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![Cooperating little fish take on a big one together](http://hamishcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/organise.jpg)
## Distilled, grassroots, radical governance is a good fit for the fediverse.
# Distilled, Grassroots, Radical Governance
## is a good fit for the fediverse
This working practice comes from 30 years of building from [The Tyranny of Structurelessness](03.-The-Tyranny-of-Stucturelessness).
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## OpenWeb Governance Body
The body is made up of three different, balanced groups:
The Body is made up of three different, balanced groups:
#### 1. Stakeholders
One for each instance – if you want a voice, you can run an instance and register it.<br/>
### 1. Stakeholders
One for each instance – if you want a say, you can run an instance and register it.<br/>
This is clearly the voice of the #fediverse, as they are the people running it.
#### 2. Users
### 2. Users
The Stakeholders are then balanced dynamically by the same number of Users who are interested in the process.<br/>
They are chosen by [lottery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition) from the registered accounts.<br/>
You have a choice to register or not your account as a possible Member of the Body.
You have a choice whether or not to register your account as a possible Member of the Body.
#### 3. The Affiliate Stakeholders
These have to be ratified through the body to become members. A few examples below:
### 3. The Affiliate Stakeholders
These have to be ratified through the Body to become members. A few examples below:
- Fediverse Codebases `(e.g. pixelfeed, mastodon, peertube)`
- Fediverse Events `(e.g. group meet-ups, conferences)`
- Fedivers Support Organizations `(e.g. ActivityPub Rocks, Fediverse party)`
- Fediverse Support Organizations `(e.g. ActivityPub Rocks, Fediverse Party)`
- ActivityPub Standards Crew `(e.g. wc3)`
[![OpenWeb Governance Diagram](http://hamishcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/OGB.png)](http://hamishcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/GOVERNANCE-BODY_REV-March-2022.pdf)
### The work flow
## The Workflow
Sign up for the site, then don’t untick the box for “role” if you become a “stakeholder”
Sign up for the site, then don’t untick the box for “Role” if you become a “Stakeholder” .
If you are not picked by the lottery for a role there is still many things you can do as a stakeholder in the groups. If you are not picked as a stakeholder you can still put proposals for the stakeholders to make into group decisions.
If you are not picked by the lottery for a Role, there are still many things you can do as a Stakeholder within the groups. If you are not picked as a Stakeholder, you can still submit proposals for the Stakeholders to make into Group decisions.
The outcome is something much more representative of the #Fediverse than we can currently think about, let alone implement.
The outcome is something much more representative of the #Fediverse as a whole than we can currently think about, let alone implement.
There is #nothingnew in this idea.
## The Power of the Voice
### The power of the voice
User proposals are accepted from anyone who has an ActivityPub account. The Body gets an Activity Stream of notifications and if they reach a core consensus a group may be created around the issue.
User proposals are accepted from anyone who has an ActivityPub account. The body gets an activity stream of notifications and if they
reach a core consensus they can create a group around the issue.
* Groups – are a part of the process, these come from ideas getting a level of support from the members of the body.
* Groups – are a part of the process; these come from ideas getting a level of support from the members of the body
* Agreements - come from groups, these can then be enacted by the voices if they are interested.
* Agreements - come from Groups; these can then be enacted by the Voices if they are interested
* Voices - they have double power, they can start groups to reach agreements and can enact the agreements of groups.
* Voices - have double power; they can start Groups to reach Agreements and can enact the Agreements of Groups
* Consensus of Voices (-1) makes agreements THE "voice of the Fediverse".
* Consensus of Voices (-1) makes Agreements _THE_ "voice of the Fediverse"
The actual number of voices are dynamic depending on the number of stakeholders but between 3-5 is likely a good number.
The actual number of Voices change dynamically depending on the number of Stakeholders, but between 3-5 is likely a good number.
### What are the risks
## What are the risks
“serving the humans trying to communicate” by getting out of the way and let the humans work it out and simply providing structure for the groups, we don’t define the groups.
“Serving the humans trying to communicate” by getting out of the way and letting the humans work it out. While we provide structure for the Groups, we don’t define the Groups.
* Groups could be captured by agendas – being open to all body members mediates this.
* Groups could be captured by agendas – being open to all Body members mediates this
* Bad group of voices - are flagged by other body members. When the flagging reaches a criteria the security group can act to reach an aggreement on these flags. If the bad voices sneak through these checks, we have an exeptional case, where the body acts as an admin by flagging over a threshold by a set period.
* Bad Group of Voices - are flagged by other Body members. When the flagging reaches a criteria a Security Group can act to reach an aggreement on these flags. If the bad Voices sneak through these checks, we have an exeptional case, where the Body acts as an admin by flagging over a threshold by a set period.
Basic security and checks – to see if an instance still exists and is real. If a member account is actively posting or a puppet – all of this can be done with member flagging, some automated others by people – flagged accounts and posts goes to the “security group”. It’s a lottery, it’s up to the groups to influence and as a last resort “recall” if one goes a new one is chosen by lottery.
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If you do not want the job then resign and the lottery will pick a new person.
### The representative “stakeholder” body accepts proposals and make decisions
## The representative “stakeholder” body accepts proposals and make decisions
Some stats for the fediverse:
population ~ 4.152.753 accounts