User:OneKarma/Forum/Functions

The Transparency document states that:

The Facilitator's Working Group is dedicated to protecting the collective thinking and consensus decision-making process to ensure maximum inclusivity in all OccupyBoston decisions. Our work may include facilitating meetings, assessing and improving the consensus process and the conduct of meetings, documenting the processes being used by Occupy Boston, training of facilitators ,and making proposals to the General Assembly of Occupy Boston regarding improved processing of proposal and decision making.

If the Facilitator's WG is meant to ensure maximum inclusivity in all OB decisions, why has there not been a move to host the GA online, where a much larger population has access? Why should physical attendance be required of anyone?

We must create a forum maximizing the ease of participation. This will involve:

1. 'Citizenship' for security purposes (no voting twice, nor voting in place of another, etc)
2. An ongoing GA cycle (avoids time restraints - many cannot attend 7pm GA in Dewey Sq because of schedule or transportation issues)
   
   • Proposals can be 'hung,' discussed, edited, 're-hung,' and voted upon
     
   • Establishment of quorum only when agreed-upon percentage of total possible votes are cast
3. Full transparency and documentation

Until there is a properly defined and logged process, there cannot be any true consensus.

Weekly Cycle:

1. Sunday, 00:00 am - GA Opens
2. Proposals from previous week are posted in vote-space
   
   • A vote may be updated at any point in time
     
   • Vote options may be determined per proposal, but the general options are:
     
     1. Positive - vote to Ratify as-is (needs 90% of potential)
        
     2. Negative - vote to Deny
        
        • non-clarified negative vote (not a block)
          
        • Needs minor changes (suggest changes?)
          
        • Needs major changes (suggest changes?)
          
        • Not sound - effective as a 'Block'
          
     3. Neutral
        
        • Null - prefer not to vote
          
        • Absent - vote not cast (default)
3. New proposals may be hung for discussion
   • Discussion is open for duration of week
4. Blocks are discussed and voted upon
   • Positive - Block is justified (Needs 10% of potential)
     
   • Negative - Block is not justified (proposal returns to quorum to be voted upon, with particular block negated)

PASS cases: (prop accepted as-is)

• [at least 99.1% votes Positive] (maximum Blocks: 9 in 1,000)
• [ZERO Blocks] AND [at least 90.0% votes Positive] (max Blocks: zero)

DENY cases: (prop cannot be edited; must be hung anew)

• [at least 2.0% votes Block] (max Positive: 98.0%)
• [at least 35.0% votes Neutral] (max Positive: 65.0%)
• [at least 30.0% votes Negative] (max Positive: 70.0%)

REVIEW cases: (prop can be presented again but must have new language/amendments)

• [else]

Review Process:

1. Review and vote on Blocks:
   • Any Block receiving at least 10.0% votes Positive leads to denial of prop.
     

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Based on: Prop - Host GA Online at wikispaces