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The majority of the working class is in the service industry in the imperial core and thst means we service 9-5 workers and cause I'm busy at work doing that evenings and weekends, I can't go a meeting. Going to a fucking DIY show is a ticket master expense in lost wages. My 6pm is midnight and that's true for a shitload of people who represent the current working class. It's enough of a pain in my ass I've gotta run my errands before work. I can't be heard cause I've gotta work whenever the floor is open.

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[-] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 week ago

Orgs just need to take minutes at meetings and release them to the members after the meeting so those that couldn't attend, can still follow what the org is doing.

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

that's good but it's insufficient and still denies the chance for input, which could be accommodated in a variety of ways including a meeting at late o'clock once in a while

[-] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Here's my main thing, I used to be a night owl, and would be frustrated by how things would shut down even in the big city I live in, when I was still wanting to go out and do stuff.

Then I got old. Real old. Now, I'm tucked into bed at 11pm.

I also organized meetups and group stuff back in the day and the rule of thumb was that you'd get around 20% of RSVPs to show up. So you'd get 100 RSVPs and 20 would show up.

I had a political group that would happen every week on Tuesday, and yes it was all 9-5 workers, but we'd all be done and out by like 9pm, and this was at a bar during a weeknight.

So I'm just being realistic that it's hard to do in person organizing for "normal" hours.

I mean honestly if you want a group that works for these late shift, you probably need to organize your workplace, but I didn't want to open with that reply because it's a bit glib