[Imc] IMC (and FRONT DOOR) Improvements Update:

[Mike Lehman]

While I think that it is admirable that Sascha has taken the initiative
to go ahead with something for the front door, in the absence of an
actual decision to do so by either the Space or Steering groups, I would
like to emphasize that ANY INCIDENT that involves taking the tape off
the inside twist lock (which has been the source of much recent email)
will have me proposing IMMEDIATELY that we return the door to the state
where it was before, with the addition of a WELD to make sure that the
inside lock is PERMANENTLY disabled so that under NO circumstances we
will have a repeat of the previous situation.

This will still come up at the Steering group meeting tomorrow, because
it is unclear to me that everyone has gotten the message, with the
possibility still remaining that lack of personal responsibility will
still cause further problems.

I am very unhappy that a number of people spend a tremendous amount of
time developing and implementing policy, with numerous opportunities for
input from the members, and then we have certain individuals who see fit
to simply ignore this work and the entire decisionmaking process of the
IMC in an attempt to acheive their personal goals.

I have no problems working within a state of ANARCHISM (ie, a group with
minimal, but defined decisionmaking structure), but I will NOT be
involved in a group that tolerates ANARCHY (ie, anyone can just do what
the hell they please and the group be damned.)

If people want to read this as a threat to resign and wash my hands of
things, they are exactly right. I often don't get things my way within
the structure we have developed, yet I have respected those decisions
and worked within the agreed on structure if I have differences about an
issue.

If we all chose to conduct ourselves as if the rest of the group's
agreed-on structure was irrelevant, which is EXACTLY what happened in
this case, there simply is no point in even going through the motions of
pretending that there actually is any structure or concern about what
the consensus of the group might be.

And I want no part of such a sham.
Mike Lehman

Sascha Meinrath wrote:
> 
> Today we had a small but dedicated turnout to continue work on the
> Back-Back room.  We made an emergency Menards run and we able to wire the
> space and tape and plaster the drywall.  We really need a good turnout
> next Saturday (February 23) to finish up the space in time for the 2002
> Indie Music Festival, so please come if you are free.
> 
> I also installed a wireless doorbell and have rigged up a system whereby
> the front door can be secured from the inside.  I am showing people how to
> use the system and it is quite secure from the outside.  If people have
> further questions, comments, or concerns about this issue, please bring
> them to either the Steering Group (which meets every Sunday at noon, the
> Space working group (which meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month),
> or contact me via e-mail if you cannot make either of these meetings.
> 
> I hope that the system I installed today will address the multiple
> concerns that people have raised; and that everyone involved understands
> that this is an ad hoc solution that will be more permanently addressed
> when the building is revamped by the landlords.