Editing Do-ocracy (section)

== Trustroots Foundation and Volunteers ==

Legally, [[Trustroots Foundation]] owns and operates [[Trustroots]], but the actual decisions and work are taken and done by the active volunteers.

* 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 avoid creating cliques that exclude others. Meetings and discussions aren’t the goal within itself though, they’re just means to an end.

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

We value an attitude of getting things done. Arguments about minor issues shouldn't get in the way of the work and achieving more important results. Where suitable we believe decisions should be taken by those who do the work.