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=Mission=
=Mission=
Exploring bias and issues of diversity and inclusion in the space. Challenging dominant cultural influences and developing projects and relationships more in line with values of social justice, safe space, radical commoning, and anticapitalism.
what are we tasked with? keeping omni true to its values
what are we empowered to do autonomously? nothing
what are we not empowered to do? we don't make policy without delegate consensus. we're not judges or arbiters.
we view the OOC as a body without organs. we want our work to infuse every corner of it.


*[[Bottom-line|Bottom-liners]]: Sarah Prichard, Niki Shelley
*[[Bottom-line|Bottom-liners]]: Sarah Prichard, Niki Shelley

Revision as of 00:45, 5 December 2014

Mission

what are we tasked with? keeping omni true to its values what are we empowered to do autonomously? nothing what are we not empowered to do? we don't make policy without delegate consensus. we're not judges or arbiters. we view the OOC as a body without organs. we want our work to infuse every corner of it.

Goals

  • Find ways to share leadership and direction
  • Make our public meetings more accessible and welcoming to newcomers
  • Reach out to Omni's neighbors for input
  • Develop a process of integrating cultures
  • Develop a method to assess and integrate language styles and archetypes validity
  • Creating safe space within the Omni and a Conflict Resolution Policy including alternatives to police intervention
  • Making invitations to diverse stakeholders
  • Challenging our current representative democracy

Action Items

  • Translate 1-sheet into plain, accessible language – building on from communications group
  • Draft conflict resolution policy
  • Reach out to the surrounding neighborhood to elicit feedback on what they'd like the space to become
  • Create ongoing ToDos list to better distribute tasks/responsibilities

Meeting Minutes

Related Pages

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