User:OneKarma/Philosophy

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This is the home of the informal working group aiming to establish philosophical foundations for the movement. Topics and implications include, but are not limited to: assumptions and premises for moral obligations, organizational requirements, and prioritizing action.

Government Structure

The current function of the General Assembly is wrought with issues.

  1. It is unclear whether the process is entirely knowable. There have been suggestions to laminate hand-outs describing the functions of the assembly, but it unknown whether this has been implemented as a standard, and to what effect. The function of the GA must be made knowable, preferably through simplicity of process, but if necessary through a public poster above the stage. During an assembly, there should not be any slowing of process due to lack of clarity. The movement has been in motion far too long to lack clarity.
  2. The functions, intents, and general organization of Working Groups is not standardized and does not utilize all available tools to maximize engagement with the people. The Facilitation WG has achieved little success in standardizing any processes. Furthermore, when noted of this issue, the FWG essentially denied that it was the correct organization to be pursuing such a standardization. The creation of this page is a response to that denial, as is it clear by their mission statements that no other working groups wish to address this issue.

If the movement wishes to evoke the will of the people, it must establish a process that is knowable and executable by all members of the public.