Revision of October 26, 2005 Meeting Notes from Thu, 11/10/2005 - 3:22pm

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Meeting October 22
  • Introductions
    • How the five got together
      • Meetup.org John and Mitchell initial meeting
      • Lloyd introduced
      • Dylan intoduced
      • Matt introduced
  • Presentation critique
    • Hahnel's Points
      • Don't mention unions because it is not relevant to the discussion and may cause unnecessary confusion.
    • Positive
      • Robin was great, handled questions really well
      • Q&A moderation.
      • The process was a great addition and ties everything together.
    • Negative
      • Looking more at the downfalls of the current system. What is wrong with Capitalism?
        • Understanding that it is a revolutionary idea, that they can be a revolutionary and they can do something about it.
      • Description of council systems seemed vague.
      • Allocation defined more clearly. IFBs are important, but requires a more distinct turning point from the general concept to a detailed explanation.
    • Future
      • Understanding who our audience is.
      • Individual or two presenters
  • Updates
    • Software Project
      • To implement a statistical model of ParEcon using formulas adapted from “The Political Economy of Participatory Economics”
      • Setbacks
        • Unsure about coding language choice
    • Website
      • Needs
        • Audio upload
        • Message board style Q&A
        • Meeting minutes uploaded
      • Use the Site!
  • Money Situation
    • Hahnel or department covered plane ticket.
    • Printing cost covered by Dylan and professor contribution
  • Mission Statement (To resolve Online)
  • Next Step
    • Next Presentation get someone who is part of a ParEcon example
    • Other groups that are tackling the same issues with a ParEcon
    • Explore key aspects of ParEcon
      • Tackle the presentation crituqe at the same time
    • Wiki style presentation/education synopsis
    • CAPES road trip to see model in action.
    • A play; set in ParEcon future
    • Creation of a Teach-In toolkit
      • Presentation
      • FAQ "Possible Questions & Answers"
    • Outreach
      • Outcome will draw people in and then we get to the technical side
        • I am not empowered. Why?
      • Chicago Anarchist Network learning about another economic system
        • May Day economic critique and economic alternative
    • Book Club idea
    • Possible experimentation
    • Individual mentoring
    • Flash presentation
    • Organizational structure
      • Self-management principles
      • Create section of the website for organization model discussion.
      • Need to make sure that we don't butcher ourselves or gut the organization.
      • Lets try and reach a democratic consensus first. If that fails, then majority vote (2/3 or majority?).
  • Next meeting
    • Nov 16, 2005
    • Explore: “What is wrong with our current economic system?”
      • Capitalism and its death toll.
        • African nations
        • Cancer like aspects
    • Mission Statement (vote?)
    • Possible future meeting venues

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