[sudo-discuss] Gittip spinoff seeks advice on democratic governance & bylaws for web applications

[Jenny Ryan]

I might ask the same of you, Sonja, wrt why sudo's mailing list would need
input from people who don't really participate in our community?


 On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 1:53 AM, Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Why would you need input from people who aren't very invested in the
> project?
>
> On Friday, July 25, 2014, Rabbit <rabbitface at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey all!
>>
>> Recently there was a controversy at Gittip which resulted in a project to
>> fork or rebuilding it with better governance structures and more focus on
>> the needs and safety of marginalized users.
>>
>> They are figuring out how to run a web application in a cooperative
>> democratic way that focuses on the needs of the users, as opposed to a
>> TaskRabbit like model where a central corporation controls or extracts
>> value from their users and makes unilateral decisions.
>>
>> They're working on bylaws and legal structures for this, and would
>> appreciate advice or connections to people with advice.  Talk to them in
>> IRC at #atunit, particularly @adrienneleigh, or send me resources to pass
>> along.
>>
>> This is an exciting frontier for the cooperative movement.  What if
>> TaskRabbit was owned by the rabbits?  Websites have very concentrated power
>> structures compared to the number of users; what are effective ways to get
>> input from so many people who might not all be very invested in the
>> project?  What other models can we draw from -- credit unions?  What
>> lessons can be learned from Wikipedia?  Etc.
>>
>> This especially matters for this particular use case, recurring
>> donations, because some people will be making their living off of proceeds
>> from the site and it's important that their voice is heard.
>>
>> Sudoroom may be one of the largest users of this site when it launches,
>> like we are now with Gittip.
>>
>> -Rabbit
>>
>
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