Affinity Groups

Last night on Facebook, I had a wonderful chat with a friend about non-hierarchical groups and their relation to superordinate goals. He pointed me at "affinity groups".

I've got a lot on my mind, and more tabs open that is really reasonable. Some of them are super-long, and I'm going to need some time to process. Meanwhile, I'll share some links.

More tomorrow.

Reading In Progress:

Affinity Groups

• Affinity group on Wikipedia
• Affinity Groups and Support on actupny.org

Superordinate Goals

• Definition of: Superordinate Goals from the psychology glossary on alleydog.com
• Superordinate Goal on p2pfoundation.net
• Superordinate goals: Conflict resolution technique on affectiveteaching.com

Consensus Decision Making

• Consensus Decision Making on seedsforchange.org.uk
  
• Multiparty Negotiations at galimagroup.com
• On Conflict and Consensus: a handbook on Formal Consensus decision making at ic.org

Peace Out,

Jack