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To find out how others feel, you can also use a poll. Loomio has various types of polls: Simple, Score, Dot, and Ranked Choice. | To find out how others feel, you can also use a poll. Loomio has various types of polls: Simple, Score, Dot, and Ranked Choice. | ||
# From the | # From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions | ||
# Click Decisions. Click the Poll button type. (Above the list of proposal template types.) | # Click Decisions. Click the Poll button type. (Above the list of proposal template types.) | ||
# Choose the type of Poll from the options listed | # Choose the type of Poll from the options listed | ||
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It's not mandatory to go through the working groups, but it is encouraged. If you have something to propose, you can raise it directly with the members of Social.Coop. Here's how: | It's not mandatory to go through the working groups, but it is encouraged. If you have something to propose, you can raise it directly with the members of Social.Coop. Here's how: | ||
If you are not sure exactly what you want to propose, you can start a thread for discussion or do a poll to see what people think. This is often a good way to start out. If you are ready to make a proposal you'll want to use our Make a Bylaws-Compatible Proposal template. | If you are not sure exactly what you want to propose, you can start a thread for discussion or do a poll to see what people think. This is often a good way to start out. If you are ready to make a proposal you'll want to use our Make a Bylaws-Compatible Proposal template. | ||
If you make a proposal, ideally, you will take responsibility for stewarding it to conclusion and reporting the result. If that's not possible, please try to find a person or working group to take over the communications about the proposal. | If you make a proposal, ideally, you will take responsibility for stewarding it to conclusion and reporting the result. If that's not possible, please try to find a person or working group to take over the communications about the proposal. | ||
==== Bylaws Compatible proposal ==== | |||
Once you have done a Sense Check Decision, a Thread, or a Poll to understand more about how the community feels about your topic, it is probably time to put in a full proposal. | |||
Here's a walk through of how to create a Social.coop bylaws compatible proposal: | |||
# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions | |||
# Click Decisions! it will show you a list of template types, choose the "Social.coop bylaws compatible proposal" proposal type. | |||
# It will ask you to fill in: Title, Tags (optional), and Details (the body of your proposal) | |||
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 6 days, but as 6 days is the default that's fine too. | |||
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts" | |||
==== '''Sense Check''' ==== | |||
If you want to get a sense of how people are feeling about your proposal, without having a formal vote, you can use a Sense Check. | If you want to get a sense of how people are feeling about your proposal, without having a formal vote, you can use a Sense Check. | ||
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## What are you asking people to do? (Example: "I would like the Tech Working Group to do whatever is necessary to increase the character limit") | ## What are you asking people to do? (Example: "I would like the Tech Working Group to do whatever is necessary to increase the character limit") | ||
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 3 days, but as 3 days is the default that's fine too. | # You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 3 days, but as 3 days is the default that's fine too. | ||
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts" | # Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts" | ||