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community-name:
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# BASICS
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-structure: One community member, the benevolent dictator for life (BDFL), holds ultimate decision-making power while seeking to represent a balance of the views and the best interests of the community as a whole.
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+structure: One community member, the benevolent dictator (BD), holds ultimate decision-making power, aided by a Board. The Board will eventually become the basis of a more inclusive governance structure.
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mission:
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-values:
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+values:
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legal:
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# PARTICIPANTS
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membership: Participation is open to anyone who wants to join.
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-removal: The BDFL can remove misbehaving participants at will for the sake of the common good.
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-roles:
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-limits: In the event that the BDFL is unable or unwilling to continue leadership, the BDFL may appoint a new BDFL or choose to alter the governance structure entirely.
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+removal: The BD can remove misbehaving participants at will for the sake of the common good.
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+roles: The BD invites active, committed participants to join the Board, whose members help the BD in managing the community.
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+limits: In the event that the BD is unable or unwilling to continue leadership, the BD may appoint a new BD or choose to alter the governance structure entirely.
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# POLICY
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rights:
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-decision: The BDFL sets the community's policies and makes decisions for the community, taking reasonable account of input from other community participants.
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-implementation: The BDFL is responsible for implementing—or delegating implementation of—policies and other decisions.
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-oversight: If participants are not happy with the BDFL's leadership, they are free to voice their concerns or leave the community.
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+decision: The BD sets the community's policies and makes decisions for the community, taking reasonable account of input from other participants.
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+implementation: The BD is responsible for implementing—or delegating implementation of—policies and other decisions.
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+oversight: If participants are not happy with the BD's leadership, they may voice their concerns or leave the community.
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# PROCESS
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access:
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# EVOLUTION
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records:
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-modification: The BDFL can change the governance structure of the community at will.
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+modification: When the Board reaches 5 members, including the BD, the Board assumes control of the community. This control is activated upon the Board unanimously adopting a new Rule. Until then, the BD can change the governance structure of the community at will.
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Use this template as-is or edit it to adapt it to your community.
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-A commonly used structure in open-source communities such as Linux.
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+A commonly used structure in open-source communities such as Linux, but replaces the idea of a "benevolent dictator for life" with a temporary benevolent dictator, as suggested by [a user-submitted Rule](https://communityrule.info/create/?r=1589491067257).
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