Hi Sudos, <br><br>As we all know, the time is nigh to develop a way to make decisions. And decide we must on these important first steps! :) Afterall, we still need to figure out <b>membership, governance</b>, <b>bylaws, </b>and many more things. <br>
<br>After our consensus talks over the past few weeks I figured, what the heck, let me put a <b>draft </b>set of guidelines out there so that the group has something to respond to. Maybe we can debate this and hack it out on Wednesday?<br>
<br>And please note: there is a burdgeoning discussion on the Sudo Wiki about how other hackerspaces run their business <a href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Sudo_room/research" target="_blank">here</a>.<br><br>Ok, so how's this for a starting simple draft....<br>
Based on "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_decision-making#Consensus_decision-making_with_consensus_blocking">Consensus Decision Making w/ Consensus Blocking</a>" , the short of it would be: <br>
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<b>Premise:</b> A decision needs to be made. <br>
<b>Step 1:</b> Discuss at large
in the group (with a time limit, and/or feedback can be gathered online
instead of taking in-person meeting time)<br>
<b>Step 2:</b> A Council takes this "raw material" and generates a proposal <br>
<b>Step 3:</b> The Council puts the proposal to the group for amendments & voting. We can do majority vote or total consensus. If the vote is a "no", the Council goes back and drafts another proposal.<br>
<b>End Result:</b> A decision is made<br>
<br><b>Note A: </b>The "Council" could be comprised of elected representatives (or volunteers, or super-volunteers). TBD.<br><b>Note B: </b>I'm seeing that the tool of "blocking" can be used in consensus voting, but some groups think of it more as a nuclear option (hence the opportunity to offer amendments and give feedback). This is something else for us to figure out. <br>
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