Talk:DisCO Mothership Governance Model

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Welcome to the DisCO Mothership Governance Model

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Overview

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The DisCO Dating Phase

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DisCO Dating/Mentoring day to day

• (Describes what Dating actually "looks like". Calls, looking at the Matrix, Screencast tutorials, asking in MM etc)
• Different for each Dater.
• Check ins, rhythm (timeline)
• Mentoring Matrix
• Suggest "visits" to circles or sprints
• Highlight the human factor

Completion of Stage 3 vs Full membership

• Explain the diffs
  • As mentioned before, someone may complete all Dating Stages in 3 or 6 months, but 9 months is sufficient time to see whether relationshios work once the honey moon phase is over and true mutual support over common challenges is needed etc

Dating Phase TLDR

• Go through whole section and make bullet point TLDR with indents

Being a DisCONaut

• GT LINK: Being a Guerrilla Translator The content of this GT section is now split between this "Being a DisCONaut" subheading and the Top-level "Working in DisCONP" section below.
• This section contains an extremely important subheading TBD: Rhythms and Budget allocation.

What do DisCONauts do?

• GT LINK: Being a Guerrilla Translator

DisCONaut Rhythms and Budget Allocation

• Mention thresholds
• Mention Sabbaticals as an option
• Core/Regulars/BackUp
• Distinguish between Full/half time and "regulars" and "on demand" level

DisCONaut Rights and Privileges

• GT LINK: a Guerrilla Translator
• Follow same structure as Dater Rights and Privileges section

DisCONaut Ongoing Requirements

• ADAPT FROM GMC.
• Also clarify duff between Startign Requirements, · Stages, Ongoing Responsibilities and Commitment Statement )(May already be present in Mentoring matrix, maybe needs diagram)

What do DisCONauts get out of a committed relationship?

As this section doesn't go into DisCOnaut credits, link to the section on value tracking etc.

• GT LINK: What Guerrilla Translators get out of a committed relationship

Working in a DisCO.NP

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• GT LINK: Being a Guerrilla Translator The content of this GT section is now split between this "Working in DisCONP" Top LEvel Heading and the being a DisCONaut" subheading above.
• Explain that this is an overview, full details available on each DisCO's own Handbook and wiki

Community Algorithmic Trust

• GT LINK: The Guerrilla Translation Trust Needs major update!
• Adapt or repurpose texts from Manifesto and Elements

DisCO.NP Legal and/or Advisory Board

• GT LINK: Stakeholder board Needs major update' In GT it's mostly about voting and little else.

Clear Communication and Boundaries

Clarity, Boundaries and Consent

• MS WIKI: Norms and Boundaries

Non Violent Communication

• (Mention Focusing for Mutual Support)

Giving Feedback

• Don't be an ass, passive aggresive or give feedback on other members public channels. Approach the person directly
• Better to stress follow through of Commitment Statement and Mentoring Matrix, rhythms etc. Nasty feedback is usually due to poor communication, commitments and rhythms.

Conflict Resolution

* MS WIKI: Conflict Resolution

Care Work

• MS WIKI: Carework ENTRY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED FROM GT!
  • We really need to formalise the spelling!
• GT LINK: Reproductive Work
• Distinguish this section from the section on Care Work Credits under Value Tracking

Mentoring

• GT LINK: Caring for the health of the members of the collective
• MS WIKI: Mentoring

Mutual Support

• GT LINK: Caring for the health of the members of the collective

Working Circles

• MS WIKI: Working Circles
  • Needs updating. See WC proposal here: [1]
• GT LINK: Working Circles

Working Circles in the DisCO Mothership

• See links above

Community Rhythms

MS Wiki: COMMUNITY RHYTHMS ENTRY

Daily Rhythms

Checking all Communication Tools

• MS WIKI COMMUNITY RHYTHMS ENTRY
  • Wiki entry needs to be updated! Here's Sofia's Loomio thread on Working Circles, with some great proposals. Here is a diagram she did
  • The intention here is to make a suymmary of the main rhythms, the detailed explanation should live in the Wiki entry. Ie: Gov model top level summary, Wiki entry details
  • Perhaps set rhythms by Core, Regular etc and explain that rhythms are set each quarter etc as these may very from Quarter to Quarter
• GT LINK: Community Rhythms

Quarterly Rhythms

SpaceCAMP Retrospective Protocol

• MS WIKI COMMUNITY RHYTHMS ENTRY
  • Wiki entry needs to be updated! (See above)

Sabbaticals, Holidays. Sick Leave and Strikes

• GT LINK: Sabbaticals and Holidays
• Take Core Crew/Regular/Back ups into account

Graduated Sanctions

• GT LINK: Graduated sanctions for failing to meet quarterly quotas

Non Competition Clause

• GT LINK Non Competition Clause

DisCOverses Intra-DisCO Value Flows

• Add sections for:
  • DisCOverse Commitment Statement
  • DisCOverse Rhythms
  • Value tracking and Value Flow equations
  • Minimum Viable tool kit (see below)

Minimum Viable Toolset

• Discuss proposal for merging DisCO Stack into integrated DECK dev (and sub "Stack" here for "Deck"

Leaving the DisCO.NP

• GT LINK: Leaving the collective

DisCO Ley Lines

• Control + F "Ley Lines" in the model (ie, this page)

Value Tracking

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Decision Making

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Pattern Process and Conclusion

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Links and Resources

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