Comments on: Inside the big tent http://discontents.com.au/inside-the-big-tent/ working for the triumph of content over form, ideas over control, people over systems Fri, 03 Nov 2017 05:29:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.17 By: tim http://discontents.com.au/inside-the-big-tent/#comment-100 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:55:50 +0000 http://discontents.com.au/?p=1074#comment-100 Craig, yes although associations, particularly professional associations, do sometimes set standards for membership and restrict voting rights (not that I’m suggesting that’s the plan for the DH association! :-)). I suppose my point is that keeping things open and inclusive can actually take some effort, it doesn’t just happen.

]]> By: Craig Bellamy http://discontents.com.au/inside-the-big-tent/#comment-99 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:08:26 +0000 http://discontents.com.au/?p=1074#comment-99 Hi Tim, nice post (and checked my spam but no post from you. Boo!)

The point about associations are that they are democratic. Meaning that the members largely determine their direction and appoint representatives. So, even if someone posits a certain direction; it has to be agreed upon by the members. This is the idea behind a formal association rather than a loose network.

And the DH is a set of ideas and practices like any other. It crosses many boundaries and we must look for synergies, rather than differences. It is the sound of many hands clapping.

Craig

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