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| DATE | 2004-02-09 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] [marco@cfsg.org: [Orgcom] A bit let down by todays meeting]
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Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 21:10:36 -0500
From: Marco of CFSG
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Subject: [Orgcom] A bit let down by todays meeting
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Hello, (from Marco at CFSG)
I feel that one of the great strengths of this group is that it
has attracted a wide participation, and judging from the number of
people who volunteered to be on the outreach commitee, we may soon have
even more participation. I find this quite exciting, but...
This next part is going to come off a little strong:
If things don't get more organized, future meetings will be even more
interminable. It just isn't possible to handle everything by vote,
especially when it seems that most people generally agree. (a democracy
by referendum will grind to a halt)
We got little done today, and no-one has a clear handful of things to
complete by the next meeting. We haven't even figured out if everything
must be handled in meetings which require physical presence, or if there
are issues which can be handled by email. Basically I feel like
absolutely everything was put off until a future meeting.
I made a motion to create somekind of think-tank that would come up with
a proposition about what the structure of this group should be, what
makes sense for meetings, commitees, etc. Without such a structure I am
afraid every meeting will turn into an unproductive mess like this one,
and everyone will constantly be stepping on everyone's toes.
I imagine that a committee should study an issue, listen to some special
interests and put together a bill which then gets voted on by everyone.
The goal of the commitee is to put together a bill which will be
accepted. The group (congress/general membership) votes on the whole
package, (perhaps asking for words to be amended here and there), but
not on issues line by line. Many of the discussions today took forever
because there was not enough context for the motions.
Though I am not much of an organiser, I will try to propose the
beginning of a structure for the group, the skeleton of a bill and I
invite anyone who has ideas about such things to do the same or offer
amendments to my proposition:
Three officers:
--pres. vp and sec.
[terms for election, powers, etc.]
(and/or) Steering commitee whose tasks include:
--coordination,
--calling meetings
--policy _proposals_ (and eventually execution)
Six long-standing commitees:
--PR,
--volunteer relations (.org),
--company relations (.com),
--program content,
--venue,
--tech
[terms for membership, commitee heads, election/replacement]
Smaller tasks assigned for shorter terms to individuals which are
responsible for their completion (these tasks may eventually be rolled
into a commitee, but first represent an urgent need for the group as a
whole):
--wording for a mission statement,
--securing meeting space.
--brainstorming on title/name logo
(best will be brought to a vote before the membership)
--mailing list (done!)
--design of web-site,
--
Marco of CFSG
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