How do we make decisions together?
Peter Jacobson
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How will we make decisions about our community?
How will we answer questions like:
- "What is the process for new people joining?"
- "Where shall we host the next hui?"
From my thoughts and some ideas from initial conversations with folks, things that seem important in decision making are:
- Accessible for everyone to participate
- That we don't get blocked by "bureaucracy"
I have a two great friends who are interested in joining who I want to invite - I think they would be a joy to have around and could help create wonderful things with us. It's been 3 weeks, and I have no idea how to start that conversation. Perhaps this would be a good place.
Would be great for you to have a play around on this platform. If you have time, try making threads and commenting/voting/making proposals in others threads.
If you have any questions or confusions, call me (Pete) on 02040 758 702 : :smiley: :heart:
Poll Created Sun 4 Sep 2016 5:02AM
We use loomio to host our decision making process Closed Sun 4 Sep 2016 9:55AM
We don't want to commit to using this tool yet, but may want to trial it...
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 33.3% | 1 |
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| Abstain | 66.7% | 2 |
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| Disagree | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 51 |
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3 of 54 people have participated (5%)
Peter Jacobson
Sun 4 Sep 2016 5:13AM
I've used loomio a fair bit now, and it's the best way I've seen to make collaborative decisions in an open and accessible way for high participation and good quality discussion
Sam O'Sullivan
Sun 4 Sep 2016 8:18AM
I've found Loomio an incredible too to make decisions with people when you can't do it in person.
Nick Laurence
Sun 4 Sep 2016 9:37AM
I like Loomio for making decisions personally and think this is a worthwhile experiment, but waiting to see what level of engagement there is. Value face-to-face over online at this stage as it serves double purpose of building whakawhanaungatanga
Nick Laurence
Sun 4 Sep 2016 9:37AM
I like Loomio for making decisions personally and think this is a worthwhile experiment, but waiting to see what level of engagement there is. Value face-to-face over online at this stage as it serves double purpose of building whanaungatanga
Sam O'Sullivan
Sun 4 Sep 2016 9:53AM
I've found Loomio an incredible too to make decisions with people when you can't do it in person. However, agree with Nick that this is a decision to be made at the next Hui face-to-face. Fun to experiment!
Sam O'Sullivan
Sun 4 Sep 2016 9:53AM
I've found Loomio an incredible too to make decisions with people when you can't do it in person. However, agree with Nick that this is a decision to be made at the next Hui face-to-face. Fun to experiment!
Nick Laurence Sun 4 Sep 2016 9:33AM
@petejakey Can we change the wording of the proposal to reflect that its an experiment - e.g. "We trial using Loomio to host our decision-making process"?
Also, if it's a trial, how do we know whether it's a success or not - what level of engagement would make it a success? I'd like us to still use face-to-face and phone calls to people who don't respond on Loomio in this early stage, to make sure that we don't just get the people who are comfortable with Loomio on here and contributing to discussions, and the people who aren't as comfortable not having a voice...
Poll Created Sun 4 Sep 2016 9:57AM
We trial loomio for hosting our decision making process Closed Thu 15 Sep 2016 9:01AM
We put some energy into trying Loomio as a decision making tool
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 100.0% | 4 |
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| Abstain | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 50 |
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4 of 54 people have participated (7%)
Nick Laurence · Sun 4 Sep 2016 9:15AM
I'd prefer to put off the big decisions (e.g., how we add people to the network) until we have the next hui, but I like the idea of trialling Loomio as an experiment to host discussions and make some smaller decisions (e.g., when and where the next hui is). Would love to see Loomio being used by a majority of the network, it would make discussions much easier. However, also conscious that we have different levels of tech-saviness in the network and I wouldn't want Loomio to replace face-to-face conversation and phone calls, which help to build whanaungatanga, which I see as more important than decision-making at this stage.