Road Map Planning

This is the ROAD MAP PLANNING Working Group.

It is limited to the work of the Working Group meetings that are being scheduled to help OB figure out who/what it is. And where it might be headed. For an overall "STRATEGIC PLANNING" discussion about OB, please go [here].

The Road Map Planning Working Group has held one meeting, at which a popular organization tool "The SWOT Analysis" was introduced.

One of the "exercises" in ["strategic planning"] is to discuss a group's "STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, and THREATS", analysis which is commonly called SWOT. See a "real world" example of one professional consultant's [description of SWOT here].

Below is the list of thoughts given at the first Road Map Planning Meeting from Sunday 12/11.

The next Roadmapping meeting is scheduled for 11:30 am at Ecuentro 5, 33 Harrison, Boston. We will be breaking up into small workgroups and gathering more SWOT information. And then consolidating it into a "group summary", in case people want to use the work as a reference point moving forward.

One part of this meeting will be to discuss the next steps for the Roadmapping group. See this link for ideas for these next steps Roadmapping Next Steps.

See below for the SWOT work (so far):

Strengths
Coherence of Group Strength in Unity Consensus (Horizontal Democracy) Consumer Strategy Direct Action Variety and amount of Creative Ideas and Energy Exceptional Background of Skills Working Together Multiple Agenda’s Transparency Global Movement The Opportunity to Meet New People

Weaknesses
Resistance and refusal to address the concerns of marginalized groups AS central issues Resistance and Refusal to Address Central Issues Constant Crisis Mode Reactive vs. Proactive Multiple Agendas Lots of Ideas, Not A lot of Strategy Boring GA Non Productive GA No Definition of Non-Violence Unresponsive from GA People feel intimidated Complexity of the Issues of the 1% Agent Provocateurs Thinking We Only Work Outside the System Lacking Information Sharing

Opportunities
Healing Non Violent Communication Training Inter-Work Group Collaboration (2) Maximize election year potential Day of Rest Promote Transparency Opportunity to regroup Morphing Physical Presence Opportunity to Influence Furthering cause, more attention to media and message Looking to Define the Change Networking with the world Social Forums Building the Foundation Training for Progress In-depth Analysis of what was good and what wasn’t Educational Opportunity for the 99% 30/60 second elevator pitch Selfless Autonomous Action More non-violent training Mass Movement Building Win Hearts and Minds through intelligent debate ideas and debates Opportunities Continued More Comprehensive Strategy Parallel Organizing Better Planned Direct Actions Embrace Diversity of Tactics Reaching Out to Other Occupations Accessibility To All

Threats
Danger of Triviality Bogged Down by Process Coherence (In-Fighting) Oppression Burn Out Duplicating efforts (too many parallel meetings) Over emphasis on Semantics Hostile Media 1% Young Male “I don’t give a fuck attitude” Egoism Autonomous Action Without Thought Lack of Respect for Divergent Thoughts GA Not Respected Agent Provocateurs Elevate Actuality Co-option “Moccupation” Lack of info-understanding what you are doing Lack of Accountability Eliticism

Original RoadMap Meeting Notes

Next steps?
See this link for ideas for these next steps Roadmapping Next Steps.

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