📓 martha's rules

https://sci-hub.se/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/088610998600100206

https://third-bit.com/files/2020/08/marthas/

• preparation
  • set agenda before meeting
  • pick a facilitator
• proposals
  • proposal generation (if necessary)
    • raise an issue
    • discuss
      • explore alternatives
      • identify implications
    • facilitator integrates discussion into a proposal
    • (on github:)
      • submit 24 hours before meeting
      • include
        • one-line summary
        • full proposal
        • background information
        • pros/cons
        • possible alternatives
  • sponsor presents proposal
  • sense vote
    • who likes
    • who can live with
    • who is uncomfortable
  • if...
    • all like or can-live-with, immediately passes
    • most are uncomfortable... postpone to rework
    • if few objections
      • clarify
        • facilitator asks those uncomfortable to clarify
  • vote
    • "Should we implement this decision over the stated objections of the minority, when a majority of us feel it is workable?"
      • if "no" wins
        • can generate new proposal
        • continue discussion to change people's minds
        • postpone