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Making Microsolidarity Presentation - 30/05/2020

JG Joshua Glass Public Seen by 118

On May 30, 2020 @Joshua Glass and @Beatriz co-hosted a presentation to share the process of starting a new mutual aid community originating in Maastricht, NL.

This thread holds

  • Q+A from the event

  • The recording of the event: https://youtu.be/mqaH-9uGC9c (accessible only through this link)

  • A place of contact for event attendees (and others interested to connect with them)

JG

Joshua Glass Wed 3 Jun 2020 9:47AM

Hey everyone, here's the recording of the event (accessible only through this link): https://youtu.be/mqaH-9uGC9c

JL

Joe Lightfoot Tue 2 Jun 2020 8:34AM

Awesome, found this really interesting, thank you for sharing it here :D

SG

Simon Grant Sat 30 May 2020 7:22PM

Super, thanks Joshua!

JG

Joshua Glass Mon 1 Jun 2020 1:07PM

I've not yet been asked, but Bea and I are currently working on defining different audiences who would be interested in drawing on our methods of social organising. Corporations are on the list. So we'll be reaching out to them soon enough!

JG

Joshua Glass Sat 30 May 2020 5:52PM

from Tony: Have you ever been asked to introduce this way of working into a large corp that is basically tired of its current way of working?

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Beatriz Mon 1 Jun 2020 12:34PM

Yes, some people joined during the corona lock down!

Josh, Timmy and I started by inviting a small circle of 10 people. We met in person in March pre-Corona.

Since then, we have had two more similar Welcome Meetings which took place over Zoom instead. These meetings were 3 hours to orient new friends who were considering joining the Congregation.

In fact, everything we have been doing has been on Zoom since March. And yes, some of us haven't met in real life yet. We try to make our Zoom Rooms as safe and fun as possible, so that all of us can quickly trust and be vulnerable with each-other. It also really helps that we know that everyone around has been invited by someone else in the group - in the end we are just friends and friends of friends!

JG

Joshua Glass Sat 30 May 2020 5:52PM

from Weronika: Are there any new people in your congregation joined during „corona lock down” so they haven’t been meeting life?

JG

Joshua Glass Mon 1 Jun 2020 2:24PM

Hey @Angelo John Lewis. Yes, there are certainly crews who do not have a specific economic or livelihood focus! In fact, the folks at Enspiral distinguish between "care pods" and "livelihood pods". The latter being concerned with livelihood and the former being concerned with emotional-spiritual/other interest.

Crews revolve around a certain topic that is relevant to all its members. Maybe some people want to Crew so that they go through a certain online course together, or so that they can support each-other in learning more about a certain topic, or even so that they can create a business or project together. They can also crew to experiment with economic intimacy, but this is not crucial.

JG

Joshua Glass Sat 30 May 2020 5:51PM

from Angelo: Are there crews that don't have a specific economic, livelihood focus? Or is this baked into the microsolidarity theory?

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Beatriz Mon 1 Jun 2020 12:32PM

@Peter Farwell even though I know Rotary as an organisation, I'm not too sure of its structure or of how it works and runs.

On the top of my mind, there's a few things to consider:

  • In our Congregation people are welcomed by invitation, and on a basis of trust.

  • Our Congregation is not a formal legal entity with a mission, but an informal network of people which Gathers around a specific purpose and with clear intentions (to help each-other as friends in doing financial and emotionally fulfilling work).

  • Rotary is a world-wide organisation, with thousands of members. Our Congregation (and Microsolidarity in general) propose a micro approach to doing things - the Congregations shouldn't get much bigger than 150 people, and Crews work in groups of 3-6 people.

These are three aspects in OUR Congregation that I think may differ from Rotary's structure. However, this is the Culture of our Maastricht Congregation. Feel welcome to check the original microsolidarity proposal and see what else you can find there!

Perhaps @Richard D. Bartlett or @Nati Lombardo have an idea of a larger biz or social org like Rotary who are using Microsolidarity-esque practices. Perhaps one of your clients?

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