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Welcome to the DisCO Mothership Governance Model

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About the DisCO Mothership Governance Model

Overview

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How to read this governance model

Introductory Articles, Infographics and Other DisCO Governance Resources

DisCO intro articles and short videos

DisCO Governance Model Infographic

The DisCO Trilogy

If I Only Had a Heart: The DisCO Manifesto

Groove is in the Heart: The DisCO Elements

The DisCO PinkPaper

Basic DisCO Terminology

The DisCO Glossary

The DisCO.coop Terminology Lowdown

DisCO

DisCO.coop

DisCO Mothership

DisCONauts

DisCO LABS

DisCO Nodes

The DisCO Project

The DisCO CAT

Precedents to the DisCO Governance Model

The Open Enterprise Governance Model

From Platform to Open Cooperativism to DisCO

Cooperatives

Platform Cooperatives

Open Cooperativism

From Guerrilla Translation/Media Collective to DisCO

Other Notable Influences in the DisCO DNA

DisCO in Seven Principles and Eleven Values

The 7 DisCO Principles

1: Put your effort where your heart is: values-based accountability

2: Building whole-community governance

3: Active creators of commons

4: Rebalancing the scale: rethinking global/local economics

5: Care work is the core

6: Reimagining the origin and flows of value

7: Primed for federation

The 11 DisCO Values

The DisCO Applications Program

Distributed Cooperative Organization (DisCO) Governance Model V 3.5 TL - DR

Roles and Responsibilities

Casual vs Committed DisCO Relationships at a Glance

Casual Relationships

Committed Relationships

DisCOLarships and DisCO Dating (moving from Casual to Committed)

The DisCO Journey

Supporters

What do supporters do?

What are a Supporter's responsibilities to the DisCO.NP and vice versa?

What do Supporters get out of their relationship with the DisCO.NP?

Contributors

What do Contributors do?

What are a contributor's responsibilities to the DisCO.NP and vice versa?

Contributors and Credits

Why do we track the value of casual contributions?

How are casual contributions tracked?

What do Contributors get out of their relationship with the DisCO.NP?

DisCOLarships

What happens in the DisCOlarship?

What are a DisCOlar's responsibilities to the collective and vice versa?

DisCOlarship Credits

What happens when the DisCOlarship is finished?

The DisCO Dating Phase

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DATING 1: What happens prior to the DisCO Dating Phase

Qualifying for the DisCO Dating Phase

Dating for DisCOlars

Before the Dating Phase Starts

DisCO.NP. Applicant Evaluation Criteria and Procedures

Final Pre-Dating Phase Interview and Mentoring Matrix

Introducing the Mentoring Matrix

The Commitment Statement

DATING 2: DisCO Dating in Action

From Candidates to DisCO Daters

Some notes on DisCO Dating and Mentoring structure

Dating and Mentoring Timeline Options

Intensive/Fast Track Dating/Mentoring

In person intensive mentoring

Intensive Mentoring Process

Agile Dating/Mentoring

Agile Mentoring Process

Long Run Dating/Mentoring

Long Run Mentoring Process

DisCO Dating Stages

DisCO Daters Rights and Progressive Compensation

Rights Privileges and Milestones of the 3 Dating Stages

STAGE ONE

STAGE ONE MILESTONES

STAGE ONE DATER RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES

STAGE TWO

STAGE TWO MILESTONES

STAGE TWO DATER RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES

STAGE THREE

The Feynman Technique

STAGE THREE MILESTONES

STAGE THREE DATER RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES

The Mentoring Matrix

Mentoring Matrix Structure

The Mentoring Matrix in Action

1: STARTING REQUIREMENTS

2: STAGE 1-3 MILESTONES