[sudo-discuss] [OMNI] Proposals up for consensus:

Hey sudo! At Thursday night's Omni delegates meeting, the following proposals were put forth and are up for discussion over the next week, to be voted on at next Thursday's Omni meeting: 1. Paying Jesse Jesse Palmer is the Omni's lawyer and has done a phenomenal job helping us get to where we are now. His bill totals somewhere in the realm of $8500, which divided among 10 collectives means Sudo would contribute ~$850. 2. Paying an additional month of rent into a reserve Our rent for July is free, but all collectives could pay rent for the month of July anyway to be put into a reserve fund. I think this is a great idea, and we have the funds for it (I believe we have ~$12,000 in the bank). 3. Revision to Consensus Process: Thus far, the Omni Collective has made decisions using a full consensus model. The proposal on the table is for votes to strive for full consensus, but resort to a 2/3 majority vote if consensus cannot be achieved. This model was recommended by Jesse, who has extensive experience representing coops and collectives who've run into problems with full-consensus models for hairy decisions like banning an abusive individual or - as may be the case with us - removing particular groups/collectives from the larger collective. Proposal : New Voting Model All votes called by the Delegate Council are subject to two rounds of voting. The first round passes by full consensus. If after friendly amendments and conversation full consensus cannot be achieved, the vote moves to a second round which passes by 2/3 majority. If this second vote fails to pass, the vote does not carry. This amendment to our full consensus voting procedures is proposed in light of advice from radical comrades and colleagues who have seen groups and projects torn apart by bad-faith exploitation of full consensus voting. Our group's aim and aspiration will always be full consensus, and we will always work to make sure all voices are heard. In all of our work and decisionmaking together, let us always be guided by fairness, kindness, and justice. ---- Please discuss any issues posed by the above proposals, make amendments, and feel free to attend next Thursday's meeting if you'd like to participate! Cheers, Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`