original proposal - adopted 10/13

[ndmc]

Proposal of a Process for the Drafting of a Statement of Purpose

I believe it should be a priority of our movement to draft and
eventually to adopt a statement of purpose. As a movement with
aspirations to reach a broad swath of the population, we must take
control of our message. A statement of purpose, in my opinion should
be a document to explain the reasons we are here and what we plan to
do about it. I don't think it should be a list of specific demands
because each has the potential to alienate a section of the 99%, nor
do I think it should be too vague.

My proposal aims to establish a process by which we can create and
agree upon a statement of purpose. I am aware that individuals and
groups have been working on this for some time. My aim here is not
undermine or trivialize your efforts, but rather to ensure everyone
who wishes to contribute can be included in a transparent process. I
believe that only such a process can lead to a document that the GA
will ratify.

The Proposal is as follows:

Everyone who has written or is writing a statement of purpose post
the working draft on this billboard as well as upload it to the
Wikispaces website so that people can read and comment on them.
At regular intervals, the author(s) re-post their proposal to the
reflect the comments left online and on the billboard.
After the drafts have all been posted, depending on how many and
how different they are, I propose the groups of roughly four authors
or author groups meet to merge their proposals until we have one or
possibly two documents.
After more time to comment, the merged drafts should be brought
before the GA to be discussed and voted on.



If I may, I would like to address a few questions and concerns
preemptively.

I take inclusiveness very seriously and will do my best to ensure that
everyone can contribute and be heard, regardless of language or
technology access concerns. I will take responsibility for helping
with the posting of proposals both online and in physical form. While
I'm here, which is most evenings and weekends, I will volunteer my
laptop for the posting of proposals to the wiki as well. Media has
also expressed a willingness to help people post their proposals. I
will also, hopefully with help, take responsibility for typing up the
comments posted beneath the physical copies and get them to the
authors.

I would suggest that people try to write their proposal segments
representing single ideas to facilitate the comparison and eventual
merging of the proposals.

I will also work with media to create a connected online and physical
space that is for other documents which might inform the authors. As
an example I have begun transcribing some of the posters and turning
them into word clouds. If you have any ideas about creating resources
for the authors, I'd love to hear them but I would ask you to find me
later rather that take GA time.

[Aria Littlhous]

Where should be put suggestions? Here or in the other discussion
thread?

[Greg]

R U going to present your proposal to the GA for consensus?

G. S. Murphy

[George Lee]

The General Assembly already approved this.

Peace, community, justice,
- George

[ndmc]

I consider this proposal at the top of this thread, which was adopted
on 10/13, to be a sort of mission statement for the ideas group. I
would greatly appreciate if we focused our discussion to the execution
of this proposal in a timely manner. What we decide to do after is an
interesting question but, again, not my/our primary concern right
now.

The other proposal that I sent out yesterday was a proposed method for
this working group to succeed at the task. I do not plan to bring it
before the GA. I guess, if we were projecting the consensus process
onto this discussion, this would be the time for questions,
information, concerns, support, and amendments to be made to the
proposal. I'm hoping that we can consent on an approach to our
explicit goal, and move forward on the same page.

On Oct 21, 2:22 pm, Greg <gsjmur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> R U going to  present your proposal to the GA for consensus?
>
> G. S. Murphy
>

[Gregory Murphy]

thanks George - yes, Noah's proposal, I was not present the evening it was passed, but am pleased to finally read it . . . there is much confusion about what actually passed that night, I am pleased to be able to secure the info and understand it . . . maybe it's been on the Wiki all this time . . .

Greg

On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 1:08 AM, George Lee <georgel...@gmail.com> wrote:

This is the one I have, which I saw you e-mailed about also.

I was at the General Assembly where this passed. For some reason I thought it was another day besides October 13, but not sure if that is important.

Peace, community, justice,
- George