Do-ocracy

2020-08-02T09:40:39Z

Sitarane: /* Trustroots Foundation and volunteers */

[[Trustroots]] functions like a '''do-ocracy'''. We embrace a culture of participation. We encourage each member of the community to feel a right and a duty to take on responsibilities. We understand that not everyone is comfortable with this way of working but we think it's a good way to move forward in a [[volunteer]]ing environment where no one is forced to do anything.

== Trustroots Foundation and volunteers ==

Legally [[Trustroots Foundation]] owns and operates [[Trustroots]] but actual decisions and operations are taken by those who are working on making things happen.

* Ideally the foundation does as little as possible, just whatever is legally essential to ensure longevity plus basics of volunteer and member happiness.
* Ideally volunteers do what makes themselves and members happy.
* Some level of discussions and politics are inevitable to ensure that we know that we don't exclude folks, but we don't really want to spend too much time on this. Meetings and discussions aren’t the goal within itself, they’re just means to an end.

Organizations that work in similar ways are Burning Man, Rainbow Gatherings. It's also a very common way of working for online projects, especially free open source projects (which Trustroots is as well) and wikis, for example [[:hitch:|Hitchwiki]].

We value getting-things-done attitude. Arguments about minor issues shouldn't get in the way of getting work done and achieving more important results. Use the tools and methods which help getting the job done. Let decisions be taken by people who do the work.

== Adhocracy ==

Another term that is very much related to do-ocracy but got out of fashion is '''adhocracy'''. Most of the concepts and ideas around adhocracy apply just as well to Trustroots. According to Wikipedia <q>Adhocracy is a flexible, adaptable and informal form of organization that is defined by a lack of formal structure. It operates in an opposite fashion to a bureaucracy.</q>

== Consensus ==

We avoid votes and voting. We prefer reaching consensus.

https://opensource.guide/building-community/#focus-on-the-journey-not-the-destination
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_consensus

== It doesn't mean: "I can do whatever I want" ==

It doesn't mean: "I can do whatever I want", it's more like "I can choose how this thing we discussed is done".

It's also important to consider impact and reversibility when you want to do something.

E.g. editing the [[wiki]] is not going to have much short term impact and can in most cases be be done without any discussion. Check [[Wiki.trustroots.org:Create_account|Check here how to create an account]], log in and [https://wiki.trustroots.org/w/index.php?title=Do-ocracy&action=edit click edit].

At the other end of the spectrum, implementing [[references]] requires advanced coding and UI/UX and is going to impact almost everyone and is almost impossible to revert.

== Other organizations ==

Some organizations are using similar principles:
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man#Principles Burning Man]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Gathering#Social_aspects Rainbow Gathering]

Hospitality exchange is mostly not organized as a do-ocracy:
* [[Philosophy of BeWelcome|BeWelcome is a democracy]], with regular voting and discussions. Official French non-profit.
* [[CouchSurfing]] was ran by a small group of people who decided, one could have called it an enlightened dictatorship. In 2011 they sold out.
* [[Hospitality Club]] has been a dictatorship from the start. No official organization, sole proprietor.
* [[WarmShowers]] is a US non-profit with the 501(c)(3) charity status. It's run by a board of 5 members, no clarity about community involvement.

== Further reading ==
* https://github.com/Trustroots/trustroots/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
* https://communitywiki.org/wiki/DoOcracy
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhocracy
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock

[[Category:Concepts]]

Meeting Minutes/2020-05-11 Regular Meeting

2020-05-13T17:38:00Z

Sitarane: Created page with "* Thoughts/comments before sending non-binary email off to Weblate? * Email's ready. * Plans to talk about it on the Trustroots blog. * Cannot peer-review: only on..."

* Thoughts/comments before sending non-binary email off to Weblate?
* Email's ready.
* Plans to talk about it on the Trustroots blog.
* Cannot peer-review: only one translator per language.
* Newsletter update (by Julien)
* Decided: Full text as blog post, teasers as email
* Mailtrain template created
* Sorta ready to go, please load up the email list to Mailtrain
* Make Julien sign the "don't leak" paper.
* CoC (Martin)
* https://codi.kanthaus.online/trustroots-coc?edit
* Some points are still open. Feedback welcome
* See if we need to upate the User "rules" https://www.trustroots.org/rules
* start "organizational structure" meetings (Nick)
* original post from Edvard during hackweek time https://trustroots.slack.com/archives/CCHS8HPJQ/p1587240108134200
* my idea for seperate meetings is for those actively interested in progressing this to work on it further
* more the meta-level for now, how to organize the organizing ;)
* Next week agenda

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Do-ocracy

Meeting Minutes/2020-05-11 Regular Meeting