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sixthiterationlogs2017-02-16 11:41 pm
markwatney) wrote in sixthiterationlogs2017-02-16 11:41 pm
Entry tags:
- !ota,
- asoiaf: margaery tyrell,
- asoiaf: robb stark,
- division: kira akiyama,
- harry potter: draco malfoy,
- heathers: veronica sawyer,
- hunger games: johanna mason,
- losers: cougar alvarez,
- martian: mark watney,
- marvel: clint barton,
- marvel: frank castle,
- marvel: jean grey,
- marvel: pietro maximoff,
- marvel: sam wilson,
- marvel: thor odinson,
- marvel: wanda maximoff,
- moana: moana,
- oc: taylor baum,
- pacific rim: raleigh becket,
- parallel lives: gaius gracchus,
- star wars: bodhi rook,
- star wars: cassian andor,
- star wars: jyn erso
We can push on through till morning; [OTA | MINGLE POST]
WHO: Mark & Anyone
WHERE: The Town Hall
WHEN: Feb 16, afternoon through evening
OPEN TO: EVERYONE! This is a mingle post!
WARNINGS: N/A - Please warn in thread subject lines if needed
STATUS: Open
When we all get together and have our town meetings, the truth is that a lot of times we don't come up with the sort of solutions we're looking for. I'm not trying to say we're complacent -- Or at least not all of us, not the people speaking up in the meetings -- but just that the nature of living here, such as it is, means that answers aren't exactly forthcoming.
But the latest meeting, the one about organizing, creating some kind of formal entity to oversee the group of us, it threw something into sharp relief for me: I've been talking for a long time about how we all need to be sharing our knowledge as a safeguard, but I haven't been doing much to make this happen beyond sharing my own personal knowledge. And that's really just not acceptable -- Not here, not when we've apparently got an entire section of the population asking for active leadership and another section who might just be too shy or apathetic to admit it.
So, I've been trying to figure out a way to kickstart this project. A way for people to even put out there the sort of knowledge they have to share. You have to start somewhere.
I've never had a problem getting people together to help with the field, but somehow we've been neglecting the town hall building right next to it this entire time. It's one of the biggest buildings in town, but it's still coated in dust and cobwebs, piles of leaves drifted into corners. The inn is starting to get a little crowded during meetings; it might be nice to have a little more room, a place where people come to share.
Regardless of how you feel about community leadership, I think most of us can get behind that.
A couple days before, I put out the call: A cleaning party. We get together, clean out the town hall, and afterward we have a little potluck. People can bring premade dishes, or we can cook out back over a bonfire. We can just be around each other, in a relatively safe space, just having a moment to relax and say hello. Meet someone new, find out where to begin.
After everything that's happened recently, I really think we could use it. I'm just hoping I'm not the only one who shows up.
[CLEANING PARTY & MIXER! Threads can take place during the CLEANING portion, after during the MIXER or BOTH. They can be indoors, upstairs, in the attic, out back by the bonfire, chowing down, whatever -- It's 100% cool to improvise! Mark will have expressly told folks this is about getting to know each other and what they can each do, too. There are some additional OOC notes here.]
WHERE: The Town Hall
WHEN: Feb 16, afternoon through evening
OPEN TO: EVERYONE! This is a mingle post!
WARNINGS: N/A - Please warn in thread subject lines if needed
STATUS: Open
When we all get together and have our town meetings, the truth is that a lot of times we don't come up with the sort of solutions we're looking for. I'm not trying to say we're complacent -- Or at least not all of us, not the people speaking up in the meetings -- but just that the nature of living here, such as it is, means that answers aren't exactly forthcoming.
But the latest meeting, the one about organizing, creating some kind of formal entity to oversee the group of us, it threw something into sharp relief for me: I've been talking for a long time about how we all need to be sharing our knowledge as a safeguard, but I haven't been doing much to make this happen beyond sharing my own personal knowledge. And that's really just not acceptable -- Not here, not when we've apparently got an entire section of the population asking for active leadership and another section who might just be too shy or apathetic to admit it.
So, I've been trying to figure out a way to kickstart this project. A way for people to even put out there the sort of knowledge they have to share. You have to start somewhere.
I've never had a problem getting people together to help with the field, but somehow we've been neglecting the town hall building right next to it this entire time. It's one of the biggest buildings in town, but it's still coated in dust and cobwebs, piles of leaves drifted into corners. The inn is starting to get a little crowded during meetings; it might be nice to have a little more room, a place where people come to share.
Regardless of how you feel about community leadership, I think most of us can get behind that.
A couple days before, I put out the call: A cleaning party. We get together, clean out the town hall, and afterward we have a little potluck. People can bring premade dishes, or we can cook out back over a bonfire. We can just be around each other, in a relatively safe space, just having a moment to relax and say hello. Meet someone new, find out where to begin.
After everything that's happened recently, I really think we could use it. I'm just hoping I'm not the only one who shows up.
[CLEANING PARTY & MIXER! Threads can take place during the CLEANING portion, after during the MIXER or BOTH. They can be indoors, upstairs, in the attic, out back by the bonfire, chowing down, whatever -- It's 100% cool to improvise! Mark will have expressly told folks this is about getting to know each other and what they can each do, too. There are some additional OOC notes here.]
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He was concentrating more on finding the weak point on the bench to remember one of the tenants of this place, namely the "time makes no difference" one that affected people from his own life, otherwise he wouldn't have thought to say what he continued with. "Thought you'd miss the internet more than the radio." After all. Kids these days, right?
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"What's an internet?"
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Peggy. Sam. Wanda. The obvious answer.
"What year was it before you came over?"
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"1983. The last thing I did before everything went...you know, crazy...I went to go see Return of the Jedi at the movies. Why?"