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What is the Spokescouncil?
Versión en español Spokes Council Explainer The spokes council model is a structured, democratic process used within various organizations, workers' co-ops, and movement groups. Basic Structure The spokes council structure resembles that of a spoked wheel. It ...
How meetings are scheduled
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How to add someone to the chat
2024 Dec 13: Who is a Spoke?
A Spoke is a group of >5 people who self-identify as having a stake in Woodbine (the space) or Woodbine (the concept) and a common goal/reason to collaborate amongst themselves Person or group submitting Frankie Proposal History Drafted date: dec/8/24 S...
2024 Dec 13: How to format a Proposal
https://basement.woodbine.nyc/spokes-proposal-proposal-template
2025 Feb 06: Communicating outside of meetings
Two Signal chats will be created: 1) Woodbine Spokes Council Announcements, 2) Woodbine Spokes Council Chat. The first is purely for announcements (such as which proposals passed) and meant to be consumed by the entirety of the Woodbine membership. The latter ...
2025 Feb 06: Style of Consensus
Consensus - 2, with the exception of liability concerns, voluntasking individuals or groups, and telling groups how to perform their roles which have the power to block proposals https://basement.woodbine.nyc/2AyW758BRd2zkP5kx2#
2025 Feb 06: How to post agenda items
A wall of woodbine will be dedicated to posting proposals. Any member of woodbine may post a proposal following the proposal template. (Printers are available on site.) The proposal remains on the wall for up to three months, at which point it is taken dow...
2025 Feb 06: How to prioritize submitted proposals
Proposals are submitted by some deadline before a given Spokescouncil meeting. Between that deadline and the Spokescouncil meeting, Spokes review proposals and indicate which ones they think are the most important to discuss. https://basement.woodbine.nyc/w...
2025 Feb 06: Quorum
https://basement.woodbine.nyc/2AyW758BRd2zkP5kx1#
2025 Feb 06: Deciding Meeting Roles
At the beginning of the meeting, spokes representatives can volunteer to fill a meeting role. Any other spokes representative has the power to veto someone taking a role, though that can be overturned with consensus - 2. https://basement.woodbine.nyc/2AyW...
2025 Feb 06: Meeting Length
Meetings are capped at 2.5 hours, with the option to extend them through full consensus. Even with consensus, if reps leave and the council falls below quorom, further proposals cannot be voted on. The first half hour is non-mandatory social time, but the ...
2025 Feb 06: First Spokescouncil Agenda
https://basement.woodbine.nyc/2AyW758BRd2zkP5kx6
2025 04 10
Meeting '102' - April 10, 2025 Meeting in main room @ 7pm on thursday Agenda bookkeeping: quantify the regular financial contributions made by basement participants spring cleaning: plan to clear our junk that nobody wants. mark what we want to keep (deadline...
Consensus Model
Consensus model (WIP draft) This is a proposal for a Temporary consensus model. The idea would be to use it for the time being, and if passed, in 6 months review our experience with it and decide if we want to continue using it (from jonah: this is simply a ...
2022 09 19
2022-09-19 7:05pm agenda Checkin Jonathan, Will, Devin, Steffi she/they, Julien, Josh, Ioan, MyfRegrets Brandon Add whatever you want here goals jonathan - make home goods, get resin out of the bedroom myf - facilitate people to do cool things. personall...
Adopting Bookstack as our Wiki
Person or group submitting p Proposal History Submission Date: 2025 April 17 Vote date: Vote result: Motivation To reduce friction in the creation and retrieval of Basement documentation to the benefit of new and old members alike. Proposal ove...
1st Spokescouncil Agenda
Person or group submitting Frankie Proposal History Submission Date: 2/6/25 Vote date: 2/6/25 Vote result: pass Friendly ammendments: Needs reworking for cleaning project explanation of current cleaning situation Directorship intro included with ...
2025 04 24
In attendance: daniel, omni, p, jimmy, micro Nobody took running notes but here is the outcome of the discussion. There is a lot of debate around how hazardous asbestos situation in the basement actually is, but regardless of the actual risk it poses, the situ...