understanding democratic communications including the military's role in the creation of the internet and the private sector's role in capitalizing on internet communications. Positive part that we pick up on is the progressive use and the very, very early examples. Needs a thorough going over to tighten up, reduce redundancy.** 44 42 45 43 Amy: Paragraph starts "At the same time,..." seems too ancilliary and should be emphasized more. … … 49 47 Liz: Gone through as an edit to tighten it up. There are two paragraphs making the same points such as the crisis one and the "Technology is the driving force..." one. 50 48 51 **Mission** 49 == Mission == 52 50 53 51 Mallory: I wish we didn't use the term participates. … … 73 71 Jamie: Doesn't mean this is the most fundamental document, but it should be our fundamental basis for our evaluation. 74 72 75 Summary: doesn't say membership organisation (but we're okay with this) and use of the word "participates" and instead should use the word "engages". 73 **Summary: doesn't say membership organisation (but we're okay with this) and use of the word "participates" and instead should use the word "engages".** 76 74 77 **Values** 75 == Values == 78 76 79 77 Mallory: On the last one, the first "to" should be removed. … … 81 79 Amy: Maybe there is one missing about the value of conflict resolution. This can be relevant for power dynamics. 82 80 83 Proposed language that needs wordsmithing: "Humility, openness to criticism and commitment to conflict resolution create a culture of resilience for our organisation and movements." 81 **Proposed language that needs wordsmithing: "Humility, openness to criticism and commitment to conflict resolution create a culture of resilience for our organisation and movements."** 84 82 85 **Goals** 83 == Goals == 86 84 87 85 Liz: Could clump things together based on their focus, like political issues, technology issues. Makes this easier to read. … … 93 91 Amy: I think this is about how humans can relate to information. Also dislikes advocacy and should be movement building instead. 94 92 95 Two points in summary: (1) Categories: Organizational related, tech politics related and politics related. (2) #6 can be interpreted in many different ways. Needs some focus but probably the "engage members" part is the crux of the goal. So it puts this one in the first and we should avoid the overlap of #6 and #2. 93 **Two points in summary: (1) Categories: Organizational related, tech politics related and politics related. (2) #6 can be interpreted in many different ways. Needs some focus but probably the "engage members" part is the crux of the goal. So it puts this one in the first and we should avoid the overlap of #6 and #2.** 96 94 97 **Structure** 95 == Structure == 98 96 99 97 Jamie: How we add new centers is part of the reason for our structure. We host and pay for all of the services in NY and Mexico gets the dues. We might need to ask Mexico for that money but that betrays our political goals. … … 111 109 Mallory: Why are we replicating electoral politics and representative democracy in this organisation when every member should be able to represent themselves? 112 110 113 Summary: Need to look at the centers structure more, address explicitly control of budget at each level/center and address representation. 111 **Summary: Need to look at the centers structure more, address explicitly control of budget at each level/center and address representation.**
