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* This is loosely modeled on https://www.sociocracyforall.org/policy-and-operations/ | * This is loosely modeled on https://www.sociocracyforall.org/policy-and-operations/ | ||
== | == Annual base operations budget report == | ||
'''Context''' | '''Context:''' We need to define a coop financial strategy to guide operations of the Finance Working Group to guide management of our financial resources to support social.coop activities, the broader fediverse, and promote inter-cooperation among coops. We are in the unique position to have more money then we are spending. Social.coop had our first annual budget last year and has not conducted an end of year report historically. We want to steward the resources of the group in a way that supports the broader fediverse community as well as our own co-op. Success here is ongoing abilities to pay direct costs incurred in operations and providing financial support to aligned organizations. We have an immediate need to plan for operational 2025 spending and a long term need of identifying broader financial strategies with the larger social.coop community. Both needs require an assessment of our past spending to identify operational costs and our capacity to support aligned organizations. (More here: https://www.loomio.com/d/ZIEx8Dt2/organizing-circle-meeting-2025-13-february-thursday-1500-utc, https://www.loomio.com/d/NQ3BIMqf/organizing-circle-meeting-2025-27-february-thursday-1500-utc and https://www.loomio.com/d/h5IKL7Td/organizing-circle-meeting-2025-27-march-thursday-1500-utc) | ||
''' | '''Policy''': We ask the Financial Working Group to develop a report of our annual expenditures including defining appropriate income and spending categories by the beginning of January. Based on this report and any anticipated changes to the budget, we ask the Financial Working Group to develop a base operations budget to support core social.coop activities for the next calendar year and identify reserve levels to support these operations (ie our current reserves will support X years of baseline operational budget). This report will also inform broader long term financial strategies. | ||
'' | '''Metrics''': The current reserves/balance from past reports should match https://opencollective.com/socialcoop and budgeted categories for upcoming calendar year approximate the end of year report spending for that year. | ||
''' | ==== '''Term''': March 2026 (1yr) ==== | ||
== Documenting a proposal == | == Documenting a proposal == | ||
'''Context''': We need to clearly record decisions made for future reference and | '''Context''': We need to clearly record decisions made for future reference. A policy decision is a group agreement that is expected to guide repeated future actions. It is particularly challenging to schedule a revisit of policies on agendas and this policy does not cover HOW to do this just that it needs to be done. How this is done is at the discretion of whomever is creating agendas for the group meetings. | ||
'''Proposal''': | '''Proposal''': | ||
* The wiki will be updated when a policy decision is made inside | * The wiki (this page) will be updated when a policy decision is made inside Organizing Circle. | ||
* | * The policies will be listed by review date chronologically on this page. | ||
'''Metrics''': There are no stale policy decisions that have not been reviewed in a timely manner within one month of review date | '''Metrics''': There are no stale policy decisions that have not been reviewed in a timely manner within one month of review date | ||
==== Status: | ==== Term: March 2026 (1yr) ==== | ||
'''Change log''': | |||
* March 2025 - Extended context and removed 'how' the revisiting should be done | |||
* original accepted August 2004 (6 month term) | |||
== Strategic priorities == | |||
'''Context''': During the last two OC meetings, we identified the following points (see https://share.mayfirst.org/s/WyKxiJ8C4gLbFxf) | |||
'''Proposal''': We adopt the topics and calendar proposed in the share drive (https://share.mayfirst.org/s/WyKxiJ8C4gLbFxf) and move it over to a wiki page. For reference the below recap narrative is provided: | |||
''Emergent themes in our 30 January 2025 meeting as of the time of writing were: strategic guidance on financing and technical services, onboarding both general social.coop and working group members, setting up an equity assessment and planning group, ongoing improvement of OC documentation and operations, facilitating 'Big Topic' conversation with general social.coop (including: decision making process, and interaction with other instances), and capacity building for self governance and management work of social.coop.'' | |||
'''Metrics:''' Development of policy associated with these topics that everyone feels good about. | |||
==== Status: Aceppted 6 month term, reviewed in June 2025 ==== | |||
== How to make a proposal == | == How to make a proposal == | ||
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'''Context:''' In order to move forward with an engagement plan for the community we need to identify and define where we are right now. This will be used to develop introduction material and orientations as well as look to build out our governance model by defining the aspects of membership or ways we connect as members. | '''Context:''' In order to move forward with an engagement plan for the community we need to identify and define where we are right now. This will be used to develop introduction material and orientations as well as look to build out our governance model by defining the aspects of membership or ways we connect as members. | ||
'''Definition''': We identified the following types of involvement with social.coop (all engagement is voluntary and at choice): | |||
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|Working groups | |Working groups | ||
|Members may be key role holders or general participants of working groups. | |Members may be key role holders or general participants of working groups. | ||
|Invitation | |Invitation is unique for each working group and unspecified here. | ||
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|Social | |Social | ||
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==== | ==== Term: March 2026 (1yr) ==== | ||
'''Change log:''' | |||
* March 2025: made working groups unspecified to reflect diversity of current operations. https://www.loomio.com/d/h5IKL7Td/organizing-circle-meeting-2025-27-march-thursday-1500-utc | |||
* Original discussion: https://www.loomio.com/d/7fdFsRj2/social-coop-governance-scoping | |||