Showing posts with label Occupy Bellingham. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Occupy Bellingham. Show all posts
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
Nerditorial: The Whatcom County Prosecutor Does NOT Heart Occupy Bellingham
In the interest of full disclosure the reader is entitled to know that I am a participant in the Occupy movement myself, and I am not even trying to pretend to be objective about the events I am describing.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Nerditorial: An Open Letter to Whatcom County Council
I delivered the comments that appear after the jump at Open Session on July 10, 2012 in Council Chambers.
After the meeting, individual Members of Council took the time to talk to me about the matter. I deeply appreciate that. None of the Members of Council were aware of the events I described, which surprised me.
Also, in the spirit of full disclosure, I am a participant in the Occupy movement, and am deeply sympathetic to those persons in that movement who are unjustly prosecuted, whether that injustice occurs here in Whatcom County or anywhere else.
After the meeting, individual Members of Council took the time to talk to me about the matter. I deeply appreciate that. None of the Members of Council were aware of the events I described, which surprised me.
Also, in the spirit of full disclosure, I am a participant in the Occupy movement, and am deeply sympathetic to those persons in that movement who are unjustly prosecuted, whether that injustice occurs here in Whatcom County or anywhere else.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Nerditorial: Occupy Bellingham and Parli-Pro
It's been a while since I've indulged in a rant on parliamentary procedure... and I'm sure no one is more thankful for that than the readership of Latte Republic.
But that's all over now.
I've watched the Occupy Bellingham movement up close since it started up just a few weeks ago and this, weirdly enough, is relevant to parli-pro.
The Occupy Bellingham General Assembly events, held every day at 5:30 p.m., are almost text book examples of a parliamentary phenomenon known as a "mass meeting".
Mass meetings are temporary societies that make decisions as a group using rudimentary parliamentary procedures to do so...
It would be more accurate to say that Occupy Bellingham employs a method that is based on Consensus Building than traditional Parliamentary Procedures. The group is ostensibly leaderless, with the roles of Chair and Secretary filled by volunteer/appointed members who perform the function on a per meeting basis.
Nonetheless, from a parli-pro standpoint, this is an opportunity to see group decision making unfold in real time, and with real results.
This is not to be missed, even if you are not a parli-pro geek.
History doesn't happen every day.
Go down to Maritime Heritage Park on any given day at 5:30 p.m. and see the democratic process unfold.
Fridays are particularly well attended, but there is a General Assembly every day.
The more the merrier.
But that's all over now.
I've watched the Occupy Bellingham movement up close since it started up just a few weeks ago and this, weirdly enough, is relevant to parli-pro.
The Occupy Bellingham General Assembly events, held every day at 5:30 p.m., are almost text book examples of a parliamentary phenomenon known as a "mass meeting".
Mass meetings are temporary societies that make decisions as a group using rudimentary parliamentary procedures to do so...
It would be more accurate to say that Occupy Bellingham employs a method that is based on Consensus Building than traditional Parliamentary Procedures. The group is ostensibly leaderless, with the roles of Chair and Secretary filled by volunteer/appointed members who perform the function on a per meeting basis.
Nonetheless, from a parli-pro standpoint, this is an opportunity to see group decision making unfold in real time, and with real results.
This is not to be missed, even if you are not a parli-pro geek.
History doesn't happen every day.
Go down to Maritime Heritage Park on any given day at 5:30 p.m. and see the democratic process unfold.
Fridays are particularly well attended, but there is a General Assembly every day.
The more the merrier.
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