JB was a very active, very influential member at East Wind during their two years there (being an FEC delegate and nutbutters manager, among other things). Sumner interviews JB and they talk about a lot of fascinating things–including the very controversial 2018 FEC Assembly.
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[…] The first hint of real trouble came when I mentioned that in my check-in and someone said, “Let’s first see if there is going to continue to be an FEC.” I soon found out that some folks at Acorn were upset with the way that they thought Twin Oaks was treating them (the situation is very complicated) and weren’t sure they wanted to be in an organization with them, and at least one of the delegates from East Wind was still upset with the way that they thought that East Wind was treated at the 2018 Assembly. (I alluded to this in my introduction to the Social Technology workshop that preceded the 2019 Assembly. Here’s a couple of former East Wind members discussing that Assembly–that topic starts just after minute… […]
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