Re: Max/Mix was: Experience with geeks in OST forums

2001-12-23 Thread Bruce Craig
Ah... right Harrison - I was forgetting how Kathy does it. We just plunk the "max mix" in a room and let them fight it out.. :) I guess I'm calling any "representative" group that has been select as a cross section (vs selected by having a passion for an issue) a max/mix. Sometimes - and not alwa

AW: Max/Mix was: Experience with geeks in OST forums

2001-12-23 Thread Visuelle Protokolle
Harrison wrote: This is the Old curmuddgin speaking. And I know it is Christmas and Hanukkah -- so I should be very charitable. Glowing with the season, as it were. But every time I hear about Mix/Match it reminds me of Running Rats in my college Experimental Psych Lab. No idea what a curm

Re: Max/Mix was: Experience with geeks in OST forums

2001-12-23 Thread Averbuch
Hello Sharon, Thank you very much for your detailed answer! I am really appreciative of the time and effort you took for "repairing" my ignorance. We use something quite similar that I call "a steering comity" for large group OS events. This is a group of people who want to take part and

Re: Concerns and Tactics

2001-12-23 Thread Peggy Holman
I've been sitting with Kenoli's message, caught between the ease of going back to business as usual and the drive to make a difference post 9-11. Thanks for the question Kenoli; I find great power in the asking. I am doing my best to stay with it because I have no easy answers. Paul, your respons

Re: Concerns and Tactics

2001-12-23 Thread Esther .
In a message dated 23/12/2001 13:39:35 Eastern Standard Time, pe...@opencirclecompany.com writes: > I believe the great creator of real, deep, lasting solidarity comes EXACTLY > from expressing viewpoints that disagree. If you and others, with > different > points of view weren't part of this mi

Re: Self-Organization???? (to Peggy)

2001-12-23 Thread Peggy Holman
My responses are below, following the ** Peggy - Original Message - From: Artur F. Silva To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 11:23 AM Subject: Re: Self-Organization (to Peggy) Thank you

Re: Concerns and Tactics

2001-12-23 Thread AVNERH
So what happens Peggy if one like you (who beleives in dialogue with oponents) is dependent with his life on one like Paul (Who does not beleive in dialogue between people who disagree) and you deeply disagree on many levels? You know from the OsOnOs that I am deeply involved in that question. I ju

Re: Concerns and Tactics

2001-12-23 Thread J. Paul Everett
In a message dated 12/23/01 1:36:24 PM, avn...@inter.net.il writes: << So what happens Peggy if one like you (who beleives in dialogue with oponents) is dependent with his life on one like Paul (Who does not beleive in dialogue between people who disagree) and you deeply disagree on many levels