[OSList] [aoh] protestors and process people on Wall Street

Fri Sep 30 10:20:29 PDT 2011

An article from the Nation about the response of NY Times

http://www.thenation.com/blog/163626/correcting-abysmal-new-york-times-coverage-occupy-wall-street?rel=emailNation

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Tenneson Woolf <tenneson at berkana.org>wrote:

> Is it not an amazing time.
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> The consciousness of democracy seems to be bursting forth with expressions
> of invitation, emergence, and wholeness. In some regions, with great pain.
> In others, with a welcomed vibrancy akin to the dawn of a new day.
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> Species wide learning manifesting -- that is the story I tell myself. From
> a much quickened consciousness shift.
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> Appreciating our friendships and colleagueships here.
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> Greetings from Utah.
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> On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:13 AM, Helen Titchen Beeth wrote:
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> Oh wow, Benjamin, what lovely germs you're germinating here!
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> They spark off some questions in me, too...
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> I've noticed that when a group shares an *aligned intent* (doesn't have to
> be - can never be - identical, just resonant rather than fragmented) things
> can get done without any overt coordination. People just see what needs
> doing from their perspective, and they do it. They tell others what they're
> doing, and people see what others are doing, and the information gets passed
> around quite synchronistically so people know what they need to know.
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> What seems important is processes whereby groups can keep coming together
> to sense what's changing and shifting through their action (and the
> responses of the environment/context) and continue to keep their shared
> intent aligned. So there can be an ongoing 'story field' that's constantly
> fueled as the actors move away from the fire into action, then return with
> the next installment of the story to share.
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> So inspiring that all this collective learning is happening in hotspots all
> over our world, and being shared back into the middle. In so many different
> ways.
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> We don't have to design it. It's happening now. We just have to witness it,
> perhaps discern some patterns and articulate them back into the system so
> that we become more conscious of what we're doing, and can experiment with
> the next level.
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> Species-wide learning is now possible.
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> :-D
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> On 30 Sep 2011, at 12:53, Benjamin Aaron Degenhart wrote:
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> Hi there,
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> indeed a dance of the masculine and the feminine. let's continue, here's
> maybe a more masculine one again :) i am hearing a need for effective and
> agile ways of processing information in a big group and converge into quick
> collective decisions in response to acute challenges... the community
> building/bonding is already in place and ideally get's nourished
> and strengthened by the ways used to move as a whole body 'intellectually'.
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> i am intrigued by the way Tom puts it: "the evolutionary pressures to
> develop new forms are intense".
> Walking through the morning-sunshine of Oxford i remembered a few pieces in
> resonance with this that i'd like to offer as *potential crystallization
> points of some new forms*... these are not ready-to-implement-tools but
> thoughts to play with. maybe someone IN the actual heat of the physical
> reality of this can see if any of it makes sense. maybe not (yet), that's
> fine too.
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> - - here's [http://wp.me/pyPX5-1D] a piece on convergence involving *systemic
> voting* (people giving negative votes on options, the options with least
> negative votes win), *collectively choosing a voice for the system* (on
> 1-2-3 everyone points on the person they think will speak this
> inquiry/decision in the best way as a voice of the whole system, person with
> most fingers pointing at them gets to speak. alternatively also the person
> with least fingers or other configurations) and *finding missing voices *(a
> ball is thrown from person to person and three persons have the chance to
> speak, they shall only do so if they feel they hold important voices of the
> system).
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> - - consciously working with *leadership-pathways*, rather than "leaders"
> [http://wp.me/pyPX5-fF]. The choice/evolution/iteration of these pathways
> could be wrapped around the challenge faced? Like finding the narrative from
> the group that works best in the light of this.
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> - - finding new ways of using the *body as a communication instrument*? [
> http://wp.me/pyPX5-eR] imagine you'd have identified a few voices of the
> system that represent the spectrum of the opinion-landscape around a
> subject... then these voice-holders take a posture and so does everyone
> else. Now in slow-motion you morph your own posture towards the postures of
> the voice-holder that you feel aligned with... [
> http://wp.me/pyPX5-7j/#posturemorph]
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> - - i would love to find a way to move on practically with this one as i
> sense so much potential, but i have no clue about a next step. Seeing a
> group as a *social processor*...  a group of 50 contains 1225 different
> possible subgroups of two people. it also contains 19600 different possible
> groups of three people and so on. A group of 50 people indeed has a total of
> 2^50 = 1.126 quadrillion different possible subgroups of different sizes.
> What if there's a way to leverage this abundance very consciously and
> strategically to process information and hold as much complexity as possible
> as a whole group... [http://wp.me/pyPX5-aD]
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>
> joyously,
>
> Benjamin Aaron Degenhart
> KaosPilot Team16
>
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> On 30 September 2011 09:13, Helen Titchen Beeth <
> helen.titchen.beeth at mac.com> wrote:
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>> Thank you, Brigitte! You totally rock!
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>> I think this might be the voice of the feminine speaking through you. If
>> it is, then it is important to acknowledge that there is also a need for
>> what the masculine does - which includes strategizing and lofty inquiry. It
>> is when BOTH are present that we humans are at our best, don't you think?
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>> :-D
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>> helen
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>> On 30 Sep 2011, at 00:59, Brigitte Kupfer wrote:
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>> "............ that an overarching strategy (a framework) is needed by
>> which to unite and focus peaceful people, organizations, and institutions to
>> participate in peaceful, transformation of unilateral power."
>> Yes, David, I agree. But I think this framework is not coming from any of
>> our maps, AoH etc.
>> This framework has always existed and is already there. "We the people"
>> are reconnecting to it.
>> "The HEART is where the revolution begins" -And if we don't trust our
>> hearts and the collective force which is only accessible through our hearts,
>> then "The HEAD is where the revolution ends".
>> .......and we'll repeat - repeat - repeat.
>> "The map is not the territory".
>> What about expecting the unexpected?
>> What about imagineering new formations which don't come from us "the
>> experts" and our maps.
>> What about taking a moment before rushing into action and asking again
>> what is needed from us right now.
>> This is a crucial moment for all "warriors of the heart".
>> Becoming the "I" of the storm - becoming the "eye" of the heart.
>> Or as Vaclav Havel puts it:  "to live in harmony with the 'voice of being'
>> as I understand it within myself" .
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>> *It Is I Who Must Begin*
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>> *It is I who must begin.*
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>> *Once I begin, once I try --*
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>> *here and now,*
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>> *right where I am,*
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>> *not excusing myself*
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>> *by saying things*
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>> *would be easier elsewhere,*
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>> *without grand speeches and*
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>> *ostentatious gestures,*
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>> *but all the more persistently*
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>> *-- to live in harmony*
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>> *with the "voice of Being," as I*
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>> *understand it within myself*
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>> *-- as soon as I begin that,*
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>> *I suddenly discover,*
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>> *to my surprise, that*
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>> *I am neither the only one,*
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>> *nor the first,*
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>> *nor the most important one*
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>> *to have set out*
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>> *upon that road.*
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>> *Whether all is really lost*
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>> *or not depends entirely on*
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>> *whether or not I am lost.*
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>> *~ Vaclav Havel ~*
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>> *Trusting we'll hear the "voice of being" within ourselves while doing
>> our work *
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>> My best wishes to all
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>> Brigitte
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>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Dave Cooper <
>> dave.cooper at shalommakers.com> wrote:
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>>> Greetings Sandy and all,
>>>
>>> In response to Sandy's request, I expect that there are some "experts"
>>> among
>>> the masses of people who are organizing. I hope that from the
>>> "ethnographic"
>>> work of people who are experts in their own communities will connect with
>>> the emerging relational power that is building into a national and
>>> worldwide
>>> Movement.
>>>
>>> Some years ago, I stated to a friend,  " America needs a Movement in
>>> which
>>> the organizing organizations organize to transform dominating power and
>>> with
>>> it the culture that clamors after and clings to it". It seems that the
>>> non-hierarchical consensus-based processes among the demonstrators that
>>> Sandy mentioned are an attempt at overcoming unilateral power. However,
>>> like
>>> Sandy, I agree that some structure is needed to avert chaos that could
>>> erupt
>>> into and create an inhospitable and unproductive environment.
>>>
>>> What I am witnessing (perhaps you too) and mapping is a mostly peaceful
>>> Movement toward relationship-centric, equity-forming, common good of
>>> proportions that boggle my mind and imagination. People are resisting
>>> dominating unilateral power; resisting the chasm between wealthy and
>>> poverty-stricken; resisting the prescriptions that come from
>>> organizations
>>> and institutions that for too long have suppressed and oppressed them.
>>>
>>> Moreover, I agree with Sandy that an overarching strategy (a framework)
>>> is
>>> needed by which to unite and focus peaceful people, organizations, and
>>> institutions to participate in peaceful, transformation of unilateral
>>> power.
>>>
>>>
>>> Warmly and with expectant hope,
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> Rev. N. David Cooper, MDiv, MSW, CPM
>>> Shalom Makers
>>> P.O. Box 61
>>> Doswell, VA 23047
>>>
>>> c. 804.614.6254
>>> e. dave.cooper at shalommakers.com
>>> w. http://www.shalommakers.com
>>> w. http://www.communitiesofshalom.com
>>> @shalommakers and @communit_shalom on Twitter
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: aoh-bounces at list.artofhosting.org
>>> [mailto:aoh-bounces at list.artofhosting.org] On Behalf Of Sandy
>>> Heierbacher
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:50 PM
>>> To: AoH List; oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
>>> Subject: [aoh] protestors and process people on Wall Street
>>>
>>> Hi, Open Space and Art of Hosting friends!
>>>
>>> I wanted to send a quick message out to both the OSlist and the AoH list
>>> to
>>> see if any process experts in these communities are working with the
>>> Occupy
>>> Wall Street folks who are doing direct action in NYC right now.
>>>
>>> We had a thread on the NCDD Discussion list today (I'm the director of
>>> the
>>>
>>> National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation, if you've not heard of
>>> NCDD)
>>> about the timely opportunity to provide real assistance and advice with
>>> process to these activists.  Additional occupations (as they're being
>>> called) are being planned for DC, Boston, and other locations I believe
>>> --
>>> and I wanted to check in with the Open Space and AoH communities to see
>>> if
>>> process folks were already involved (if so, let's talk about how NCDD
>>> members might be able to help you out, and stay informed about what
>>> you're
>>> doing).
>>>
>>> The Occupy Wall Street folks are an intentionally leader-less,
>>> self-organized group.  Open Space and Art of Hosting-style processes seem
>>> like the best fit for helping them stay that way, continue to give all
>>> protestors a voice and to move more quickly to jointly-identified
>>> outcomes.
>>>
>>> For those of you who may not be too familiar with what's going on in NYC
>>> right now, here's an interesting part of the listserv thread I mentioned
>>> (this segment is written by Tom Atlee):
>>>
>>> NCDDers in NYC might find the occupier community (they call themselves
>>> "Occupy Wall Street") a challenging, exciting context to work in.
>>>  Process
>>> is being evolved on the spot.  The occupiers were using a traditional
>>> consensus process, but the police forbade microphones.  So they developed
>>> a
>>> fascinating "human microphone" system where the speaker says a few words
>>> and
>>> the crowd repeats what was said (which allows those in the back to hear).
>>> (You can watch all this on streaming videos!)  But that increases the
>>> already extensive time needed for consensus (checking for concerns,
>>> etc.),
>>> so the police have started issuing demands that must be met within 5-15
>>> minutes, which the crowd can't respond to fast enough without formal
>>> leaders, which they don't want.  The evolutionary pressures to develop
>>> new
>>> forms are intense.  What comes out of that could be very good, very bad,
>>> or
>>> something else...
>>>
>>> If an NCDDer joined them and created a self-organized "Talk to the
>>> Others"
>>> working group, something might happen along the lines you're thinking,
>>> Stephanie.  But there's no one in charge to talk to about getting other
>>> protesters to join in Activity X.  It is a self-organized system, for
>>> better
>>> and/or worse.
>>>
>>> If you/we want to do something more planned, best to start now planning
>>> for
>>> the parallel occupation of Washington DC by hundreds/thousands of
>>> progressive protesters that is about to hit the city on Oct 6
>>> http://october2011.org.
>>>
>>> For info on Occupy Wall Street, here's some fascinating links:
>>>
>>> http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/7468-occupy-wall-street-
>>> take-the-bull-by-the-horns<http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/7468-occupy-wall-street-take-the-bull-by-the-horns>
>>>
>>> http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/64-64/7564-the-w
>>> hole-world-is-watching-nonviolence-at-liberty-plaza<http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/64-64/7564-the-whole-world-is-watching-nonviolence-at-liberty-plaza>
>>>
>>> http://www.truth-out.org/occupywallstreet-more-hashtag-its-revolution-format
>>> ion/1316784846<http://www.truth-out.org/occupywallstreet-more-hashtag-its-revolution-formation/1316784846>
>>>
>>> http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/chris-hedges-occupy-wall-street-is
>>> -where-the-hope-of-america-lies/<http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/chris-hedges-occupy-wall-street-is-where-the-hope-of-america-lies/>
>>>
>>> http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2011/09/20/police-occupy-wall-s
>>> treet-9-20-2011/<http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2011/09/20/police-occupy-wall-street-9-20-2011/>
>>> http://thiscantbehappening.net/node/785
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Sandy
>>>
>>> Sandy Heierbacher
>>> Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD)
>>> email:  sandy at thataway.org (switching to sandy at ncdd.org)
>>> website:  www.ncdd.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> "For what we are beginning to wake up to today ...is that we have for
>> millenia structured our social institutions and our systems of values
>> precisely in ways that serve to block, distort, and pervert our enormous
>> human yearning for loving connections." -  Riane Eisler
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