Polls have closed in voting on the final draft of the Wondercafe2 governance model and the results are in (SurveyMonkey sure beats counting ballots).

33 votes cast

27 in favour (81.82%)

6 against (18.18%)

The governance model is therefore passed since the document itself specifies a requirement for 80% to pass changes to foundational documents.

Mendalla

The Forums were created with the intention of providing a comfortable place for people with a common interest to exchange ideas, share information and enjoy each other's company. These forums are maintained in that spirit and members are expected to honor those goals. The basic guide to etiquette is this: be polite, be mature, keep your language clean and respect the opinions of others (even if you disagree). 

We have put a first draft (well, first public draft, it's been drafted a few times among ourselves) of a Code of Conduct, including proposed sanctions and appeals process, for Wondercafe 2. There will not be a vote on it at this time. We are merely putting it out for discussion so you can have at it and propose changes, alternatives, new ideas, etc. If you think you can do it better, put your idea up on your blog and link to it from the thread. If you just want to change a clause or section, put your proposed change up in the thread. Nothing is cast in stone yet.

Wondercafe2.ca promotes and values open-minded discussion and exploration of ideas.  Individuals are free to respectfully express their own opinions and beliefs, and robustly debate these with others. We are committed to providing a welcoming and safe site.

Based on the discussions of the last week or so, we have put together a revised draft of the Council document:

http://www.wondercafe.ca/blogs/wondercafe2adm/wondercafe2-council-revise...

Please review it (the first draft is still up so you can compare) and then go to the Survey Monkey link below to vote:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Wondercafe2Council

Voting will close at midnight, Thursday, May 15, 2014 (ie. You have until end of day Wednesday to vote).

Wondercafe2 Council

WonderCafe2 governance is based on a council model. Council represents the Wondercafe2 community and is responsible for day-to-day running of the site. Council’s membership consists of the administrators, moderators, and treasurer. 

Composition

Council is comprised of:

               3 Administrators

5 Moderators

1 Treasurer

If you pop over to Church Life, there's a couple new discussions of Wondercafe2 that we opened last night. Most important is a discussion of the governance model we are proposing and the draft document describing it. The other is just a thread for posting and discussing technical updates on the site.

http://www.wondercafe.ca/discussion/church-life/wc2-its-heavy-reading-we...

http://www.wondercafe.ca/discussion/church-life/wc2-things-go-beep-boop-...

Mendalla

If you pop over to Church Life, there's a couple new discussions of Wondercafe2 that we opened last night. Most important is a discussion of the governance model we are proposing and the draft document describing it. The other is just a thread for posting and discussing technical updates on the site.

http://www.wondercafe.ca/discussion/church-life/wc2-its-heavy-reading-we...

http://www.wondercafe.ca/discussion/church-life/wc2-things-go-beep-boop-...

Mendalla

Okay, while we are boring you to tears with this governance stuff, the development of Wondercafe2 continues unabated.

To date we have:

• Installed and started configuring the software
• Done some testing of basic functions
• Reviewed a first draft of the design
• Saved chansen from himself 

We have posted a draft document outlining the membership, functions, and selection process for the Council that will run Wondercafe2. This is an extremely important document in the develoment of Wondercafe2 as it will, in essence, be our constitution. Please follow the link below and read carefully through the document.

http://www.wondercafe.ca/blogs/wondercafe2adm/wondercafe2-council