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Fri 1 Nov 2019 3:49PM

Discussion and Development of an Elected Social.coop Governing Board

MC Matthew Cropp Public Seen by 62

During the recent strategy call (Notes), one significant reform that was discussed was the creation of an elected board-like body with responsibility for, among other possible things, meeting on a regular basis to help set our organization's strategy, develop and review budgets, and set goals and help coordinate the operations teams.

This has come up discussions among the Community Working Group Operations Team, which has felt like we've been functionally taking on some of those roles by necessity, but only formally have a mandate to be responsible for a portion of the organization.

So, let's use this thread to discuss whether the creation of an elected body whose purview is the entirety of social.coop is desirable and what the scope of such a body should be.

I've created a document here with an outline of some initial elements that might ultimately be massaged into a proposed bylaws amendment to create this body. Please feel free to add ideas and comments to it, and, once we've had some input, we can aim to convene a conversation to workshop an actionable proposal.

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Dave V. ND9JR Sun 16 Feb 2020 5:39PM

I'd defer to others, but if there are more seats that interested candidates, I'd consider stepping up

Given the OS I use setting things up for video calls may be difficult, but not impossible. Honestly I wish I'd voted on whether or not to form this group in the first place as I share Darren's concerns, but I missed that vote and it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

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mike_hales Fri 14 Feb 2020 10:27AM

Not interested at this time

@Darren are you up for it?

JB

Jonathan Bean Thu 13 Feb 2020 8:12PM

I'd defer to others, but if there are more seats that interested candidates, I'd consider stepping up

I would like to increase my participation, and I enjoy setting goals and strategies. I also would find it interesting to be creating and organizing partnerships with other entities, and I have some experience with these things. 🙂👍

LS

Leo Sammallahti Thu 13 Feb 2020 1:15AM

I'd defer to others, but if there are more seats that interested candidates, I'd consider stepping up

I did a terrible job last time with attendance but would improve this time.

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Nathan Schneider Wed 12 Feb 2020 4:28PM

Not interested at this time

I don't have capacity, but I nominate @Manuela Bosch!

COT

Creature Of The Hill Tue 11 Feb 2020 8:33AM

Not interested at this time

Would like to be active and help to contribute to general interactions, improve user involvement. Mental health means a distinct lack of spoons at times, but will endeavour to ensure those in the various groups are supported as best as possible.

MC

Matthew Cropp Mon 10 Feb 2020 3:15PM

I'd defer to others, but if there are more seats that interested candidates, I'd consider stepping up

As I'm involved in the CWG Ops Team, I would plan to attend these meeting as a representative of the team anyway, but think it would be ideal for me to focus on my role with that Ops team. I am willing to step up if needed, though.

MC

Poll Created Mon 10 Feb 2020 3:13PM

Call for candidates for the Coordination Working Group! Closed Mon 17 Feb 2020 3:02PM

Now that the vote for authorization of the Coordination Working Group has passed, now we're looking for folks to step up into that role. The full description is here. The group will start with 7 seats for voting members who will meet either monthly or bi-monthly, depending on the need, and will get a $5 solidarity payment from the co-op for each meeting attended.

Please use this form to indicate your interest in serving our co-op in this capacity, and once we've got a sense of who's interested, we'll do an election.

Results

Results Option % of points Voters
Not interested at this time 58.3% 7 NS KT MN M ED DM COT
I'd defer to others, but if there are more seats that interested candidates, I'd consider stepping up 41.7% 5 MC LS MB JB DVN
I am interested in running 0.0% 0  
Undecided 0% 89 DS ST JD CZ BH F SH C G AM MSC CCC AW SC GC PA RB JG D SJK

12 of 101 people have participated (11%)

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Darren Thu 20 Feb 2020 4:26PM

Thanks @mike_hales and @emi do for the pings. I don't want to be on a coordination group that does most of its organising via video call, in part, because I'm generally on a poor, metered, internet connection which can make my participation difficult / frustrating (for others attending as well as myself) I gave more details previously in this thread.

I am however happy to engage in other coop organising activities.

I wonder where the recent poll leaves us. As with previous calls for participants in the community operation team enthusiasm for participation in a closed group isnt high (not sure of levels of participation, but in my experiences of similar group organising folks often dont turn up) . My personal preference would be to create a new open coordination subgroup here on Loomio and try out organising coordination work there - also posting about stuff on Mastodon to widen out those conversations.

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Nathan Schneider Tue 11 Feb 2020 8:57PM

I strongly support the proposed approach. I think precisely because organic participation is limited, we need to create more focused space for getting essential work done, with appropriate transparency and opportunities for anyone to participate.

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