TFW when you're trying to be a good co-operator, not wanting to hoard any power, so you hand over responsibility to whoever steps up, but it backfires on you and you just end up looking unreliable.
@mayel ouch :(
@mayel Been there.
@mayel dont know if that's worse or the one where theres loads of exciting plans, but nobody else wants to step up and do much to implement them except you.
@mayel Building the plane on the runway...
Appreciate all the work and time helping to get those wings on! <3
@mattcropp
That's not the issue. I don't know any other way, in fact this has been a relatively smooth ride.
I hope it didn't sound like I was bitching (though I was having a difficult day). I actually would like to be doing *more* with #SocialCoop but have felt a bit held back lately.
@mayel @Steve @dazinism @mattcropp @Antanicus
What do you need to get some of the stuff that you want to do done?
@mayel
I think we need to redefine "good cooperator". I think to get the ball rolling on any effort we have to embrace temporary hierarchies but find formal ways to inscribe their limits and enforce transparency. I'm in a situation now where too much institutional knowledge got built up in one person and that person is now holding way too much power despite no formal title or responsibilities.
@kavbojka @mayel There are only five of us, and I'm the only one with the skills or time to do that, but I do too much unpaid work already. That said, I did used to create our local co-op association's newsletter. It was in the form of a poster the different co-ops could hang up, and most of them did.