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GAME OF HYPHA

Hypha’s Purpose:

Hypha builds the tools and provides structure for uniting the various global movements that are all aiming to create a healthier civilization.

These slides describe the agreements everyone agrees to when taking on membership in Hypha. It is Hypha’s governance.

It exists to ensure that every action taken in the name of Hypha directly and verifiable contributes to furthering the purpose →

Interpretation of this Game Guide is up to those playing the game. When interpretations are in conflict and a good faith attempt to resolution does not bear fruit, the interpretation of the circles Scribe will be applied. If unavailable, use these fallbacks (in order); Lamp Lighter of the circle, Scribe or LL of the super circle.

Agreement - an agreement all members must honour.

Each slide of this guide will be of one of these types.

Definition - An agreed definition of a term.

* Playing by these agreements is best learned though the handbook and by simply starting to play the game.

DEFINITION

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MEMBER DUTIES

Anyone with HVOICE is considered a member to Hypha.

Anyone with an active role or quest in the Hypha DHO is a core member.

Sensing: The duty to process any and all relevant tensions sensed into meaningful change in pursuit of the purpose of your roles.

Processing: The duty to process and take on any work your role is accountable for and (re-)prioritize in accordance with circle strategy and Hypha’s purpose.

Transparency: The duty to transparently share all the work you’re engaged in and upon request provide reasonable estimates when deliverables can be expected.

Expectations: The duty capture in governance any implicit expectation of self and others if in service of purpose or transparently declining the expectation.

Role consciousness: The duty to argue every action, decision and vote from one of your roles or quests upon request by another member.

Access: The duty to grant access to all Hypha resources your interact with to multiple members.

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MEMBERSHIP & COMPENSATION

When anyone is voted into a role or a quest in the DHO, they become a Hypha member and agree to fulfill these duties.

The two processes of becoming a member are described on the right.

Those without an active role or quest are considered passive members that can partake in votes as long as they hold voice but can’t propose new proposals nor have a right to be included in circle meetings.

Quest contribution

- The current circle members identify a scoped project including expected deliverables.

- The circle votes on the quest outline.

- The circle votes on the person(s) who will do the work.

- The agreed funds are released upon delivery of the deliverables.

Ongoing contribution

- The DHO defines and votes in a set of predefined archetypes and compensation bands available.

- People apply for one or a set of archetypes for a specific circle at a specific commitment level (1-100%) for a maximum of 3 months.

- The relevant circle votes on the assignment. Circle can vote on circle based assignments only if they hold super circle approved budget to do so, else any assignment should be decided in the supercircle.

- People receive the agreed compensation each lunar cycle until the assignment ends or is cancelled through a vote.

- When sick or on holiday, the commitment level should be adjusted to reflect your actual work commitment.

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PERSONAL COMMITMENT

When playing the Game of Hypha each member commits to the following patterns.

All members will make a good faith effort to engage with requests from fellow core members and may choose to disregard non members when it does not serve them. Any member may ask fellow members to state from/to which role/quest they are engaging.

Honesty with Empathy If you disagree or don’t understand something - say something. We always try to understand and relate to all perspectives at the table. We engage in a truthful dialog while honoring our own and each others boundaries.

Radical Responsibility We are solely responsible for activating our roles purpose. We commit to embracing conflict as fuel for meaningful change in pursuit of purpose.

Radical Transparency Compensation, roles, commitments - everything is transparent. We commit to being open with our actions and deeds.

Radical Focus We focus on ambitions and objectives around our purpose and then process signals (perspectives) that are sent back to us to act accordingly.

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ROLES & CIRCLES

Roles & circles belong to Hypha, not a person or a team.

They are both defined by:�Purpose - Why it exists�Circle - Where it exists

Accountability - What can be expected of it �Domain - What it exclusively controls

Assignment - Person(s) assigned to the role or Lamp Lighting the circle.

�Circles may internally deviate from their container on how they operate, adopting governance changes internally as they deem fit. And changes to their definition always lies within the super circle.

CIRCLE

DEFINITION

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CIRCLE HEARTBEATS

1. Each circle will by default introduce recurring heartbeats / meetings where each of the following tensions can be processed into meaningful change in pursuit of purpose. The circle may adopt a policy to change this through their current governance process.

2. Each meeting is to be facilitated by an elected Facilitator and scheduled & administered by an elected Scribe.

3. All role/quest fillers of the circle and all LL’s of the sub-circles are invited to these meetings.

Governance

Heartbeat

Focus: Governance (D)

These meetings are to change, update, remove:

- Roles

- Circles

- Domains

- Policies

- Game Guide

Circle governance changes are adopted using the Advice Process.

Human

Heartbeat

Focus: Human System (H)

These meetings are to:

- Explore group dynamics

- Integrate differences

- Increase our capacity to integrate differences

- Increase collective empathetic ability

Operational

Heartbeat

Focus: Operation (O)

These meetings are to:

- Report circle metrics

- Report strategy progress

- Share relevant updates

- Request information

- Request next actions

- Request outcomes

Any relevant tension sensed by a member is to be added to the agenda and processed.

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CIRCLE OPERATION

For the sake of transparency and cross circle alignment & collaboration each circle is required to publish the following information publicly for all Hypha members to see.

Circle Strategy

Each circle must explicitly publish at least one strategy used to better their metrics and thus manifest its purpose. The default format to be used unless explicitly changed is:��Impact 1 even over impact 2

(eg. Quality software even over growth)

Note: ORK’s, if used, are strategies on a quarterly basis that should align with these overarching strategies.

Circle Outcomes

Each circle must publish the high level outcomes (projects/milestones) they are working on including their regularly updated status (future/active/on hold/%complete) for all Hypha members to see.

Note: This does not have to be the same as your collaboration tool.

Circle Metrics

Each circle must explicitly publish at least one metric used to measure how they quantify how well they are manifesting their purpose. This must include the definition of the metric, how often it is updated and the actual data of the metric tracked over time.

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HYPHA VOICE

Hypha Voice (HVOICE) is a token that determines how much weight your vote holds when voting on DHO proposals. It cannot be traded and must be earned through quests, contributions or assignments. It comes with a half-life of 1 year.

This way Hypha moves beyond the typical oligarchies and plutocracies (governance by the wealthy) of today’s corporations and even nation states.

By having voice be earned, the people who are contributing the most (and thus have the most awareness of what the org needs) have the most voice.

The more value I add the more Voice I get!

I love having a direct voice, I want to play more!

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WHAT REQUIRES A VOTE?

Voting using HVOICE is only required when:

�Distributing Hypha resources;

For Contributions, Quests, Assignments and budgets.

Changing the Hypha governance;

For adding/editing/removing of a Role, Circle, Domain, Policy and badge.��Changing the Hypha Game Guide;

To change any of the rules laid out in the Hypha Game Guide.

Changing the Smart Contracts;

To change any of the Smart Contracts that govern Hypha.

[Circle] Each circle holding assignments and/or quests will require a vote

[Archetype] All archetypes people can apply to require a vote

[Policy/Protocol] Any policy and/or protocol will require a vote

Structural votes

[Assignment] All archetype/member assignments require a vote

[Quest] Any results based quests requires a vote

[Bridge] Any assignment gap can be bridged through a bridge vote

[Expense] Any reimbursement of expenses require a vote

[Investment] Financial investments into Hypha require a vote

Activity based votes

AGREEMENT

But, on the "contract" we don't program this in, as those holding HVoice may not necessarily have a role at the time of voting. Those who are on a Quest or Contribution basis... Or, those who have recently left roles, or those who may never have a role but otherwise have HVoice (indigenous elders in bioregions, etc)... This is the contract pattern that is necessary for decentralization and to form the basis of the contract. But, circles can choose various methods for governance within their circle (on a cultural level) to decide how to make daily operational decisions (that don't need to go in the DHO). I see a supermajority of the decisions, governance and work that happens in Hypha to never need to go through the DHO and the contract level (I think this is where you live mostly @Joost and where I fully agree with the perspective you hold here). Things only need to go through the DHO when they: �1. Requires funding 2. Proposing changes / additions to the contracts 3. Proposing changes / additions to the game of Hypha rules If a decision requires none of these things - then it likely doesn't need to go through the DHO unless the circle just wants to use it to break a stalemate.

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VOTE SCOPE

Each vote will be scoped by the outermost circle it affects.

�Vote scope definition

The outermost fractal circle affected by the proposal determines the scope. The anchor circle being the whole organisation.

Who partakes in the vote

Every member filling an active role or quest in all circles within the outermost affected circle may partake in the vote.��Local changes

Circles might change their internal voting patterns but can’t locally overrule wider set expectations.

How should we serve our circle purpose?

We use Consent in this Circle.

We use Consensus in this Circle.

We use 1 Token 1 Vote in this Circle.

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But, on the "contract" we don't program this in, as those holding HVoice may not necessarily have a role at the time of voting. Those who are on a Quest or Contribution basis... Or, those who have recently left roles, or those who may never have a role but otherwise have HVoice (indigenous elders in bioregions, etc)... This is the contract pattern that is necessary for decentralization and to form the basis of the contract. But, circles can choose various methods for governance within their circle (on a cultural level) to decide how to make daily operational decisions (that don't need to go in the DHO). I see a supermajority of the decisions, governance and work that happens in Hypha to never need to go through the DHO and the contract level (I think this is where you live mostly @Joost and where I fully agree with the perspective you hold here). Things only need to go through the DHO when they: �1. Requires funding 2. Proposing changes / additions to the contracts 3. Proposing changes / additions to the game of Hypha rules If a decision requires none of these things - then it likely doesn't need to go through the DHO unless the circle just wants to use it to break a stalemate.

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LAMP LIGHTERS

Lamplighters light the way for circles to manifest their purpose.

A lamplighter badge assignment is voted upon and must indicate the circle this badge is held for.

Once voted in, a Lamplighter can be held accountable to all of the here listed accountabilities if not explicitly delegated to another role/process in the respective circle through the governance process in use there.

Accountabilities

- Representing the circle’s purpose and accountabilities towards all of Hypha and taking project requests into the circle for execution

- Sharing the circles work, progress and wisdom within the super circle

- Surfacing and publish metrics, strategies and priorities for the circle

- Identifying structural and operational gaps in the circle and propose solutions

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TENSION

A tension is a sensed gap between reality and a perceived reality. Every Hypha member agrees to process each sensed tension in the appropriate Operational (work), Structural (governance) or Human (interpersonal or personal) heartbeat and only bring into Hypha if indeed it is related to Hypha.

Operational

Structural

Human

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