Should criminals be allowed to vote?

What's for lunch?

Hair sandwich?

Rat burger?

Cockroach smoothie?

Was that democratic?One person deciding what others have to do is clearly not democratic.

What's for lunch?

Hair sandwich?

Rat burger?

Cockroach smoothie?

Was that democratic?

You all decided what you all were going to do, so it must be, right?

Balance of power

• If someone is making decisions for you, you need to be extra careful that they’re making the right decisions and not just ones that help themselves.

Getting things done

Representing everyone

There is regular reporting back to mentor groups

Everyone has a representative on the council

Minutes are public

Bigger group does the work

Smaller group (council) makes

decisions

• Decisions are easier to make in small groups

• It is harder to do things in small groups

• We are not electing someone to DO things for us (we will help with that)

• We are electing someone we trust to make the decisions