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layout: rule title: Self-appointed board permalink: /templates/self-appointed-board/ icon: /assets/tabler_icons/user-plus.svg
community-name:
BASICS
structure: An annually self-appointed board of no more than 5 members determines policies and implements them. mission: values: legal:
PARTICIPANTS
membership: The board's policies determine the criteria for community membership. removal: The board may choose to remove a community member if at least 51% of board members vote for removal. roles: Each year current board members elect the board members for the subsequent year. limits: Board members can serve an unlimited number of 1-year terms.
POLICY
rights: The board is expected to operate according to this Rule and the explicit agreements it has created. decision: At least 51% of board members must vote to approve a proposal in order for it to become a community agreement. implementation: Board members or their designees are responsible for implementing agreements, and the board should have access to the means to implement the agreements that it has approved. oversight: Community participants unhappy with the board's implementation with the agreements may voice their concerns to individual board members or in the community at large.
PROCESS
access: economics: deliberation: grievances:
EVOLUTION
records:
modification: Changes to this Rule require 2/3 approval of the board.
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A widely used governance structure for membership organizations whose members don't have capacity for active involvement in governance.