OWS Comprehensive Glossary

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action an agreed upon event that has a noted intent, strategy, outcome, and contingency plan(s)
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direct action an event undertaken by (a) member(s) of OWS that can be spontaneous, but should have a noted intent, strategy, outcome, and contingency plan(s) as a basis.
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Reputation Reputation is based upon a person's demonstrated ability to, for example, spot an error in a statement that has just been made. This is always assessed by the judgement of the group or by the person them self, who can choose to withdraw a statement after seeing others' reactions to it. We "trust" the person to not maintain an obviously faulty statement and thereby total destroy their reputation. If they do, it doesn't affect the group, since that person will not be heard from again. (Oversimplifying here.)

In general, reputation can be demonstrated by showing a credential that indicates a competence possessed by that person. This credential is issued by an authority that can assess competence. A driver's license is an example.

Someone can have a reputation for being trustworthy. This, however, will be context dependent. So, someone might be trusted to show for a meeting, if they agree to come. On the other hand, they may not be trusted to return equipment in good working order. The trust concept used in the context of computer security is one of these, but a very specific and narrow one. I don't see right off that that trust concept is very helpful in the context of task completion, project management, etc. Attribution: definition from an email by David Stodolsky 12/10/11--Urbaned 07:02, 12 December 2011 (CET)

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