[sudo-discuss] Re: Temporary Ban of Jake from Omni Commons (fwd)

8 Jan 2024

On 1/7/24 20:05, E via sudo-discuss wrote:

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 I have deep reservations about the actions taken at yesterday's 
 “retreat.” I informed my co-delegate that I would be delayed by one 
 hour and ultimately arrived at the meeting at approximately 3:30pm. 
 Jamal, Angela, Jemma, Anwar, Silver, Patrik, Yar, Paige, Toan, and 
 John were there in person. Our newly hired facilitator, Jamal, was 
 dictating the above letter to Paige. Jake was not present. I was told 
 that before I arrived, Jamal had called a vote on what accountability 
 measure would be suitable to address “the Jake problem.” During this 
 vote, delegates John (LL), Patrik (CCL), Paige (SR), and Natalie (SB) 
 voted in favor of inflicting this punishment and Toan (FNB) blocked 
 the measure. Toan’s block was overruled and the issue was then passed 
 by consensus-minus one. Paige did not consult with or inform me that 
 this vote was taking place. Jamal asked me to keep this information 
 secret from Jake. I found this request objectionable as this was 
 allegedly meant to be an open meeting.

 The meeting notes on the wiki say barely anything about how and why 
 this decision was reached. Jake was tried, convicted, and harshly 
 sentenced - in absence - without a chance to hear any charges, defend 
 himself or plead his case. Abandoning due process is not restorative 
 in any way - it’s shameful - it makes the meeting seem less about 
 accountability and more about silencing dissent.

 When I consulted with my co-delegate after the meeting, I asked if 
 they believed that they had voted in line with the wishes of our 
 collective - they acknowledged that they had not done so and would 
 understand if they were asked to step down from the position. I 
 understand that Paige was under a lot of pressure and clearly cares 
 deeply about our community. I have great esteem for Paige and 
 appreciation for much of the work they’ve done in our space, however, 
 it looks like the meeting may have escalated more quickly than anyone 
 could have expected. When I asked if it was possible to appeal this 
 judgment I was directed to consult with Jamal.

 I call upon all people of sudoroom who share my fondness for due 
 process and distaste for secret trials to object by responding to this 
 thread and making your views clear. Last night, judgment was passed 
 against one of our members without that person even being present, and 
 fundamental structural changes were made to our organization without 
 consultation of the general membership.

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I agree with Eric, reservations. I have read the notes from this meeting 
and do not feel like they support this action. Also, perhaps I'm wrong, 
but this was not billed as a delegates meeting with plenary powers. 
Proposals like this should be announced on the lists and discussed 
within the collectives before being peremptorily voted upon. This is 
what happened when we asked the CLP to leave. Maybe then folks like the 
co-delegate from the sudoroom and others would actually show up and join 
the discussions and the decisions would have more legitimacy. I don't 
see any evidence that this proposal was discussed in any of the sudoroom 
meeting notes (I've been even more disengaged than usual because of 
holiday house guests and pressing personal health distractions).

https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2024/01/05_06_Delegates

To me this feels a little like a purge after a struggle session, and a 
violation of basic democratic norms, to say nothing of the hallowed 
notion of consensus. This matter should be referred back to the 
collectives for discussion, not suddenly unilaterally taken by this 
small self-selecting group with no prior notice. The sudoroom should 
weigh in on this ban as a collective, will there be a meeting this 
Wednesday?

Ed

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 -Eric

 Sudoroom Co-delegate

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[sudo-discuss] Re: Temporary Ban of Jake from Omni Commons (fwd)