Open PamelaJohn opened 7 years ago
This is really thorough and a great summary. This has been a great example of continual storming and I'm extremely impressed with how we've approached it and how it will lead to improved clarity and continually improving performance.
5/15/2017 At the operations meeting tonight, I introduced this proposal and requested consent to implement. @progcodepreston added a fourth question: "Who is funding the event."
I requested consent to implement with the addition of Preston's fourth question.
This is really good @WoobieTuesday ! Thanks for posting this. We were not able to discuss this, but would defer to the team to put it to a vote.
Might be tricky for me to join, but I think a discussion first would be valuable. Just seeing Preston's addition during the meeting shows the power of discussion and collaboration to come to an even better solution :)
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We did discuss it in the meeting and that's when @progcodepreston gave his input and added the 4th question. I made a request for consent to implement (including Preston's addition) during the meeting as well.
To alleviate the concerns expressed by @emendlow in the #operations channel 5/17/2017, I have added this notation regarding the language of the new criteria which will be added to the Change Process:
NOTE: The foregoing language is conceptual and not verbatim. As with all source-of-all-truth ProgCode Wiki documents, the actual language incorporating the above concepts will be written collaboratively with input from the community.
In conversations, and through the votes. This received the consent to implement (to continue). There will be a collaborative writing of the revision that covers the four points mentioned here. Thanks everyone! Scheduling will be next.
Problem
The inclusion of best practices suggested text for a ProgressiveCoders/functions New GitHub Issue (Proposed Issue) under the Benefit subheading which asks members to consider, "How does this change relate to our core goal of getting money out of politics and/or the symptoms it causes?" was a great inclusion to remind members that their proposals and proposed changes should be aligned with ProgCode's core objective.
Unfortunately, this improvement has not in itself solved the problem of misalignment of purpose in community proposals for consent. Some items presented to the community in early stages of knowledge/understanding/development (i.e., budget requests to approve invitations to speak/present at events held by outside partners) were not sufficiently detailed when presented in early stages and seemed aligned based on limited information which was presented for consideration by the community. Those proposals were given community consent and were enacted based on community trust.
Later, as details of hosting individuals/orgs and the partisan nature of some relationships with outside partners/orgs grew more clear, volunteer operations staff and other community members expressed concern whether those acts were unaligned to the non-partisan promise of ProgCode's core objective and could be considered out of compliance with the legal limitations of ProgCode's business entity and tax status upon routine examination by government entities.
This problem has resulted in:
Plan
To keep the ProgCode community focused on its four-part core objective and in compliance with its statement of corporate/tax purpose, the existing Change Process should be amended to add language such that:
NOTE: The foregoing language is conceptual and not verbatim. As with all source-of-all-truth ProgCode Wiki documents, the actual language incorporating the above concepts will be written collaboratively with input from the community.
Decision Making
Seek Consent to Implement immediately upon the expiration of the 4 day period following the May 15, 2017 meeting.
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