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'''This is a DRAFT that requires major INPUT'''
==Final Proposal==
'''Summary:''' Based on the Organizational Purpose below, under the following Organizational Structure, with a mode for individual participation through Qualificiations for Membership below, this proposal is to draft by-laws (or equivalently articles of association, etc) to be ratified through a '''Compact''' with '''at least 23 members''' (as membership is defined below) which is to be drafted by Monday July 23rd 2012, and approved, if possible, by Tuesday July 31st, 2012.
=====Organizational purpose=====
* Sudo Room is an association of individuals established to open and collectively support a hacker space under the definition [[Sudo_room|here]] and with values articulated [[Sudo_room/methodology|here]], i.e.:
** Sudo Room is an open, non-hierarchical, collaborative community of humans, including tech developers, citizen scientists, activists, artists--and all combinations in between and beyond!--who are interested in and working towards social change. Our goal is to create the first inclusive, dedicated hackerspace in downtown Oakland, to share ideas and projects in citizen science, digital citizenship and literacy, environmental sustainability, community engagement, and self-government.
** Sudo Room is committed to access, empowerment, transparency, and public/social good. Sudoers have a great diversity of interests and we emphasize respect and solidarity among ourselves and with others.
** Sudo Room has the flexible agility to never wholly exclude possibilities, but instead, to give clear visions of some values over other values:
**#Value open, public discourses over closed, proprietary processes.
**#Value access and transparency over exclusivity.
**#Value present concerns over hypotheticals, but respect visions of the future.
**#Value community and interconnectivity over seclusion and territoriality.
**#Value do-ocracy over bureaucracy
 
=====Organizational Structure=====
* Sudo Room is a collective, meaning there is horizontal democratic control and management of the organization, which is composed of all individual members. However, the group actively strives to substantially incorporate interested community participants and beneficiaries who are non-members.
 
=====Qualifications for Membership=====
* Membership is defined by fulfilling the following requirements:
*# Contributing monthly dues (sliding-scale with respect to operating costs) or equivalent.
*#* It is an express purpose of the group to keep membership rates low, and therefore accessible, as well as offer, when possible, alternatives to monetary contribution to suffice for monthly dues.
*# A status of good standing with the organization.
*#* Non-good standing includes any unresolved debts or substantial lapses in respecting the values of the organization and its members, up to the discretion of the collective.
 
=====Procedure=====
* Members must form draft By-Laws by Monday, July 23rd, 2012 in an effort to have them be ratified by at least 23 members by Tuesday, July 31st, 2012.
 
=====To-Be-Determined=====
This proposal suggests that any By-Laws should have analogs of the pieces above, plus resolution on:
* Any necessary or explicit roles.
* More generalized decision-making procedures, domains, formats, and frequencies.
* Membership disqualification conditions.
* Tax status.
* Means of dissolution.
 
 
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=== Alternative Option 1 by Matt===
=== [[Alternative Option 1 by Matt]]===
'''Summary:'''
====Articles of Association====
(equivalent in name to a Constitution or By-Laws)
=====Organizational purpose=====
* Sudo Room is an association of individuals established to open and collectively support a hacker space under the definition [[Sudo_room|here]] and with values articulated [[Sudo_room/methodology|here]], i.e.:
** Sudo Room is an open, non-hierarchical, collaborative community of humans, including tech developers, citizen scientists, activists, artists--and all combinations in between and beyond!--who are interested in and working towards social change. Our goal is to create the first inclusive, dedicated hackerspace in downtown Oakland, to share ideas and projects in citizen science, digital citizenship and literacy, environmental sustainability, community engagement, and self-government.
** Sudo Room is committed to access, empowerment, transparency, and public/social good. Sudoers have a great diversity of interests and we emphasize respect and solidarity among ourselves and with others.
** Sudo Room has the flexible agility to never wholly exclude possibilities, but instead, to give clear visions of some values over other values:
**#Value open, public discourses over closed, proprietary processes.
**#Value access and transparency over exclusivity.
**#Value present concerns over hypotheticals, but respect visions of the future.
**#Value community and interconnectivity over seclusion and territoriality.
**#Value do-ocracy over bureaucracy
 
=====Organizational structure=====
* Sudo Room is a collective, meaning there is horizontal democratic control and management of the organization, which is composed of all individual members. However, the group actively strives to substantially incorporate interested community participants and beneficiaries who are non-members.
 
=====Qualifications for membership=====
* Membership is defined by fulfilling the following requirements:
*# Contributing monthly dues or equivalent.
*#* Contribution lapses greater than one month result in a temporary disqualification of membership until payment is sustained for two consecutive months.
*#** How and by whom is this contribution lapse clause enforced?
*#* It is an express purpose of the group to keep membership rates low, and therefore accessible, as well as offer, when possible, alternatives to monetary contribution to suffice for monthly dues.
*# A status of good standing with the organization.
*#* Non-good standing includes any unresolved debts or substantial lapses in respecting the values of the organization and its members, up to the discretion of the collective.
 
=====Procedures=====
* Group meetings occur weekly.
* Decisions fall into three categories and subsequent procedures for resolution.
** '''Major Governance Decisions:''' any decision that substantially changes governance, in particular affecting the articles of association.
*** Requires online vote and two consecutive meetings to decide.
** '''Major Financial Decisions:''' any decision that impacts the organization over a trivial amount, to be determined by the group.
*** Requires online vote and, when possible, two consecutive meetings to decide (not mandatory).
** '''Major Liability Decisions:''' any decision that addresses serious liabilities to the group.
*** Requires online vote.
** Other decisions need not necessarily be handled by the group.
 
=====Tax status=====
* TBD
=====Dissolution=====
*


==Brief Alternate Ideas for Making Decisions==
==Brief Alternate Ideas for Making Decisions==
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What amount of agreement is necessary for a proposal to pass (unanimity, majority, etc.) (related: different amounts of agreement necessary for different kinds of proposals)?
What amount of agreement is necessary for a proposal to pass (unanimity, majority, etc.) (related: different amounts of agreement necessary for different kinds of proposals)?
==Proposal==
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