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* Making change is hard: it involves lots of initiative, and the patience to try again until you find the right way to make it work. It may entail having to change the minds of many people who have no reason to listen to you. This is by design. (And yes, it's not always good.) | * Making change is hard: it involves lots of initiative, and the patience to try again until you find the right way to make it work. It may entail having to change the minds of many people who have no reason to listen to you. This is by design. (And yes, it's not always good.) | ||
* When coordinating group work: [http://wiki-archive.emfcamp.org/2012/articles/m/a/r/User:Martind/Induction.html#Making_Important_Decisions Involve your community in larger decisions], don't just do it all yourself; otherwise there's a good chance you'll get distracted by silly misunderstandings and oversights. | * When coordinating group work: [http://wiki-archive.emfcamp.org/2012/articles/m/a/r/User:Martind/Induction.html#Making_Important_Decisions Involve your community in larger decisions], don't just do it all yourself; otherwise there's a good chance you'll get distracted by silly misunderstandings and oversights. | ||
* The mailing list may seem like a scary place at first, but it is also one of our greatest assets: the community hivemind. It can have great intensity but also often is a source of great wisdom. A place where many voices build on each other, but also a source of many irreconcilable contradictions. Becoming familiar with it this is one of the key rites of passage for new members. | |||
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