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* Ideally the foundation does as little as possible, just whatever is legally essential to ensure longevity plus basics of volunteer and member happiness.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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
Organizations that work in similar ways are Burning Man, Rainbow Gatherings

Revision as of 12:07, 9 July 2020

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.

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

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, "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."

  • 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


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