[sudo-discuss] Proposals for voting

[Jenny Ryan]

Resurfacing this thread. I've incorporated Jeremy's proposal into a
long-running proposal for redefining the Omni's governance processes here:
http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Governance/Proposal

Anyone interested in working on this is encouraged to add feedback to the
bottom of this wiki page and/or attend governance working group meetings.
Our next meeting is tomorrow, 7pm in the Omni mezzanine:
http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Event:2014/09/09_Governance_Meeting

This is a major proposal so will require some time and numerous iterations.
The intent is to 1) loosen the power of existing Omni delegates toward a
more open consensus model, 2) empower working groups to make decisions
independent of the delegate meeting, and 3) to create terms for tenants in
relation to member-groups and fiscally-sponsored projects of the OOC.

Jenny
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On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Jeremy Entwistle <jwentwistle at cryptolab.net
> wrote:

> That's a very good point, I'll make sure to specify that when we have
> sections in our articles of association. Thanks for your input!
>
> On 08/11/2014 11:53 AM, hol at gaskill.com wrote:
> >
> >
> > "1. All decisions about the building are made through consensus, except
> > when specified."
> >
> > I would put it very explicitly in this section where those exceptions
> > are enumerated. For example, "except when specified in section 2.3 of
> > the articles..." Otherwise, people would be free to add cases that are
> > exempt from our consensus process without changing this section.
> >
> > On 2014-08-10 15:16, Jeremy Entwistle wrote:
> >
> >> Hello everybody!
> >>
> >> Before the meeting, I wanted to see if there were any revisions or
> >> blocks to my proposals. They're all regarding our governance structure
> >> and decisions making processes (as members of the omni).
> >>
> >> *Proposals*
> >>
> >> 1. All decisions about the building are made through consensus, except
> >> when specified.
> >>
> >> 2. When a decision needs to be made to secure the building, then a
> >> majority vote may be used to make the decision. The majority must be
> >> three-fourths of all voting members. These decisions include:
> >> a. Paying rent, utilities, and other liabilities of the collective
> >> b. Submitting legal documentation
> >> c. Suspensions and bans
> >>
> >> 3. Each collective may choose to use a delegate or distributed delegates
> >> to count as a single vote at the main meetings. Distributed delegates
> >> allows all members of collectives to make amendments or block proposals
> >> at main meeting.
> >>
> >> 4. Consensus formed through absence of clarifying questions and blocks.
> >> This removes the necessity to identify a delegate. The member(s) of the
> >> collective needs to be present to represent the consent of the
> >> collective. Quorum is still needed to make a decision.
> >>
> >> 5. The meetings are to give priority to updates from working groups and
> >> collectives.
> >>
> >> The last proposal should ensure we're having meetings where people are
> >> updated with what we've done and what we need to do instead of having
> >> long discussions about things that might be otherwise more appropriate
> >> for a working group or collective.
> >>
> >> Take care,
> >> Jeremy
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