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

[Derek H]

I'm getting constant emails from this thread. "You can ignore it" is NOT a
license to be an incessant, pedantic, unaware pest.

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 6:14 PM, peter <phm at riseup.net> wrote:

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> On 26/02/15 00:01, Jessica Ross wrote:
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> 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.
>
>
> Or you could just choose not to read this thread. *shrug*
>
> Why do you think we need a moderator to come along and decide what
> everyone should read or post about?
>
> Has there been anything abusive in this thread?
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>
>  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)."
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>  '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?
>>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> I beg to differ. I don't care what the 'law' says. I care about what is
>>> the right/moral thing to do.
>>>
>>> (there is no appeal process, but I can try to call an EGM, which is what
>>> I'm doing)
>>>
>>> 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?'.
>>>
>>>
>>> Off you should choose that example.The prelude to genocide is almost
>>> always dehumanizing the targets.
>>>
>>>
>>>  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).
>>>
>>> I'm writing a reply for the LHS cleaner thread, cos I think it's very
>>> interesting.
>>>
>>>
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