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GovernanceTransition

Page history last edited by jerry 1 year, 10 months ago

GovernanceTransition

from

SituationalAssessmentTemplate2017

 


 

Introduction/Definition/etc

 

brief history mirroring a question

(begging the question? )

on a posting about Governance Transition

from Consensus to Traditional/Hierarchical/

non profit board

 

Body

 

Original Text

 

Starting out
 it makes a lot of sense
 to do consensus
EveryOnes equal 
A founder, more or less
EveryOne has a say.
But over time
And increased amount of people,
Some coming in new
And a history develops
Previous decisions
Some get revised

And meetings lose their energy
And get bogged down
People get tired of hearing the same opinions
Many of which were voted down
Brought up again & again
By the same people
Like we don't think 
drinking during meetings is good...

And incorporated 
sounds better & better
We want legal status
501c3
NonProfit
Taking donations
Tax deductible
And buying wholesale requires a legal entity, an address for shipping, etc
And the traditional legal structure
Is a board, limited number of people, makes meetings quicker
We'll go from consensus to majority
We don't have to start over with each new person who shows up
Therefore
Hierarchy
ResponseAbility you said you would do that but ...
Authority
 Got a title, now what?
Financial reports instead of a kitty
And need insurance
What if?
This or that bad thing happens
The (new) space requires it
Slip & fall?
Someone gets hurt?
We've invested all this time, energy, money
Sweat equity
And want at least recognition for it,
Respect, been to
 almost all of these meetings, 
and now new people
Bright new ideas/their way/stamp on things
Slowing things down,
Start over from the beginning, 
Why do it this way, 
instead of that? etc

So Utopia gets clouded
And just another business
Not being a boss
But told what to do
 by others
Dream(s) lost
Had to grow up
Reality
Bummer man/woman/child/nonbinary, etc

Some consider it growing pains.

Seen it in many structures/orgs over the years
yeah I'm getting jaded
Some call it experience:
Knowing What Not To Do
Because we tried that 
and it didn't work out that well
Becoming the nay sayer
Instead of yes we can

My 0.02-inflation
DwC

From Mental Health Drop in Centers
To bike advocacy
To Hacker/MakerSpaces
To Bike Coops/Collectives

NoVAPeers.PBWorks.com
DancesWithCars.CrazyGuyOnABike.co
aka just another bozo
 on a bike

 

 

 

 

 

Modified Text

 

What's Missing?

 

What Can Be Found?

 

What Can Not Be Found?

 

How To Analyze?

 

Lenses

 

Assumptions

 

Time Limits

 

Book Data

 

ISBN

 

 Bound

 

CopyRight

 

 Pages

index

 

 

Links

 

GovernanceTransition

 

 

TheBikeHouseCoop2015

TheBikeHouse

 

DownGradingVeloCityCoop2010

VeloCityBikeCoop

 

20220420BikeWalkArlingtonBikeRodeo.v2.HP.txt

 

WABAAnnualMeeting2011

WABAs50States13ColoniesRide2011

 

AfricanAmericansDon'tBike2011

 

PhoenixBikes

 

EthicsDignityAndRiskTraining

 

SteppingStones70thPicnic2021

BlendedHyBridMeetings2021

ReDesigningTeenGroupSponsorTraining2021

WalledGardens2021

ThereIsSomeThingWrongInWhoVille2019

AlaNotIntCon2018

 

and likely more

search and ye may find,

and may not,

how it relates?

 

 

Conclusion

 

Summary of experience or similar

 

None really

a review of Consensus

v traditional non profit board

 

 

Discussion

 

A place for feedback on the page presented

 

What org structures have you participated in?

 

Pluses/Minuses of any/either/ both?

 

 

 

License

 

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Non Commercial, Non Derivative,

for the whole site's contents

unless otherwise explicitly stated

 

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