[CIMC-work] consensus requires discussion and communication

[ChrisGeovanis at aol.com]

I think there's some confusion about consensus and blocking. We have never permitted one person to block in a stand-alone fashion, and neither do most other projects that use the consensus model for process and decisionmaking -- including Indymedia in its global process guidelines. If we did, the result would be a sort of reverse autocracy, where one person could basically exercise total domination over the larger group by simply refusing to allow ANY decisions to move forward. There are two core questions in this situation with the video collective: 1) does video have a two-thirds consensus (or greater) on moving forward past Thomas's block? 2) does video actually understand the groundrules for the consensus process in dialoging and making decisions?

christine

In a message dated 5/6/2004 12:46:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mayday at riseup.net writes:

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>   Subj:  [CIMC-work] consensus requires discussion and communication
>   Date:  5/6/2004 12:46:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>   From:  "Thomas Yun" <mayday at riseup.net>
>   To:  "Chicago Indymedia " <imc-chicago-working at lists.indymedia.org>, jongroot at aol.com
>   Cc:  Chicago Independent Television <imc-chicago-video at lists.indymedia.org>
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> Friends,
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> at this point, I'm not sure how much constructive dialogue will result
> from any of this because the person whose proposal I am blocking is not
> participating in the discussion.
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> I'd like him to propose some concrete solutions for the concerns I'm
> raising.  That would be working towards a more collective process.
> 
> paz,
> t
> y
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