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''' | ==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. | |||
'''Below this are DRAFTs that required major INPUT to form final version above''' | |||
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=== Alternative Option 1 by Matt=== | === [[Alternative Option 1 by Matt]]=== | ||
== | ==Brief Alternate Ideas for Making Decisions== | ||
===== | =====Questions that can be answered by draft governance structures===== | ||
Who is a voting member? | |||
Who can bring a proposal/how do proposals get brought? | |||
How do proposals get debated/edited/discussed? | |||
Who votes on proposals (related: synchronous or asynchronous voting)? | |||
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)? | |||
=====Alternate Draft 1===== | =====Alternate Draft 1===== | ||
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Who is a voting member? Anyone who considers themselves a member can vote. | Who is a voting member? Anyone who considers themselves a member can vote. | ||
How do | Who can bring a proposal/how do proposals get brought? Anyone can bring a proposal. | ||
Proposals are brought up on a given week and discussed. Additional discussions and edits take place on the wiki during the week. Following week's meeting includes discussions and final edits to the proposal (maybe cap discussions and editing per proposal at X # minutes?). Voting is open online for a week and at the following week's meeting online numbers are added to in-person numbers. This can work with unanimity, majority, etc. | |||
How do proposals get debated/edited/discussed? | |||
Proposals are brought up on a given week and discussed. Additional discussions and edits take place on the wiki during the week. Following week's meeting includes discussions and final edits to the proposal (maybe cap discussions and editing per proposal at X # minutes?). | |||
Who votes on proposals (related: synchronous or asynchronous voting)? Voting is open online for a week and at the following week's meeting online numbers are added to in-person numbers. | |||
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)? This can work with unanimity, majority, etc. | |||
=====Alternate Draft 2===== | =====Alternate Draft 2===== | ||
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Who is a voting member? Anyone who shows up at meetings is a voting member. | Who is a voting member? Anyone who shows up at meetings is a voting member. | ||
How do | Who can bring a proposal/how do proposals get brought? Anyone who shows up at a meeting. | ||
Proposals are brought up on a given week and discussed. Additional discussions and edits take place on the wiki during the week with a final proposal presented at the following week's meeting. Only in-person votes that week count. This can work with unanimity, majority, etc. | |||
How do proposals get debated/edited/discussed? | |||
Proposals are brought up on a given week and discussed. Additional discussions and edits take place on the wiki during the week with a final proposal presented at the following week's meeting. | |||
Who votes on proposals (related: synchronous or asynchronous voting)? Only in-person votes that week count. | |||
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)? This can work with unanimity, majority, etc. | |||
=====Alternate Draft 3===== | =====Alternate Draft 3===== | ||
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Who is a voting member? Anyone who pays monthly membership. | Who is a voting member? Anyone who pays monthly membership. | ||
Who can bring a proposal/how do proposals get brought? | |||
Anyone can bring proposals. | |||
How do proposals get debated/edited/discussed? This can work with the two week proposal introduction/voting system. | |||
Who votes on proposals (related: synchronous or asynchronous voting)? Members can vote on 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)? This can work with unanimity, majority, etc. | |||
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Who is a voting member? Anyone who pays monthly membership. | Who is a voting member? Anyone who pays monthly membership. | ||
Who can bring a proposal/how do proposals get brought? | |||
Only members can bring | Only members can bring proposals. | ||
How do proposals get debated/edited/discussed? This can work with the two week proposal introduction/voting system. | |||
Who votes on proposals (related: synchronous or asynchronous voting)? Only members can vote on 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)? This can work with unanimity, majority, etc. | |||
=====Alternate Draft 5===== | =====Alternate Draft 5===== | ||
Who is a voting member? | Who is a voting member? | ||
Who can bring a proposal/how do proposals get brought? | |||
How do proposals get debated/edited/discussed? | |||
Who votes on proposals (related: synchronous or asynchronous voting)? | |||
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)? | |||
[[Category:SudoRoom Organization]] | |||