[Temporary] Bootstrapping Coming to Agreements

This proposal is explicitly temporary, and will be replaced in the future with a more permanent procedure.

Provisional Process of Coming to an Agreement

(Drafted by Alyaza, minor edits by Tenna)

Proposals can be drafted by any steward.

Proposals will seek to have consensus from those around (or explicit approval from 2/3rds of stewards) before being voted on. Once started, the voting period will last no less than 24 hours, and must receive the support of 2/3rds of stewards (excluding explicit abstentions) in order to go into effect.

If a steward expresses they wish to veto a proposal, it immediately fails.

In a crisis/emergency situation, procedure is to exercise best judgement in the moment - there will be a time later to talk things over for a better outcome.

Proposed Principles of the Decision-Making Process

(Drafted by Alyaza, minor edits by Tenna)

The guiding principles for the decision-making process are the Zapatista principles of "good government":

to serve others not oneself;
to represent not supplant;
to build not destroy;
to obey not command;
to propose not impose;
to convince not defeat;
to go below (listen to the people we are building this for) not above (towards the accumulation of our own power as a group).

This is with the ultimate goal of working for the survival of the collective Website League, and fulfilling any responsibilities that are defined by the communities in the League.

Last modified Friday, November 8th, 2024 03:47:42 UTC

This proposal was brought to a vote on September 17th, 2024. It passed with 17 votes in favor, 0 against, 0 abstain, 0 no opinion.

Minor edits were made to the verbiage of the document to reflect the change from "decision-making group" to "stewards", as well as changes to structure. No factual/mechanical changes were made to the proposal in this edit.

Original Document (with discussion): Google Docs: Proposal 2 (Coming to Agreement, Bootstrap Stage)