[hackerspaces] Leadership abusing powers. Bullying. Extraordinary General Meetings.

[Jessica Ross]

Is this list becoming the new noisebridge-discuss? This has all been very
droll and everything, but I think it's time for a moderator to step in.

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 5:59 PM, peter <phm at riseup.net> wrote:

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> On 25/02/15 23:54, Derek H wrote:
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> "If you read the thread closely, and you're smart, you might guess where
> I'm going (there are clues)."
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> Yeah. We get it. You're insufferable and lack any degree of properly
> formed human empathy. You're incredibly emotionally unaware and insist on
> inflicting yourself upon situations where your presence is unwelcome.
> NOTHING bad that happens to you is your fault, and everyone is just out to
> get you because they're so unenlightened. You're so advanced that you don't
> even understand the concept of gender. Ooh. Ahh. Now please leave us be.
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>
> 'We'. 'us'. Who are you talking about?
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>  On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 5:48 PM, peter <phm at riseup.net> wrote:
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>> On 25/02/15 23:34, Don Ankney wrote:
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>> On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:51 AM, peter <phm at riseup.net> wrote:
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>> On 23/02/15 05:08, Sparr wrote:
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>>  On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 2:56 PM, peter <phm at riseup.net> wrote:
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>>> Does anyone have advice/experience with the leadership abusing their
>>> powers, doing unconstitutional/unethical things?
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>> Short answer: unless the group's bylaws give you some recourse, then you
>> have none. The leadership gets to make up the rules, and if you don't like
>> them then you can go start your own club. The actual points of your
>> arguments don't matter. They could be telling you to stop wearing yellow
>> shirts, and your justification for wearing yellow shirts WOULDNT MATTER.
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>> I beg to differ. I don't care what the 'law' says. I care about what is
>> the right/moral thing to do.
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>> (there is no appeal process, but I can try to call an EGM, which is what
>> I'm doing)
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>> If your government starts committing genocide, would you say 'oh well,
>> they passed a law to make it legal, so there is nothing I can do?'.
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>> Off you should choose that example.The prelude to genocide is almost
>> always dehumanizing the targets.
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>>  I was actually transhumanising, but I don't have time to explain this
>> right now.
>> If you read the thread closely, and you're smart, you might guess where
>> I'm going (there are clues).
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>> I'm writing a reply for the LHS cleaner thread, cos I think it's very
>> interesting.
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