[Campaignforrealdemocracy] Fwd: Brighton's revised process.

[Mark Barrett]

Hello All

Ben Kidd from Occupy Brighton asked me to disseminate the following
decision on process decision made in Brighton yesterday:

http://www.facebook.com/notes/occupy-brighton/the-balancing-act-rewriting-the-process-for-the-21st-century/421818811215863
http://occupybrighton.co.uk/wp/

*Revising the Process for the 21st Century*

Occupy Brighton have today (15/10/12) arrived at a consensual agreement on
the following 12 revisions to our process:

   - 1. The primary focus of our process should be on bringing the
   community together to solve local problems collectively.
   - 2. The process should remain fluid and emergent. Proposed revisions to
   the process should be welcomed at appropriate times.
   - 3. The process should be 100% transparent, recorded/livestreamed,
   uploaded and archived.
   - 4. Individuals and focus groups should be assured that their autonomy
   & right to anonymity will be respected.
   - 5. People should be able to participate anonymously if they would
   prefer to. (i.e. by a twitter account & delegate for smartphone
   users/pieces of paper passed to the facilitator).
   - 6. There is no need for complex hand signals. A hand in the air is
   sufficient if you wish to speak.
   - 7. We should divide the discussion into three sections – problems –
   solutions – actions.
   - 8. People’s Assemblies should be focused on single themes. The themes
   should be developed by smaller working groups before calling a larger
   Assembly to consider the working group’s proposed solution(s) & action(s)
   - 9. The themes for the Assembly should be determined a meeting in
   advance, so that everybody has time to research them.
   - 10. The responsibility for facilitation should not fall on any one
   person’s shoulders. A team of at least 3 facilitators should take
   responsibility for keeping the debate productive, timely and on-topic. At
   least one facilitator should have been involved in the Working Group who
   called the Assembly.
   - 11. A technical team should ensure the debates are timely/balanced,
   factual and inclusive.
   - 12. The process should recognise and accommodate the need for proper
   R&R during the event/debate/occupation (i.e. picnics/tea and coffee
   beforehand, a “chill out area/wet zone” – or an associated “after party”
   with live music/entertainments etc).

We resolved the consensus vs majority debate by referring to point 2. (i.e.
the process is emergent and such decisions can be taken whenever necessary).

Thanks to Paul Stone@ Radio Reverb who interviewed us after the assembly
today. The show will be repeated and we have been invited back for a follow
up interview.

Please join the debate here on our forum<http://occupybrighton.co.uk/forum/>,
or on the Occupy Brighton facebook <http://www.facebook.com/occupybrighton>page.
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