Re: [WDDM] Deciding the future course of action

["M. Kolar" <wddm(at)mkolar.org>]

PVR,
  I am not sure exactly what conclusions you want to draw from a graph
of member positions on the political compass. But I agree that it may be
an interesting experiment to do. I suggest that you collect the
political-compass coordinates of all the members that are willing to
send them to you, and you can then try to draw some conclusions from it,
and report back to us.

Mirek

P.S. I agree with mark antell that one more dimension (perspective
toward democracy) in the political compass could be useful.


Vijayaraghavan Padmanabhan wrote:
> Dear Mirek and all,
> There is a feeling that it is time we decided whether WDDM is going to
> be a predominantly discussion group or it is going to be a group with
> a definite program of action. One reason for the on-going discussion
> is that we have diverse outlooks and differences in opinion come to
> the fore when the line of action has to be decided.
>
> There needs to be a right balance of agreement and disagreement of
> views within a group for it to successfully proceed with an action
> plan. Extreme differences as well as total similarity in views are
> both detrimental for healthy constructive action.
>
> I am giving below a link that can indicate to a person regarding which
> political ideology he/she by nature belongs to:
> http://www.politicalcompass.org/
> I suggest that the members of WDDM go to it and find out their
> position. Members can inform the result to the WDDM, where it can be
> displayed as a chart or a graph. The result can be kept secret till
> most of the members have done with it. This will prevent undue
> influence on other members and avoid false impressions.
>
> Eventually this assessment can pave the way for taking a sensible
> decision on our future course of action. I am posting this on the
> proposal forum as well.
>
> PVR