Comments | roozle: mic check: some thoughts about meetings and technology

roozle

mic check: some thoughts about meetings and technology

Dec 12, 2011 01:39

Last night I decided to go the Occupy Boston GA, partly because of wanting to show support for the occupiers after the eviction from Dewey Square, partly to see if I could find out what would happen next and also partly because of a conversation I had on Friday. On Friday at noon, I went down to Dewey Square to sing protest songs with the Dewey ( Read more... )

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sariel_t December 12 2011, 07:02:54 UTC

Excellent.

roozle December 12 2011, 15:43:02 UTC

I saw your comment before I even got to bed. You're speedy!

sariel_t December 12 2011, 16:01:58 UTC

You just had good timing - it was a study break!

polydad December 12 2011, 07:08:14 UTC

Robust tech is good. A mike check is more robust than any PA I've ever had to schlep.

*hugs*,

Joel

roozle December 12 2011, 15:30:10 UTC

"Hard to break" is definitely something to add to its list of benefits. But, after 2 hours of shouting in the cold, not "unbreakable".

polydad December 12 2011, 22:12:31 UTC

Agreed -- though if we still have ten voices working out of a hundred, it still works. RAID communications, so to speak.

mangosteen December 12 2011, 12:39:45 UTC

That was a wonderful analysis. Thank you!

Time will tell if the "mic check" concept becomes one that reverberates over the next several decades as a specific protest meme.

roozle December 12 2011, 15:44:48 UTC

Much appreciated. The louder/softer dynamic became really clear to me in a subgroup of about 50 people. Some people spoke without mic checks, and could be heard. But other people asked for a mic check, and probably would have had a lot of trouble being heard without it. Just another example of the innate flexibility of the tactic.

Thank you. taura_g December 12 2011, 13:48:09 UTC

After hearing some of these thoughts last night, I was hoping you would find the time to write them all down. It was very good to read all of them.

Re: Thank you. roozle December 12 2011, 15:42:29 UTC

Articulating them to you helped me organize them so I could write this -- I'm glad you enjoyed hearing it twice.

spiderine December 12 2011, 14:32:24 UTC

This is great! I'm here via onebrightroad. Can I link to this post in my LJ? I've been involved with Occupy Boston since it started, and I was at the GA you're talking about. :)

roozle December 12 2011, 15:31:56 UTC

Yes, please do link to it. I've been a supporter with small donations of time and goods but I'm really really curious about what's going on.