2 Oct
2022
2 Oct
'22
3:37 p.m.
The proposal of fine-levying powers for the newly formed Cleanliness Accountability
Committee is ill-conceived. Levying, or threatening to levy (symbolic and unenforceable),
cash fines against individuals and collectives at the Omni will not bring about cleaner
spaces, greater engagement or an atmosphere of collective support among our membership.
I am completely in favor of organized cooperative efforts to improve conditions at the
Omni. However, the way to accomplish this is through purposeful restorative organization
and mutual support, not through the establishment of a penal body charged with surveilling
and making judgments against our collectives and their membership.
Why not first empower this newly formed group to earnestly apply only nonviolent methods
to realize their excellent purpose? Rashly burdening the Cleanliness Accountability
Committee with power over others will be effective only in fostering an environment of
score-keeping, conflict, and disharmony among the people of the Omni.