[sudo-discuss] Sudo Room's Values, Participation, etc

[Craig Rouskey]

Matt,

Thanks for writing this. I love SudoRoom's values, they're well thought out
and are amazing.

For me personally, Do-ocracy requires elements of Trust, Compassion
(especially in moments where we as a community fall short of adhering to
our values), and a Shared definition of what "Added Value" means.... (for
example, while shit swastikas make for a interesting conversation starter
in the bathroom, do they actually "add value" --?).

Craig


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey all, I've been thinking about some things and wanted to share a few
> thoughts:
>
> Reflecting on this:
> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Values
>
> I'm of the disposition that sudo room as a collective values "open, public
> discourses over closed proprietary processes" and I believe in good faith
> that this is held and executed by sudoers generally. I appreciate when
> folks want to offer positive acknowledgements, suggestions for improvement,
> and support to fellow community members. I also think that sudoers
> generally practice "do-ocracy over bureaucracy" with an added element of
> "access and transparency over exclusivity" in order to help that do-ocracy
> remain accountable and enable us to "solve real problems over
> hypotheticals, while respecting visions of the future."
>
> Ultimately, it is my perspective that sudo room's various participants are
> interested in acting based on "community and collaboration over isolation
> and competition" not the other way around. I do not think things are
> perfect, but I think by and large folks do a good job of these things and
> everyone is interested in improving.
>
> From this point of view, I would like to express my excitement and
> encouragement for folks to reach out in various ways to add value to sudo
> room, and also to share and communicate at appropriate times. I firmly
> believe that the work executed on a recent topic, a particular grant
> application <http://soex.org/alternativeexposure/>, was appropriate, and
> that while a message indeed would have been fine or even nice, ultimately,
> it was brought to everyone's attention at the right time--just before it
> was due seeking help and when it was confirmed that sudo would actually be
> a recipient of funds. I barely even remember working on it--I believe I
> gave some feedback or something, or perhaps was distracted by something
> else, I don't know. To be honest, applying to grants can feel like a game
> of chance, so I didn't put emotional stock into it.
>
> In other words, I personally don't see any problem with folks reaching out
> on their own in order to add value to sudo room, especially when
> information is brought to light when the value-add is actually feasible or
> even confirmed. For instance, I think it's a great efficiency that Marc
> found a craigslist post for a free, modern, color printer, reached out to
> the poster, confirmed the pickup, picked it up, dropped it off at
> noisebridge, returned with a car to retrieve it from noisebridge, hauled it
> upstairs, cleaned the walkway area adjacent to the elevator, ran an
> ethernet cable, installed shelves, and plugged in the printer itself. It is
> unnecessary for him to have said anything about this for it to be a
> value-consistent value-add to sudo room. It could be nice, even
> advantageous to post it--maybe someone could have picked it up from
> noisebridge on their way home?--but in the end, it doesn't matter, and now
> this great resources is available for us to share and use.
>
> This to me is do-ocracy, and the minutia of timing the communication is
> less important if there is nothing to lose. Applying to grants gives us
> absolutely nothing to lose. I say: reach out.
>
> // Matt
>
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