[Theforum] my two cents
Erika Meyer
emeyer at lclark.edu
Wed Oct 31 11:51:53 CST 2001
louis wrote...
>for the first period of my evolt membership, i wasn't aware that
>admin existed [ as cited by others on theforum ].
me neither. didn't really know, didn't really care. I did recognize
lots of monkeyjunkies names though, and later discovered many were on
admin.
I think a lot of people sub to the list for a time before spending
more time at the (web) site and digging into the history of Evolt.
There is much info that is not yet in writing. Other info is there
on evolt.org, but you have to explore the site to get it.
>while thinking about what we have and what we want, it occurred to
>the me that as this list grows, it will be harder and harder to come
>to consensus. that's fine. however, are we a majority rules or
>consensus community?
consensus has two meanings actually:
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=consensus
Evolt historically uses #2, the more "general" meaning... or at least
from what I've seen.
But in either case, greater numbers, and/or fluctuating numbers,
makes consensus harder to gage. Which is why some of us have
advocated for a more formalized "voting" system for certain decisions.
>does it vary depending on what decisions are made?
>these are the questions i see that will matter as we determine who
>we are: whoever you are and wherever you have come from, when you
>interact with evolt.org, you are a part of our community and you are
>welcome here. but, i wonder, what do we want to offer to users who
>want to change the world with us, but know only of thesite and
>articles on weo?
>
>-louis
yes.
Erika
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