mhorne, I appreciate your input. That’s a wonderful idea, and part of what I was trying to get at.
I see a pattern of tasks being automatically “dumped on” and “expected to be completed” by a specific set of members. This is a community, and in the end it is the culmination of the efforts of the /members of the community/ (whether you are in leadership, in an appointed position, a general member, a member from afar, or a repeat guest) that determines what is accomplished and what progress we make. It is a healthy expectation that people contribute their time and energy in some way to help us improve. I consider that to be a founding principle of the Hive and part of the definition of a do-ocracy. By expecting certain people to just get things done by default, or by “voluntelling” people to do things, it is likely that nothing will actually get done, and if it does get accomplished, those people will be badly burned out. Sitting back from afar and directing people to do things is not what we’re about, and won’t really work in this environment.
The more people who contribute some time and energy to improving the space (physically, procedurally, educationally, emotionally, edibly (:P), functionally, etc.), the better our community will become. By expending a bit of effort, people become invested in the space, which just breads more connection and community (a chain reaction of progress).
I was trying to encourage people to get involved, and help find a solution for us through some personal effort, rather than the pattern I stated previously.
