[Campaignforrealdemocracy] what's the best way to start the process?
james holland
james at dogmanet.org
Thu May 21 08:59:40 BST 2009
let's say that democratic communities are 100-150 people and that that
they could possibly federate together through a 'spokes' system of 50-100.
what's the best way to start the process?
i think one good approach is to split up into areas of about 15,000
(borough wards are about this size) and find a group of people who are
interested in starting out, then over time try to find people in each of
the 100 or so communities and gradually build the capacity of what will
eventually make these the sovereign communities. This approach gives a
context for activists and residents that may live close by, but not live
in the same street or block to make a start, they will be able to engage
people from the whole community and then help to build core communities
when numbers start to grow.
maybe we should aim to start by identifying and supporting a small group
of ward size areas with a good concentration of interested people /
campaigns / resources?
obviously this is all for discussion at the first meeting, but these are
just a few thoughts
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James Holland
http://risingclevel.blogspot.com/
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