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 ====== Governance policy ====== ====== Governance policy ======
  
-==== Membership ====+===== Membership =====
  
 New members must contact a member of the Community and Admin Action Squad before being approved for membership. New members must contact a member of the Community and Admin Action Squad before being approved for membership.
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-==== Voting ====+===== Voting =====
  
-All members can create a proposal for the general membership to approve or refuse. Proposals are made on the cooperative's Loomio instance.+The following voting format was altered on [[gcm_nov21_2022|21 November 2022]] to adopt Autonomic's decision-making process instead. Several (minor) issues need to be addressed with the adopted process, which requires maintaining a record of this prior voting method for the moment. 
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 +For voting & decision-making proposals, please review the [[SBC Decision-Making Process|SBC Decision-Making Process]] Guide. Please note that Medium & Large decisions must be posted to [[Proposals|Proposals]] and the results can be found on [[Decisions|Decisions]]. 
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 +<del>All members can create a proposal for the general membership to approve or refuse. Proposals are made on the cooperative's Loomio instance.
  
 Proposal votes are to be counted against the number of voting participants, rather than the total number of members eligible for voting in the cooperative. Proposal votes are to be counted against the number of voting participants, rather than the total number of members eligible for voting in the cooperative.
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 All proposals are subject to a minimum of receiving more Agree votes than Disagree votes, unless otherwise stipulated here in the governance document. All proposals are subject to a minimum of receiving more Agree votes than Disagree votes, unless otherwise stipulated here in the governance document.
  
-A proposal must be posted to the general membership and open for 7 days.+Before creating a proposal, all members must open a new thread on Loomio regarding the subject of the proposal and notify all other members of the cooperative. 
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 +After the thread has been open for 4 days, a proposal may be made, and must be open for a minimum of 3 days. 
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 +Following the results of the initial proposal, follow-up proposals regarding the same subject may be made in order to address any changes of circumstances, and must be open for a minimum of 3 days. 
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 +Failing to comply to these standards may result in the proposal being closed.</del>
  
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-==== Action Squads ====+===== Action Squads =====
  
-== Administration and Community Action Squad (Admin) ==+==== Administration and Community Action Squad (Admin) ====
  
 Approving new members into the cooperative and maintaining the list of active members. Approving new members into the cooperative and maintaining the list of active members.
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 Maintaining the list of blacklisted/whitelisted domains and instances. Maintaining the list of blacklisted/whitelisted domains and instances.
  
-== IT/Technical Action Squad (Tech) ==+==== IT/Technical Action Squad (Tech) ====
  
-Setting up and maintaining the software necessary for the web services ran by the cooperative.+Setting up and maintaining the software necessary for the web services run by the cooperative.
  
----- +==== Responsibilities and limitations ====
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-==== Responsibilities and Limitations ====+
  
-== Communication ==+=== Communication ====
  
 Communication between members within Action Squad regarding the cooperative must be kept in open channels available to all members of the cooperative to review. Communication between members within Action Squad regarding the cooperative must be kept in open channels available to all members of the cooperative to review.
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 Any decision made by an Action Squad can be overruled vote by cooperative members. Any decision made by an Action Squad can be overruled vote by cooperative members.
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 === Membership and Existence === === Membership and Existence ===
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 Any proposals that affect the membership or existence of new or established Action Squads must contain "[ACTION SQUAD]" or "[AS]" in their titles on Loomio. Any proposals that affect the membership or existence of new or established Action Squads must contain "[ACTION SQUAD]" or "[AS]" in their titles on Loomio.
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 === Tasks === === Tasks ===
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 ==== Amendments ==== ==== Amendments ====
  
-Any changes to this Governance Document must be subject to a proposal requiring a at least 4 times as many Agree votes to Disagree votes.+Any changes to this Governance Document must be subject to a proposal requiring at least 4 times as many Agree votes to Disagree votes. 
  
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