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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ A good decision-making process requires everyone involved be heard from, and enc
We'll talk about ways we can do even better, but the nature of needing the consent of people to do the work, to carry out a decision, gives us a good minimum baseline in our processes for much of what we do. We'll talk about ways we can do even better, but the nature of needing the consent of people to do the work, to carry out a decision, gives us a good minimum baseline in our processes for much of what we do.
When a decision strongly affects more than those who carry it out, however, we need better ways of making these decisions. We can scale conversations and decisions in a fair and truly democratic way. When a decision strongly affects more than those who carry it out, however, we need better ways of making these decisions. We can scale conversations and decisions in a fair and truly democratic way.
Learning Objectives & Outcomes: Learning Objectives & Outcomes:
* Come with at least a passing familiarity with various ways decisions are or have been made in Drupal. * Come with at least a passing familiarity with various ways decisions are or have been made in Drupal.
* Leave knowing about sociocracy and sortition and how these esoteric concepts could make our community scale * Leave knowing about sociocracy and sortition and how these esoteric concepts could make our community scale
@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ We need to build power to make things better.
how we organize ourselves is *everything* how we organize ourselves is *everything*
And we don't think about it neough. And we don't think about it enough.
And for good reason. And for good reason.
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For most of us outside work, our coordination is thin, and attempts to formalize structures could easily kill what we have. For most of us outside work, our coordination is thin, and attempts to formalize structures could easily kill what we have.
Saying that power is organization or coordination seems trite, let alone lacking in insight. But given the size of many open source communities, and the power possible, there's a shocking lack of attention to the ways in which we do or might organize.
If you search for open source governance, you're likely to end up on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_governance" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article about applying open source principles to government</a>.
Doubling down on accountability, transparency, inclusion, and participation can take you really far. Doubling down on accountability, transparency, inclusion, and participation can take you really far.
[In Search of 21st Century Democracy: Two Weeks in Taipai]https://civichall.org/civicist/two-weeks-in-taipei/ [In Search of 21st Century Democracy: Two Weeks in Taipai]https://civichall.org/civicist/two-weeks-in-taipei/
@ -51,6 +59,9 @@ The idea of "[openness/structurelessness]," however, has moved from a healthy co
Drupal's Governance Structure
I'd call it constitutional dictatorship overlayed on a do-ocracy.
@ -93,14 +104,14 @@ And on that note: Drutopia has all sorts of big decisions to make, and not all t
The basic principle of justice The basic principle of justice
the logic of freedom that most kids literally work out on the school yard — you can do whatever you want as long as it the logic of freedom that most kids literally work out on the school yard — you can do whatever you want as long as it
requires us to involve non-developers, something that even the leading free software projects requires us to involve non-developers, something that even the leading free software projects
Free Software as a service-- "LibreSaaS" -- is an opportunity to involve (another reason i'm excited about Drutopia). Free Software as a service-- "LibreSaaS" -- is an opportunity to involve (another reason i'm excited about Drutopia).
all this increases the need for ... scaling decision-making. Involving more people without bogging everything down. all this increases the need for ... scaling decision-making. Involving more people without bogging everything down.
It's become It's become
some very smart people— and they feel blocked some very smart people— and they feel blocked