[OSList] Okay...Forget Certification then...How about Co-Creating a NEW OST ASSOCIATION? Such as...THE International Association for Peace and Human Understanding...?

[Tony Budak]

 From Devin Balkind: https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Spokes_Council_Model

"Occupy Sandy, which took place about a year after Occupy Wall Street, 
worked a bit differently. We recognized the flaw in a council of 
affinity groups and instead organized a spokes council around projects. 
Project members, unlike group members, had to agree to maintain a 
membership list, vouch for their members, and articulate success metrics 
that the group had to meet to remain in good standing with the council. 
Those elements made a world of difference. The Occupy Sandy Project 
Council successfully managed hundreds of thousands of dollars through a 
consensus-based process that, while sometimes contentious and stressful, 
actually succeeded in allocating funds to impactful projects in 
transparent ways that won the respect of myriads of people — from city 
officials to direct action organizers. I've been trying to translate 
this "project spokescouncil" approach to other types of organizations 
ever since, with some success.

Here's how I've been applying these principles:

*Instead of creating an "organization," create a charter that explains 
how to run a network. *

**

*Instead of figuring out all the things you want your organization to 
do, find people already doing these things and invite them to join your 
network. *

**

*Instead of creating a central administration to run the network, 
encourage projects to commit to performing the various functions needed 
to sustain the network, including administrative ones. *

One of the great features of the project spokescouncil approach is that 
participating projects don't have to agree on anything more than a 
charter. For-profits, nonprofits, cooperatives, coalitions, grassroots 
projects, and other groups can all coexist without forcing their 
processes on each other"

On 8/19/2019 11:29 AM, Mark Carmel via OSList wrote:
> 1st of all thank you for everyone who gave me feedback on my big idea 
> for certification. It was sincerely appreciated. However I can see it 
> was something that did not Resonate well.
>
> Open space technology has clearly set the standard for the 
> facilitation of peace and human understanding. It is such a powerful 
> and simple tool but highly complex. As Harrison says..  chaos plows 
> the fields of the mind so that new ideas can grow... I think there is 
> ample chaos for us to tackle right now.
>
> I think it is highly important for the leadership of our open space 
> world to make a decision now while we still have Harrison among us as 
> a living spirit. Because we have already set the standards why not 
> cement the standards and turn it into an everlasting association that 
> could be organized to deliver training, etc. To advance the mission of 
> human peace and understanding in a more organized way?
>
> If you want to be a beautician or a mechanic or a rocket scientist or 
> a city manager there are associations for that .
>
> Why not an association for open space technology practitioners to 
> define the standards, the ethics, code of conduct, the way that 
> Harrison has already articulated them, but to formalize them and help 
> us get organized and stay organized until we get the job done?
>
> Respectfully submitted,
> Mark Carmel
>
>
>
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