[Seattle-editorial] Re: [IMC-Seattle] (was: Re: [Imc-seattle-community] mail to general list not being distributed?

[BFGalbraith]

Anyone seriously concerned about the future of the
Seattle IMC, and/or the structure of the Seattle IMC,
should note the significance of our decision to
"resubmit our application as an IMC."

This means that instead of trying to "reinvent the
wheel", we'll be starting over, making basically a new
IMC by the Global IMC network's standards they have
developed.  This is important, because unlike when the
Seattle IMC was first formed, we have standards and
established expectations that will influence us having
a more concrete structure.

Beyond this, those sincerely interested in this should
realize the opportunity to get involved and insure
that the Seattle IMC will take on a functional
structure, by getting involved - in a positive,
constructive way - at the end of the hiatus.


--- John Persak <wobbly at drizzle.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I have never posted here before, but I wanted to
> offer my two cents.
> 
> I was at the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th first meetings of the
> IMC in 1999. At that
> time, there was a proposal on the table to create a
> basic process for
> group accountability, and it wasn't supported by the
> leadership of the
> project at that time, few of whom are around now. If
> we look at cultural
> issues within an organization, it can usually be
> traced back to the
> failure of those most involved in the process to set
> goals around agreeing
> to a concrete system of doing things, that is easily
> understood,
> transparent, and most important, workable. When such
> a culture has existed
> for a long period of time without clear direction
> toward such goals,
> collapse is inevitable, and sometimes necessary.


=====
-Benjamin 

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