DIsCO Governance Model Version Changes
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This entries tracks all changes between the following two versions of the DisCO Governance Model:
- Distributed Cooperative Organization (DisCO) Governance Model V 3.0 (AKA the "Guerrilla Media Collective Governance Model". Latest revision is early 2019.
- DisCO Mothership Governance Model (3.5, and the base governance model for DISCO.NP. Late winter 2021)
Welcome to the DisCO MOTHERSHIP Governance Model
- This is a new section, rewritten to distinguish from GMC/3.o version of the model and to welcome people who may not be familiar with the model and/or GMC.
- Explains the differences between version 3.0 (for coops) and version 3.5 (for DisCO Non Profits), as well as quick pointers to the DisCO LABS and DisCO Applications Program.
- Some sections would benefit from MS/BALL Wiki entries that haven't been created yet, or placeholders, such as Guerrilla Media Collective's main website. I am listing these as "3.5 Dependencies" on the Card for ongoing inclusion as these resources are created in the near future.
- Plz check the footnotes.
- Please edit for typos and clarity directly on the wiki. Thanks!
Changes to Overview Section
THIS SECTION IS CURRENTLY BEING REVISED
- Added links to the DisCO Glossary MS entry and listed Glossary items to be created in the Glossary Trello Card.
- Ongoing clarification and differentiation from GMC and the GMC model (while constantly acknowledging and referencing the GMC origins of the model and GMC's history.
- Added Glossary entry for DisCO Nodes to provide an explanation for the term.
- Broke explanation about the Open Enterprise gov model into it's own subection with minor updates.
- Added new subsection to explain the DisCO Application Program or DAP. Created a DisCO Applications Program Wiki entry to further explain the DAP.
- Broke out section into the structure of the model and retitled it How to read this governance model and reordered it so it appears prior to the Open Enterprise Gov Model and DAP sections.
- Clarified the language, cleaned redundancies, put placeholder links for the clarification document and changed all GT/GMC references to DisCO.coop
- Nested the Open Enterprise Gov model section under a new section entitled Precedents to the DisCO Governance Model with updates to the former.
- Also nested under "precedents", wrote a new section entitled From Platform to Open Cooperativism to DisCO. This includes some graphics and definitions taken from the glossary.
- Include a third section entitled Other Notable Influences. It includes:
- An extract on the DisCO DNA sourced from The DisCO Elements.
- A list of notable influences with links
- The section ends by linking to the DIsCO Governance Reading List and Inspirations page.
- Made a new introductory section on DisCO Governance with subsections on:
- Intro Articles and short videso
- Infographics
- The DisCO Trilogy: (Manifesto and Elements)
- Other DisCO Links and Resources (linking to the List of DisCO Resources entry.
- The DisCO in Seven Principles and Eleven Values section has been substantially reworked from 3.0's Open Value Cooperativism and Distributed Cooperative Organizations section, which was somewhat confusing. Highlights include.
- Elimination of the concept of "Open Value Cooperativism" from the literature.[1]
Changes to Roles and Responsibilities Section
Changes pending
Changes to Contribution Tracking Section
Changes pending
Changes to Decision Making Section
Changes pending
Changes to TLDR and Conclusion Section
Changes pending
Changes to Links and Resources Section
Changes pending
- ↑ In reality what we were describing with "Open Value Cooperativism" was synonymous with DisCO and its principles. Nowadays we're using "Distributed Cooperativism" to expand ob the description. "Open Value Cooperativism" was also an attempt to bridge with Open Cooperativism. Currently DisCO is so different from Open Cooperativism as conceptualised in 2014-15 that the comparison isn't very relevant nowadays.