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meadowlark2019-05-03 09:31 pm
batricide) wrote in meadowlark2019-05-03 09:31 pm
@hafid.alghul
Before we return to New Amsterdam, I wanted to bring something forward to all of you.
As things stand we're reliant on Morningstar to survive in the world. This worked while things were new, while there was still a chance we were just passing through, but some of our numbers have been here for months and as we grow it's important we find a way to handle ourselves, both for our own sake and the sake of the people we've been depending on.
What I propose is a plan to make us self-sustaining and ensure that we're doing more than surviving, we're thriving as best we can given circumstances.
We have no shortage of talent among us, meaning that this task is well within our ability to handle. Our different backgrounds have given us a diverse skillset that's currently being wasted by our own lack of order. I propose changing that by introducing voluntary groups that will focus on building specific areas we need to improve on and help move us forward as an organization.
Combat. Business and Finance. Research and Development. Medical. Internal Human Relations. And Public Relations and Outreach. All areas we need to be focusing on and expanding on, each with its own unique skillset.
Each committee will be under the supervision of one or more members of the Displaced, elected by the committee themselves. These Displaced will be in charge of organizing meetings and gathering any necessary supplies.
What I propose is membership of these committees would be strictly voluntary but strongly encouraged. Many of us are experienced in different areas, so I'm not ruling out serving on multiple committees - but to do what is within your limits.
I also suggest there be two "ambassadors" who will serve as the face and effective organizers of our collective as a wwhole, ensuring that things are running smoothly and the necessary conversations are being had and heard. And if the day comes that we're exposed, they'll serve as the face of our organization to the world itself.
This is only a proposal. I can't force anyone to do this, and this only works through voluntary participation. But I encourage all of you to think about it, and if this is something you want to do, think of how you want to shape our future. We can only do so together.
Thank you for reading this and for your consideration on these words.
As things stand we're reliant on Morningstar to survive in the world. This worked while things were new, while there was still a chance we were just passing through, but some of our numbers have been here for months and as we grow it's important we find a way to handle ourselves, both for our own sake and the sake of the people we've been depending on.
What I propose is a plan to make us self-sustaining and ensure that we're doing more than surviving, we're thriving as best we can given circumstances.
We have no shortage of talent among us, meaning that this task is well within our ability to handle. Our different backgrounds have given us a diverse skillset that's currently being wasted by our own lack of order. I propose changing that by introducing voluntary groups that will focus on building specific areas we need to improve on and help move us forward as an organization.
Combat. Business and Finance. Research and Development. Medical. Internal Human Relations. And Public Relations and Outreach. All areas we need to be focusing on and expanding on, each with its own unique skillset.
Each committee will be under the supervision of one or more members of the Displaced, elected by the committee themselves. These Displaced will be in charge of organizing meetings and gathering any necessary supplies.
What I propose is membership of these committees would be strictly voluntary but strongly encouraged. Many of us are experienced in different areas, so I'm not ruling out serving on multiple committees - but to do what is within your limits.
I also suggest there be two "ambassadors" who will serve as the face and effective organizers of our collective as a wwhole, ensuring that things are running smoothly and the necessary conversations are being had and heard. And if the day comes that we're exposed, they'll serve as the face of our organization to the world itself.
This is only a proposal. I can't force anyone to do this, and this only works through voluntary participation. But I encourage all of you to think about it, and if this is something you want to do, think of how you want to shape our future. We can only do so together.
Thank you for reading this and for your consideration on these words.
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Then I look forward to the next group-wide discussion opening with that sentiment, Stephen, for all our sakes.
And I hope there'll be a capable moderator in place, regardless of the forum.
[ someone needs to watch for this nonsense, and too many of their own are passive in the face of discord. ]
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If not, me too. Perhaps you should look into that.
[ he's absolutely too tired for the even the concept of fitz' possible sorely misplaced belief in him. let's just shut that down real quick and offer the floor to somebody better suited.
if Fitz wants it to be a discussion from the ground up, he's going to need to have a hand in setting the ball rolling and facilitating at least their arrival at the starting gates. because building something from scratch without an existing idea as foundation, ensuring everyone has a voice in it and making sure the conversation doesn't devolve into explosive squabbling is a bigger job than either one of them has time for alone.
Stephen can think of exactly one person designed as a perfect fit for the job and he's not putting this on Markus, the only sane mediating individual he actually thinks they have. ]
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In all honesty, Fitz doesn't consider either of them suited for this work. ]
We've had a loose structure in place for some time now, and I think the committees are quite a clever way to advance that, don't you? All of you and Clarke's efforts with medical, everything Hafid and Daisy have done in training, even Bobbi's Welcome Guide.
I take greater issue with the implication that everything we've done before now has been simply surviving or that we need outward facing positions when we haven't yet all agreed to come together under the umbrella of Displaced, a collective and team, not just a group forced together by circumstances. We are stronger than we know — and more divided, too.
But there's hope for us yet, if we're willing to listen to one another, as Hafid and Clarke have both demonstrated. The softer touch applied in that compromise is one I can get behind. An openness to shifting terrain is essential; that's all I mean to advocate for.
[ and they'll see what lovable idiot will die on the moderator hill another day. ]
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but Fitz brings up something else that derails his focus on the issue at hand for a moment - the umbrella of Displaced as an optional concept. not anymore, that's out of their hands. the choice now is whether to be ready when whoever's holding it over their heads decides to lift it aside and let the rain in.
Fitz is entirely too close to Damian for him to risk venturing onto the topic now. it's frustrating to be bound by a promise, to not be able to properly express the immediacy of his concerns and how they inform his position here, but he's given his word. and Fitz would ask the kinds of questions whose answers or lack thereof would both speak as loud. ]
Here's to hoping somebody picks up wherever this lands.
[ it's all he has left to say. Fitz' hopes may come to pass or they may not. for now, all they can do is sit and watch - Fitz to run damage control, Stephen to keep out of the way and wait. ]
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[ together or not at all. ]