Thread:Being critical (7)

I'm back to this thread of discussion. I really believe we need to think about how WE policy is impacting what WE becomes. I believe we need to think about if WE is a group, a network or a community. And how we define ourselves is implemented as policy to encourage WE to become what we would want. I'm really wanting to avoid group think / like mindedness of the council. I believe this requires some background reading, listening, watching...


 * Nancy White - Groups vs Networks
 * Stephen Downes - Groups vs Networks Video
 * Stephen Downes - Groups vs Networks Slideshare
 * Stephen Downes - Groups vs Networks Post

I believe we are a network. For that IMHO implies some autonomy and that we cooperate and accept each others views and build them into what we are doing rather than collaborate where we need to some kind of agreement.