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We're gearing up for trials of primary consensus making in the wider '''Occupy movement''' (outside NYC) and we're looking for help.  Primary consensus making is a long-term process of drafting, discussion and agreement building that feeds candidate proposals to the GA, Spokes Council and other decision bodies.  We'll be using the online tools of the NYCGA [[NYC/GA/ovn|Open Voting Network]] for this purpose.  In order to get started, we need to find a group of people who are:
* Actively drafting a text and trying to reach agreement on the content.  The text might be a proposal for the local GA, or a set of rules for the group itself, or any document where some level of consensus is important.
* Discussing the text in public through a web forum, email list, Facebook, or any other text-based discussion medium.
* Working fairly well together to resolve their differences.
* Working outside of the immediate context of the NYCGA.  Other trials (yet to be announced) are already focused on the NYCGA.

Once we locate a suitable group, we can join in their discussions and introduce them to the toolset.  We'll be using the [[Design::Stuff:Votorola|Votorola]] toolset for this particular set of trials.  To get a feel for how it works, please consider participating in the parallel [[Wiki:Invitation to alpha trials/bootstrap|bootstrap trials]].

===Can you help?===

We're looking for someone to sponsor a demonstration of the toolset within the group.  We need someone who is:
* Already known to a suitable group (see above).
* Comfortable working with alpha software, which means it's often difficult to use.

===Contacts===

* http://www.nycga.net/groups/ovn/forum
* http://www.nycga.net/members/mcallan/profile/

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