Thanks Pete!
Our current charge is to make a recommendation for edits to HB2500, to
Rep. Smith's office by Monday morning. We'd like your help in making
the bill the best that it can be. Rep. Smith has committed to
fighting for whatever recommendations we give him, so we have a very
real and tangible opportunity here to have our voices heard in this
bill.
That said, we are all in agreement that the bill is already in pretty
good shape. Rep. Smith emphasized the importance of "getting a win"
and gaining some momentum with this bill. We can't ask for the moon
and sky at this early stage, because it could jeopardize the bill
actually getting passed. However, we can recommend some gentle tweaks
and refinements of the bill.
Here's the current draft:
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2500.dir/hb2500.a.pdf
So let's talk logistics for a minute. I know it's the weekend and
quite lovely but if you have some time to look over the bill tonight
or tomorrow, that'd be great.
Before we start making recommendations, I think the best way to
proceed is to explore the space outside the bill itself, its
foundations, its motivations, its peers, its historical and political
context, etc. Our group is diverse and represents a vast spectrum of
expertise, and we want to make sure that each voice heard and
represented.
In order to do that, we're introducing a web-based tool that derives
insights from three speech locations: The head, the heart, and the
gut. We're familiar with phrases like "speaking from the heart", or
"my gut tells me that...". The tool just asks you to do that, in
response to a seed thought. It allows the user to speak from a place
that precedes synthesis of the many voices inside us, and, in doing
so, provide raw insights--untempered, primary resources. I think
that's the place to start.
Let's break our time between now and Monday morning into two phases:
1) Insight Generation, Ideas for Recommendations: NOW - Sunday 7pm
a) Brainstorm, explore the foundations, look at the problems this
bill addresses, and generate insights. I'll be sending the seed
questions in another email.
b) Record ideas for inclusion in the recommendation document on the
PDX wiki page:
http://pdx.wiki.org/HB2500_Recommendations
2) Draft the recommendation document - Sunday 7pm
Myself, Pete and whoever cares to join us will be collaboratively
drafting our final recommendation from Sunday night. We'll be using
EtherPad (
etherpad.com) which lets us collaboratively and
simultaneously edit a document, and chat. I'll send a link out to the
list with the URL to our space.
Looking forward to hearing from you all.
Regards,
Eric
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Eric Hanson
503-929-1073
er...@aquameta.com