Gathering #15 September 2, 2021 - Revisiting Money
Ronen Hirsch
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A container for preparations, documentation, and ripples from gathering #15
14:00-16:00 UTC (with possibility for overtime) @ Zoom
Toni Blanco
Mon 13 Sep 2021 10:23AM
I have not listened the last version of the GP yet, but I feel that this four-part proposal is wise and will let us frame the economic sustainability of both the space and crews with a fresh approach in the (near) future.
Ronen Hirsch Thu 23 Sep 2021 10:44AM
This (apparently ongoing) thread from Richard Bartlett (started after I shared the GP with him) and has seeds to harvest regarding money:
https://twitter.com/RichDecibels/status/1439954274604224519
this especially stood out to me and prompted me to place this link here for future reference:
ppl cringe or want to avoid money in community; so they start out voluntary, or as cheap as possible so you wind up with a more fragile system: because the value flows are mostly invisible, you don't know if you're growing or dying, you don't know what needs attention
Jennifer Damashek · Mon 13 Sep 2021 8:36PM
I read the proposal this morning and have been thinking about it since then. I'm wondering if the next cycle could include seeking to discover how to generate financial income (for those who want or need it in the crew) as we move forward from this place. I think there are possibilities around how the crew works together. People are hungry for new ways of relating/working together.
Some qualities of this way of working together that stand out to me:
1. Being fully present while listening and speaking
2. Only speaking/writing when it will move the group forward
3. Bringing our whole selves to work
4. Desiring to tend to what is best for the whole that emerges from the group
5. Looking for and expressing appreciation for gifts offered by others
6. Speaking what is felt/embodied knowledge and awareness rather than simply what our intellect or emotions may tell us
7. Allowing the process of work to unfold without knowing for sure where it is going
I also wonder if it's possible crews could be formed using the basics of the Generative Process without there even being a digital space...and that might help inform the actual building of the digital space.