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Typically, when someone wants to do or change something big at HackPGH, they bring it up at a meeting and the membership can vote on it. For smaller things, it may not be worth spending a week figuring out if everyone is on board; for those items, we follow a principle called Do-ocracy:

If you want something done, do it. But remember to be excellent to each other when doing so.

Use Cases

The Bad Version

Dick paints the bike shed pink.
Jane becomes unhappy about the fact that the bike shed she helped build is now pink.
Jane posts a rant on the #general channel in Slack about how Dick is being a dick. Dick responds by calling Jane a variety of obscenities.
Jane brings the incident to the board. Dick's membership is revoked. Some board members resign. The space loses multiple valuable members because they were so offended by what happened.

The Being Excellent To Each Other Version

Dick paints the bike shed pink.
Jane becomes unhappy about the fact that the bike shed she helped build is now pink.
Jane politely engages Dick in discussion about his decision. Dick realized that other people he shares the space with have feelings too.
Jane and Dick decide to repaint the bike shed blue.

Notes

An important part of being excellent is documenting your change. Leave a note on what you do-ocratically did. Contact numbers are especially important if you want people to contact you about the change. The biggest challenge in a do-acracy is not reversal, but ascertaining (and taking) responsibility.
If someone nicely asks you to change something back, be nice and just change it back.
If do-ocracy isn't working, feel free to bring the issue up with the Board. Just remember that they're volunteers, so please try to Be Excellent to them too.

Original content on NoiseBridge's Wiki: https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Do-ocracy. Thank you!

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+Typically, when someone wants to do or change something big at HackPGH, they bring it up at a meeting and the membership can vote on it. For smaller things, it may not be worth spending a week figuring out if everyone is on board; for those items, we follow a principle called Do-ocracy: __NOTOC__
-Typically when someone wants to do or change something big at HackPGH, they bring it up at a meeting and it goes through our [[Consensus Process]]. Most of the time many of us just don't want to be troubled with spending a week figuring out if everyone is ok with a small or mundane thing, and so there's Do-ocracy. Do-ocracy tends to work just as long as our only rule is followed, to be excellent to each other.
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+'''If you want something done, do it. But remember to be excellent to each other when doing so.'''
-'''Do-ocracy: If you want something done, do it, but remember to be excellent to each other when doing so.'''
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-An important part of being excellent is documenting your change. Write a note on HackPGH's [[ChangeLog]], or leave a note on what you do-ocratically did. Contact numbers are especially important if you want people to contact you about the change. The biggest challenge in a do-acracy is not reversal, but ascertaining (and taking) responsibility.
 ==Use Cases==
-====The Short Version====
+====The Bad Version====
-# Dick asks around if anyone would feel negative about the bike shed being pink. No one does.
 # Dick paints the bike shed pink.
+# Jane becomes unhappy about the fact that the bike shed she helped build is now pink.
+# Jane posts a rant on the #general channel in Slack about how Dick is being a dick. Dick responds by calling Jane a variety of obscenities.
+# Jane brings the incident to the board. Dick's membership is revoked. Some board members resign. The space loses multiple valuable members because they were so offended by what happened.
 ====The Being Excellent To Each Other Version====
 # Dick paints the bike shed pink.
 # Jane becomes unhappy about the fact that the bike shed she helped build is now pink.
-# Jane politely engages Dick in discussion about why he thought this was ok. Dick realized that other people he shares the space with have feelings too.
+# Jane politely engages Dick in discussion about his decision. Dick realized that other people he shares the space with have feelings too.
 # Jane and Dick decide to repaint the bike shed blue.
 ==Notes==
-* Do-ocracy works most of the time. When it doesn't, it sort of sucks.
+* An important part of being excellent is documenting your change. Leave a note on what you do-ocratically did. Contact numbers are especially important if you want people to contact you about the change. The biggest challenge in a do-acracy is not reversal, but ascertaining (and taking) responsibility.
-* Write a note (with your name or nym) saying what you did.
+* If someone nicely asks you to change something back, be nice and just change it back.
-* If someone nicely asks you to change something back, be nice back and just change it back.
+* If do-ocracy isn't working, feel free to bring the issue up with the [[Board]]. Just remember that they're volunteers, so please try to Be Excellent to them too.
-* If someone's being a dick to you about something you've changed, be nice and just change it back. If you must cry about it only do so after you've restored things.
-* When Do-Ocracy means Consent.
-From NoiseBridge's Wiki Thank you!
+Original content on NoiseBridge's Wiki: https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Do-ocracy. Thank you!
-Original Link: https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Do-ocracy