By Anonymous
10/21/21
This article arises from real problems that have happened.
It is not rude to ask someone new in your area for references from where they’re coming from for the protection of your community.
It is not rude to place someone’s participation on hold until basic trust and security measures are done.
In fact, it should be a matter of decency and respect for people arriving to new places or planning to go to new places to have that prepared and offer it themselves upon arriving. And it should not be considered rude to take up their word or to go ahead and do that community security.
To people new to “organizing” and those who need it said, do not be wooed by anyone who says they are part of or were part of some organization elsewhere that does “awesome work” or who tells you some impressive history of what they have done. The response to any of that should be to still do trust building and keep such persons at the kind of distance needed that matches the trust you have with them.
And it’s okay for new people, no matter their situation, to have to start at the very beginning of trust building with you or your group.
It’s okay if trust has to be earned, and if this has the effect of limiting some or all of the type of work your group or the new collaborator is able to do while you build that trust
There is a lot of constructive work that is of a legal nature that also needs to be done.
What is a next step to carry this out? Come to an agreement in your collective in regards to a protocol for vetting collaborators, whether they’re part of your core team or not, and decide what type of work you will do with people in accordance with how much trust you have established with them.
Remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The better the security each group has, the stronger the region’s security becomes.
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