[Noisebridge-discuss] Decisions

[Jonas S Karlsson]

Hi,

Here is some thoughts captured from initial discussion with several of the
people who initiated the whole project. They've kind of been resonated with
at meetings, but should be discussed/modified and then accepted by the
group.

These are from the GroundRules page that I wrote earlier, Paul Boehm removed
and then readded in a talk page.


https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php/Talk:Noise_Bridge_Vision

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   - Noisebridge is governed by its members and its mission is to support
   members' activities.
   - We are an all inclusive group.
   - Decisions are made at membership meetings.
   - Responsibilities can be delegated.
   - Membership meetings have the final say.
   - Consensus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus> is preferred over
   majority decisions. Every one needs to be heard before a decision can be
   taken.
   - Our actions in the space and with members are Civic, Courteous and
   Lawful.
   - This is not a space for commercial ventures, there are many good
   alternatives for that (add links).
   - Noisebridge is not allied with any sect, denomination, political
   entity, organisation or institution.

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] Membership expectations

   - members should contribute not only monetarily but 'in-kind'
   - we will be flexible in monetary contributions for members with
   different levels of income and/or expenses
   - there is no Management responsible for (things such as) taking out
   the trash and buying juice and resistors and pens; each member is expected
   to do things that they see need doing
   - 'sudo leadership': there are no General leaders, only temporary ones
   in case of projects that really need one
   - members are expected to be trustworthy
   - members never represent The Community; they only speak for
   themselves (e.g. to the media)
   - any member can bring guests any time
   - new members must be sponsored by two current members
   - nobody will live in the space (although occasional overnights are OK
   in case of missed BART and such)

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] Decision process

   - as noted elsewhere, consensus is the goal. In case this fails we
   will have to fall back on majority voting. We will know that consensus has
   failed when ... ?
   - individuals are always responsible for their own decisions
   - if you think it needs doing and it won't cause problems for anyone,
   then do it. use your judgment on whether it requires a consensus process (a
   possible guideline is that things you or you and one other person can do
   probably don't require general discussion; things that require, say, 5 or
   more people or expenditures of over, say, $100, probably do)




On Jan 23, 2008 11:43 AM, Al Billings <albill at arcanology.com> wrote:

> Who wants to talk about how decisions are going to get made when, for
> example, we find a building or get a good insurance quote?
>
> Al
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