In which she launches her proposal
Apr. 24th, 2009 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zeborahI was going to jump in with my full proposal which included an introduction to me, how I'm going to approach this, what I know for sure and what I don't know for sure, a request for discussion and a note about commenting -- because I was planning on being ambitious, bold, and likely clueless, and contacting groups who might be interested with the link to here so they can take part in the discussion of shaping it.
But then I got cold feet due to potential for cluelessness, so here's the short version, and I'll post the long version if it meets with general approval.
Basically, I'm going to set up this group even if it consists of me, myself and I, because if those are the only people who turn up then it's not much work and if more people turn up all the better. And I'm going to do it by acting as Benevolent Dictator (ie listening to all opinions and then choosing the path that seems likeliest to make the most number of people happy) for goals and technical stuff, and then turning it over to a moderation panel (which may or may not include me) for rule-making and maintenance.
So, the group will be:
1) focused on discussing the process of writing. In the interests of discussion (and because it's true) members will always acknowledge that there are many ways to write: none are obligatory and none are incorrect.
2) a space where members:
a) respect women, members of the LGBT community, people of colour, people with disabilities, people with non-nuclear family structures, people of different religions and of no religion, and others;
b) acknowledge that these groups are often not respected in our society and thus in fiction, both in obvious concrete ways and in subtle abstract ways;
c) may sometimes be clueless, but will always be open tocorrection about their cluelessness being pointed out, and will endeavour to respond respectfully and learn from correction this;
d) will undertake tocorrect point out when other members display cluelessness in order to keep the environment friendly.
Thus, discussion about plotting, RSI, pens, outlines, punctuation, etc will be on-topic; so will be discussion about cultural appropriation, sexist language, homophobic tropes, depictions of religion, etc. Also cats and chocolate.
It will have to be moderated in order to be seen as something safe enough to put effort into; I think probably best by a panel of people from different groups.
Is this a satisfactory vision?
And if so, is it best to get a basic group structure in place before putting the word out (in which case we need to start talking about technical details and moderation), or is it best to get the word out so everyone can take part in creating it and feel like they own it (in which case we need to do that first)?
(And anyone who can help me not be clueless, much appreciated.)
But then I got cold feet due to potential for cluelessness, so here's the short version, and I'll post the long version if it meets with general approval.
Basically, I'm going to set up this group even if it consists of me, myself and I, because if those are the only people who turn up then it's not much work and if more people turn up all the better. And I'm going to do it by acting as Benevolent Dictator (ie listening to all opinions and then choosing the path that seems likeliest to make the most number of people happy) for goals and technical stuff, and then turning it over to a moderation panel (which may or may not include me) for rule-making and maintenance.
So, the group will be:
1) focused on discussing the process of writing. In the interests of discussion (and because it's true) members will always acknowledge that there are many ways to write: none are obligatory and none are incorrect.
2) a space where members:
a) respect women, members of the LGBT community, people of colour, people with disabilities, people with non-nuclear family structures, people of different religions and of no religion, and others;
b) acknowledge that these groups are often not respected in our society and thus in fiction, both in obvious concrete ways and in subtle abstract ways;
c) may sometimes be clueless, but will always be open to
d) will undertake to
Thus, discussion about plotting, RSI, pens, outlines, punctuation, etc will be on-topic; so will be discussion about cultural appropriation, sexist language, homophobic tropes, depictions of religion, etc. Also cats and chocolate.
It will have to be moderated in order to be seen as something safe enough to put effort into; I think probably best by a panel of people from different groups.
Is this a satisfactory vision?
And if so, is it best to get a basic group structure in place before putting the word out (in which case we need to start talking about technical details and moderation), or is it best to get the word out so everyone can take part in creating it and feel like they own it (in which case we need to do that first)?
(And anyone who can help me not be clueless, much appreciated.)
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Date: 2009-04-26 12:42 pm (UTC)Also, I'm not planning on writing fiction at the moment :-/.