Vote about BeWelcome's decision making process
Written by thorgal67 11 years agoBeWelcome aspires to be a democratic hospitality network which means that decisions about the course of the community should be taken by its members.
During the first years of BeWelcome's existence decision making was very simple: Only a few members gave any input and decisions were taken without any formalized procedures. As more and more members joined the debates and gave their input, the need for a formalized decision making process became apparent and a process was defined in 2012: Decision Making Process for BeWelcome
After using this process for some months, members of the community discussed and analyzed its strengths and shortcomings and came up with an alternative proposal: Proposal for a new Decision Making Process
This is what we ask you to vote about today.
Please take a few minutes to read the descriptions of both the current decision making process and the alternative proposal. Taking time to inform yourself about this crucial topic should take less than 20 minutes after which you are warmly invited to vote about how decisions should be taken in your hospitality community from now on.
You can cast your vote here: http://www.bewelcome.org/suggestions/vote. The ballot is open until 17th July 2013 08:00 UTC.
You may still join or continue the discussion about the decision making process while the ballot is open: http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5514
Please note that while the vote takes place on BeWelcome, the same vote will be held among the active members of BeVolunteer (the association that runs BeWelcome) and another one among the Board of Directors of BeVolunteer. The decision will only be valid if all three votes (BeWelcome members, BeVolunteer members, and Board of Directors) have the same outcome.
Thank you for your participation!
For the BeWelcome community,
Frank van den Block (thorgal67) on behalf of the Board of Directors