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Collective Decision Making

Governance Stages & Working Groups

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Working Groups

“A working group is an arrangement of people from different functions, working together to achieve specific goals

“The groups are domain-specific and focus on discussion or activity around a specific subject area

“A working group is a formally defined but non-permanent group of people focused on delivering a cross-functional outcome

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how are this Working Groups?

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Decentraland DAO Working Groups

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Decentraland DAO Working Groups

  • About substantive and signaled issues

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Decentraland DAO Working Groups

  • About substantive and signaled issues

  • Independent from DAO Core Unit teams

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Decentraland DAO Working Groups

  • About substantive and signaled issues

  • Independent from DAO Core Unit teams

  • Temporary

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Decentraland DAO Working Groups

  • About substantive and signaled issues

  • Independent from DAO Core Unit teams

  • Temporary

  • Decentralized

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Decentraland DAO Working Groups

  • About substantive and signaled issues

  • Independent from DAO Core Unit teams

  • Temporary

  • Decentralized

  • Semi-structured

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Decentraland DAO Working Groups

  • About substantive and signaled issues

  • Independent from DAO Core Unit teams

  • Temporary

  • Decentralized

  • Semi-structured

  • With clear roles and responsibilities

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Decentraland DAO Working Groups

  • About substantive and signaled issues

  • Independent from DAO Core Unit teams

  • Temporary

  • Decentralized

  • Semi-structured

  • With clear roles and responsibilities

  • Defined objectives and expected outcomes

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Decentraland DAO Working Groups

  • About substantive and signaled issues

  • Independent from DAO Core Unit teams

  • Temporary

  • Decentralized

  • Semi-structured

  • With clear roles and responsibilities

  • Defined objectives and expected outcomes

  • Foster engagement and consensus building

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HOW?!

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Delphi Method

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Commonly used tool in public policy decision-making and some forms of qualitative research.

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Commonly used tool in public policy decision-making and some forms of qualitative research.

Is a structured process guided by facilitators that involves several rounds of questionnaires or surveys, with each round building on the results of the previous round. It is expected that all opinions will eventually converge around a general consensus.

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Commonly used tool in public policy decision-making and some forms of qualitative research.

A particularity is that insights are gathered from an anonymised panel of experts

Is a structured process guided by facilitators that involves several rounds of questionnaires or surveys, with each round building on the results of the previous round. It is expected that all opinions will eventually converge around a general consensus.

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All this makes this method well suited for distributed and web3 decentralized contexts.

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Our adaptation…

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Governance Process + Delphi Method Working Groups

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-Proposal author(s) have initial governing powers to appoint the facilitator (self-appointment is valid)

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-Proposal author(s) have initial governing powers to appoint the facilitator (self-appointment is valid)

-No ‘experts’, everyone interested can participate

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-Proposal author(s) have initial governing powers to appoint the facilitator (self-appointment is valid)

-No ‘experts’, everyone interested can participate

-Not intrinsically anonymised

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-Proposal author(s) have initial governing powers to appoint the facilitator (self-appointment is valid)

-No ‘experts’, everyone interested can participate

-Not intrinsically anonymised

-Facilitator has the opportunity to define the group dynamics

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-Proposal author(s) have initial governing powers to appoint the facilitator (self-appointment is valid)

-No ‘experts’, everyone interested can participate

-Not intrinsically anonymised

-Facilitator has the opportunity to define the group dynamics

-Iterations and specific methodology for gathering insights can change depending on the topic

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-Proposal author(s) have initial governing powers to appoint the facilitator (self-appointment is valid)

-No ‘experts’, everyone interested can participate

-Not intrinsically anonymised

-Facilitator has the opportunity to define the group dynamics

-Iterations and specific methodology for gathering insights can change depending on the topic

-Asynchronous + Synchronous dynamics combined

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Why is this necessary?

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Why is this necessary?

ORDERED

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Why is this necessary?

ORDERED + SEMI-AUTOMATED

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Why is this necessary?

ORDERED + SEMI-AUTOMATED + STRUCTURED

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Why is this necessary?

ORDERED + SEMI-AUTOMATED + STRUCTURED

but still decentralized and transparent approach

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Why is this necessary?

ORDERED + SEMI-AUTOMATED + STRUCTURED

but still decentralized and transparent approach

Empowers every member of this community, by giving the possibility of workshopping solutions without the need to rely on DAO Committee Members and the Squads.

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Why is this necessary?

ORDERED + SEMI-AUTOMATED + STRUCTURED

but still decentralized and transparent approach

Empowers every member of this community, by giving the possibility of workshopping solutions without the need to rely on DAO Committee Members and the Squads.

Bottom-up policy building approach

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Why is this necessary?

ORDERED + SEMI-AUTOMATED + STRUCTURED

but still decentralized and transparent approach

Empowers every member of this community, by giving the possibility of workshopping solutions without the need to rely on DAO Committee Members and the Squads.

Bottom-up policy building approach

Project management tools

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Why is this necessary?

ORDERED + SEMI-AUTOMATED + STRUCTURED

but still decentralized and transparent approach

Empowers every member of this community, by giving the possibility of workshopping solutions without the need to rely on DAO Committee Members and the Squads.

Bottom-up policy building approach

Project management tools

A way to centralize documentation and working papers

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Why is this necessary?

ORDERED + SEMI-AUTOMATED + STRUCTURED

but still decentralized and transparent approach

Empowers every member of this community, by giving the possibility of workshopping solutions without the need to rely on DAO Committee Members and the Squads.

Bottom-up policy building approach

Project management tools

A way to centralize documentation and working papers

No extra manpower: a way to organize and structure the existing human and social capital.

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What have we obtained?

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What have we obtained?

  • Go through the governance stages in a smoothly way

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What have we obtained?

  • Go through the governance stages in a smoothly way

  • Transparency (unveiling the black box)

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What have we obtained?

  • Go through the governance stages in a smoothly way

  • Transparency (unveiling the black box)

  • Consensus building through different instances and group dynamics

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What have we obtained?

  • Go through the governance stages in a smoothly way

  • Transparency (unveiling the black box)

  • Consensus building through different instances and group dynamics

  • Consolidate, and summarize discussions by keeping working papers and documentation in a place visible and available for everyone.

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What have we obtained?

  • Go through the governance stages in a smoothly way

  • Transparency (unveiling the black box)

  • Consensus building through different instances and group dynamics

  • Consolidate, and summarize discussions by keeping working papers and documentation in a place visible and available for everyone.

  • Setting of clear objectives, and expected outputs and outcomes that might be -or not- governance proposals.

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What have we obtained?

  • Go through the governance stages in a smoothly way

  • Transparency (unveiling the black box)

  • Consensus building through different instances and group dynamics

  • Consolidate, and summarize discussions by keeping working papers and documentation in a place visible and available for everyone.

  • Setting of clear objectives, and expected outputs and outcomes that might be -or not- governance proposals.

  • Empowerment and AGENCY

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Community Facilitators & Agency

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Community Facilitators & Agency

AGENCY is the force behind social action

Agency as “the concept of bridging the existing human and social capital of a community, through self empowerment and awareness of the possession of the capacities to manage change”.

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Community Facilitators & Agency

Agency raises when the ‘facilitator’ and the rest of the working group collabs are self-aware of their roles in terms of representing the interests of the community.

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Community Facilitators & Agency

Agency raises when the ‘facilitator’ and the rest of the working group collabs are self-aware of their roles in terms of representing the interests of the community.

Coaching, accompaining and training community facilitators generates a chain reaction that enhances communication, conflict resolution, and consensus-building skills.

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Community Facilitators & Agency

Agency raises when the ‘facilitator’ and the rest of the working group collabs are self-aware of their roles in terms of representing the interests of the community.

Coaching, accompaining and training community facilitators generates a chain reaction that enhances communication, conflict resolution, and consensus-building skills.

That chain reaction leads to a more decentralized and efficient environment.

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Community Facilitators & Agency

AGENCY

ENGAGEMENT

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Governance Process

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Governance Process

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Methodology

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Governance Process

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Methodology

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Agency

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How does this look altogether?

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