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xmakinaWowzers. The last few days have been Busy. Can't possibly think why. Perhaps a recap is in order?
I found out the lovely Dominey is coming back to England and spent about a day finding the best possible way to meet her at the airport and then crash in London. Interesting fact: the coaches and the trains around here and London are on a par with each other, except the coaches are cheaper.
Then on Saturday was no less than The Big Day - Oxford BiFest 2010. The day went absolutely fantastic, at least from where I was standing. I didn't get to do half as much socialising as I had wanted (especially with the fabulous![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
blazingrowan) owing to a lapse into "organiser-who-spends-the-whole-day-checking-everywhere" mode. Highlights include the meet-and-greet at the station, miss_amaranth's first workshop, oilrig's Friends and Allies, the time spent on the desk in the evening (for 3 hours it sure did fly by) especially when certain attendees came to keep me company. The team are writing up a full announcement which will be posted soon but I just, personally, want to thank d_floorlandmine for the great music, the venue staff for putting on such yummy food and cheap drinks and everyone who came and made it the success it was!
On Sunday was the walks around Oxford, led by the very knowledgeableanarchist_nomad. I didn't join until quite late owing to a need to sleep that was pretty extreme. When I got there it was great to hang out with the fabulous just_becky as well as the two lovely people whose name I don't remember so if anyone can remind me that'd be lovely.
That evening we had a really good "tribe" (I'm still deciding what name I want to use here) gathering, which ended in lots of cuddles and then very yummy burgers!
Monday evening we had a debrief. The specifics relating to BiFest will be announced in due course, but in terms of Bisexual Oxford it was very good. We had a lot to get through and through it we got. We formalised a structure, came up with some really cool ways to look more professional and I've got some really high hopes for the team and the group. Again, specific announcements will made in thebisexual_oxford community when we've written them up.
Today I have been setting things up, making things work and occasionally doing my job! When I get home I need to start bringing my flat up from "squalid" to "impressively clean" as I'm expecting house guest on Saturday.
Speaking of which, it seems some people missed this last time so...
[Poll #1545083]
I found out the lovely Dominey is coming back to England and spent about a day finding the best possible way to meet her at the airport and then crash in London. Interesting fact: the coaches and the trains around here and London are on a par with each other, except the coaches are cheaper.
Then on Saturday was no less than The Big Day - Oxford BiFest 2010. The day went absolutely fantastic, at least from where I was standing. I didn't get to do half as much socialising as I had wanted (especially with the fabulous
blazingrowan) owing to a lapse into "organiser-who-spends-the-whole-day-checking-everywhere" mode. Highlights include the meet-and-greet at the station, miss_amaranth's first workshop, oilrig's Friends and Allies, the time spent on the desk in the evening (for 3 hours it sure did fly by) especially when certain attendees came to keep me company. The team are writing up a full announcement which will be posted soon but I just, personally, want to thank d_floorlandmine for the great music, the venue staff for putting on such yummy food and cheap drinks and everyone who came and made it the success it was!On Sunday was the walks around Oxford, led by the very knowledgeable
anarchist_nomad. I didn't join until quite late owing to a need to sleep that was pretty extreme. When I got there it was great to hang out with the fabulous just_becky as well as the two lovely people whose name I don't remember so if anyone can remind me that'd be lovely.That evening we had a really good "tribe" (I'm still deciding what name I want to use here) gathering, which ended in lots of cuddles and then very yummy burgers!
Monday evening we had a debrief. The specifics relating to BiFest will be announced in due course, but in terms of Bisexual Oxford it was very good. We had a lot to get through and through it we got. We formalised a structure, came up with some really cool ways to look more professional and I've got some really high hopes for the team and the group. Again, specific announcements will made in the
bisexual_oxford community when we've written them up.Today I have been setting things up, making things work and occasionally doing my job! When I get home I need to start bringing my flat up from "squalid" to "impressively clean" as I'm expecting house guest on Saturday.
Speaking of which, it seems some people missed this last time so...
[Poll #1545083]
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Date: 2010-03-30 04:02 pm (UTC)Community is the least closely knit of the three. The collected BiCon crowd counts as a "community". Connected in many ways, but spread out.
Family is on the other end of the spectrum.
"Tribe" is a level in between the two. We discussed this in late 2008, when
Does that make sense?
Of course, you can pick whatever language suit you best. One of the things that I mentioned in our "Relationship Styles & Structures" workshop[*] is that we are moving beyond societal norms and, as such, we are in a linguistic frontier. Everyone is thinking what suits them best and picking their own nomenclature; what works well for one may even inadvertently offend another. So I share what we thought about to give you something to mull over... but, ultimately, you need to choose what works best for you.
[*] Which you did not attend as you needed to be in
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Date: 2010-03-30 04:47 pm (UTC)*reaches for thesaurus*
The equivalent that I have in London is, for complex reasons of terrible punning, called 'The Pride'
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Date: 2010-03-30 04:53 pm (UTC)'ilk', 'gang', 'bunch', 'band', 'tie-in', 'tie-up' (???), 'coterie', 'troupe', 'set', 'crush' (again ???), 'system', 'network', 'kin', 'kindred', 'kinship', 'syndicate', 'federation' etc etc
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:12 pm (UTC)A "syndicate" I could almost see, given the connection to Anarcho-syndicalism. On the other hand, I'm really the only person approaching an Anarcho-syndicalist in our current group.[*]
"Ilk"? I don't think so. Can you hear that? "We had a big ilk meeting," or "I need to have some communication with my ilk." Blech!
"Kindred" and "kinship" strike me as too close to family, rather than tribe. "Kith" fits better than "kin" for that.
As for clan? It could work as an alternative. It just is somewhat controversial, given my US-ianness. Reminds a bit too much of the KKK.
"Tie-up"??? *shakes head*
[*] And I'm not even fully that, really. I like to self-describe as an "Anarchist-without-adjectives", as I relate in various ways to Anarcho-communism and Anarcho-collectivism as well.
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:24 pm (UTC)Federation reminded me more of startrek than anything else!
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:37 pm (UTC)For instance, I see your other left-handed American as in the same network as me -- thanks to the connection through you -- but we aren't in any sort of contact. Still, things that affect him can also easily affect me (e.g., recent mental health issues with one person, or a police case involving a different person).
Also worth noting that one can belong to more than one tribe. I see you as belonging to two, for instance.
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:41 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:45 pm (UTC)and yes ... two tribes. I just hope they don't go to war :-/
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:51 pm (UTC)Exactly!
(Which is to say that I agree with you agreeing with me, Love! *grin*)
and yes ... two tribes. I just hope they don't go to war :-/
I don't think it likely, really. It seems to me more likely that the current situation will just continue ad infinitum.
*hugs*
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-30 05:56 pm (UTC)P.S. Just sent you a text. Don't know if you will get it -- your phone hates me.
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:58 pm (UTC)No - no text :-(
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-30 05:24 pm (UTC)PlanetsPolyness had a certain (if not usable) appeal!Coterie is fun, but after reading Vampire:The Masquerade (where the vampires operate in coterie's) maybe I'm not so sure...
Thanks for posting those ideas, both of you. I shall continue to consider what I think works best for me *smiles*
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:34 pm (UTC)Good luck in finding the right poly language for you! And I'm sure that both
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-30 05:47 pm (UTC)and no, Archer doesn't count. I keep expecting him to Leap!
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:50 pm (UTC)Mine has to be Q (boring and predictable I know). I also like the borg. I must do right? I named my step mother after them :-)
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Date: 2010-03-31 10:39 am (UTC)I really liked Lore and Seska. The only problem with Seska was when it was a story about her it always meant the episode revolved around Chakotay, my least favorite first officer.
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Date: 2010-03-31 10:47 am (UTC)No-one will ever rival Spock though.
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:49 pm (UTC)Personally, I think that they should jump another generation and try again. It was 21 years from the launch of TOS (1966) to TNG (1987) and it has been 23 from the TNG launch to present. Why not jump forward another hundred years and see if it would breathe new life into the franchise?
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-30 05:57 pm (UTC)I don't count one movie as me getting back into the franchise... but, yes, it was [surprisingly] excellent! Looking forward to whenever they choose to make a sequel!
*grin* *bounce*
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:32 pm (UTC)xx
I would have been...
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