[Lnc-business] Socializing thru servers?

[Joshua Katz]

I agree with the points you raise.  However, there is also the financial
concerns to be considered.  We should elect people by quality, not ability
to take time off from work or to pay for travel.  (I gained the first and
lost the second by leaving my job, but plan to make/borrow enough to make
the meetings.)

I don't think (if my computer was faster, or working well, I'd check)
there's anything stopping us from holding meetings more often.  Why not
continue to hold meetings in person at the same frequency we have been, and
add additional video meetings?  This would, hopefully, allow for doing less
controversial work via email ballots, since we'd be having at least
synchronous meetings more often.

Joshua A. Katz

Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate
Libertarian National Committee

Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut


On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:

>  Mr. Katz:
>
> There is no question that in-person meetings are far, far, better than
> “videoconferences.”
>
> Considering that many of our members already think the National
> Libertarian Party does not provide any added value to their state LP
> affiliates, why would we want to risk making our Board meetings less
> effective than they currently are?
>
>
> http://www.wired.com/2011/08/can-online-social-networks-replace-real-socializing/
>
> “After analyzing more than 35,000 different peer-reviewed papers and
> mapping the location of every co-author, he found that scientists located
> closer together produced papers of significantly higher quality, at least
> as measured by the number of subsequent citations. In fact, *the best
> research was consistently done when scientists were working within roughly
> 30 feet of each other—that is, when they didn’t need to interact via
> screens.*
>
> This doesn’t mean that we should stop socializing on the web. But it does
> suggest that we reconsider the purpose of our online networks. For too
> long, we’ve imagined technology as a potential substitute for our analog
> life, as if the phone or Google+ might let us avoid the hassle of getting
> together in person.
>
> But that won’t happen anytime soon*: There is simply too much value in
> face-to-face contact, in all the body language and implicit information
> that doesn’t translate to the Internet*”
>
>    [I added the boldface font to those two sentences – they were not
> boldface in the original – Scott L.]
>
>
>
>      Scott Lieberman
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
>
>
> “Following our SCC meetings, in CT we used to spend 2-3 hours standing in
> the parking lot, socializing and talking informally.  When we went to
> quarterly in-person meetings and monthly videoconference, I pointed out
> that "online there is no parking lot."  I proposed two remedies, and will
> leave it to you to decide which is more reasonable.  The first is to keep
> the conference going, with people coming and going as they please, and talk
> informally.  The second was for everyone to form a Second Life account and,
> after our meetings, log on there and find a parking lot to hang out in.
>  (I'm a vampire, by the way.  My name is Godelfan if you're ever looking
> for me there.)  The former idea was adopted.
>
>
>
>       Joshua A. Katz”
>
>
>
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