Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of projects/leadership-committee/meetings/2015-01-10/workers-assembly


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Mar 10, 2015, 11:08:40 PM (9 years ago)
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Enrique Rosas
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work in progress, version reviewed after feedback from LC members on March 7th

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    11= Workers Assembly =
    2 Note: For the purpose of this document: workers are active-members who commit work regularly, or have committed work in a regular basis recently, regardless if they are paided or not; the term include active LC members.
     2== Introduction ==
     3On January MF/PL 16th and 17th, Leadership Committee discussed the relevant roll played by all MF/PL workers and the importance of having a space where all workers could join and discuss on ​the results of that LC meeting, promote their expressions and get feedback from people who were not present those days to build agreement with them on the proposals that will be taken to next Members Meeting.
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    4 During previous LC meeting, we discussed the relevant rol played by all MF/PL workers and the importance of having a space where all workers could join and discuss on [https://support.mayfirst.org/wiki/projects/leadership-committee/meetings/2015-01-10#Summary the results of this LC meeting], promote their expressions and get feedback from people who were not present those days to build agreement with them on the proposals that will be taken to next Members Meeting.
     5With a profound collective reflection on the meaning of past contradictions that led to six resignations and a crisis situation in MFPL, reflections also on our history, achievements and the limitations of our development, just as about the concrete political conditions that define our context.
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    6 It was an agreement to call for a Workers Assembly.
     7We reached agreement on calling for a Workers Assembly.
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    8 Workers Assembly represents the opportunity to make sure all people directly involved in MF/PL development understands [https://support.mayfirst.org/wiki/projects/leadership-committee/meetings/2015-01-10#Summary LC meeting results] and makes sure all legitm complains have been addressed properly.
     9Workers Assembly represents the opportunity to make sure all people directly involved in MF/PL development understands [https://support.mayfirst.org/wiki/projects/leadership-committee/meetings/2015-01-10#Summary LC meeting results] and makes sure all legit complains have been addressed properly.
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    10 From that perspective, Workers Assembly is a precondition for healing pains related to recent resignations and for reaching internal pact on collective future, concluding the current crisis situation and renewing our collective commitment to MF/PL.
     11Workers Assembly is not meant to overcome or substitute Members Meeting and it should discuss and build proposals on how we warranty participation from social movement actors in our decision making bodies.
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    12 We have been discussing for a long time what criteria should be followed to define who should be considered is being at the core of MF/PL, who are MF/PL workers:
     13From that perspective, Workers Assembly's goal is to reach internal pact on collective future, concluding the current crisis situation and renewing our collective commitment to MF/PL, work on strengthen MF/PL as an organizing instance of the social movement, building agreement among all workers on core documents: Mission, Values, Goals, Structure, in order to create new organizing instances for collaboration and concrete proposals for next Members Meeting based on shared perspectives in a bottom-up process.
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    14 The list of workers is as follows, hoping that this proposal makes sense to each one of the comrades listed below:
     15If Workers Assembly is satisfactory in terms of participation, rich as experience of interchange to most of people and demostrates it can build strong agreements, we could consider for the Members Meeting a proposal to include the Workers Assembly as part of MF/PL permanent structure.
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     17== Invitations ==
     18Although there will be a general call for members to come and join us for this Workers Assembly, we want to make a personal invitation to each one of the following comrades who we consider active-members who commit work regularly, or have committed work in a regular basis recently, regardless if they are paid or not:
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    1520 * ''Leadership Committee'': Maritza, Pablo, Juan Gerardo, Jaime, Louis, Mallory, Alfredo, Jamie, Enrique, Jerome, Jackie
    16  * ''Sysadmins with root access and/or support team members'': Ross, dkg, Josue, Greg, Joseph, Nat, Steve, Kendra and Ben (who was added as a result of December survey), Jaime V. (who recently joined this group and Mx-coop).
     21 * ''Sysadmins with root access and/or support team members'': Ross, dkg, Josue, Greg, Joseph, Nat, Steve, Kendra, Ben, Jaime V. and kosa.
    1722 * ''Mx-coop'': Sandra, Pablo L., Carlos, Francia, Melesio, Eugenio, Ana, David, Olinca, Aarón, Jesús, Edgardo, Fátima
    1823 * ''Internationalization'': Analia, Lindsey, Erika
    1924 * ''Movement Organizers'': Rob Robinson, Jay Schaffner, Liz Mestres, Manisha Desai, Walda Katz-Fishman, Suren Moodliar, Makani Themba, Bryan Mercer, Silvia Orduno
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    21 Workers Assembly is not meant to overcome or substitute Members Meeting and it should discuss and build proposals on how we warranty participation from social movement actors in our decision making bodies.
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    23 If Workers Assembly is satisfactory in terms of participation, rich as experience of interchange to most of people and demostrates it can build strong agreements, we could consider for the Members Meeting a proposal to include the Workers Assembly as part of MF/PL permanent structure.
     26== Agenda ==
     27Please consider for the Workers Assembly the following agenda:
     28 1. LC presents the core documents to the assembly
     29 * Political environment
     30 * Mission
     31 * Values
     32 * Goals
     33 2. Divided into (4) groups, discussion on fundamental criticisms and strong new proposals for both revision and additions. Only in case it is needed, debate and agreement.
     34 3. LC presents Structure document, presentation of other proposals.
     35 4. Creation of working areas (groups) based on shared goals.
     36Break into as many groups as people need, based on personal prioritization and sympathy on each of the goals agreed. Each person identifies who share their interest on working towards specific goals.
     37 5. Discussion on second and third level of coordination. How do we develop the efforts of each working area (group) coherently in a unify way? Sense on outreach and inreach work.
     38 6. Discussion on how we build better gender, racial, cultural, movement representation in our organizing bodies. What do we want in this regard? how do we get there?
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    2540For this opportunity, we could consider Workers Assembly to be a 4-6 hours meeting; happening face to face on a Saturday in both places NY and México-DF with a common agenda, video-conferencing support and simultaneous interpretation En<>Es.
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    27 LC will be discussing soon on the terms of this document and the way this agreement will be implemented.
     42Currently LC is discussing the terms of this document and the way this agreement will be implemented.