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+title: How we make decisions
+description: Our collective's horizontal decision making process
+image: trees.jpg
+category: decision making, democracy
+date: 2021-01-21
+---
+
+# How we make decisions
+In Autonomic, we make decisions collectively, while also attempting to empower autonomous action by individual workers. 
+
+We designed our decision making process using decision making tools we had experienced through participation in various horizontal organisations. We hope this tool is useful to others in the struggle for a better world.
+
+Our decisions can be split intro three categories: **Small, Medium and Large**.
+
+## 1) Small - Get on and do the thing
+- No one cares.
+- Made by an individual within the co-op.
+- Could be in any area.
+- Up to individual co-op members to decide if they should just make the decision, or share it with the rest of the co-op to seek consensus.
+
+## 2) Medium - Consensus pending objections
+- About admin and infrastructure.
+- Don't have an effect on the direction or operation of the co-op.
+- Give a deadline: unless anyone objects or asks for more time by then, it goes ahead.
+- The deadline must reasonable (a week by default).
+- If any member of the co-op thinks it's a Large decision, achieve Maximum Consensus™ (see below).
+
+## 3) Large - Maximum Consensus™
+- Important decisions affecting the operation, direction, working conditions and finances of the co-op.
+- Consensus voting: addressing any concerns.
+- Can be requested by any member of the co-op for any decision.
+- Input from every co-op member.
+- Whoever proposes Large decisions is responsible for chasing up members for votes.
+- Votes can be in favour, against, abstain (stand aside) or block.
+- One member, one vote.
+
+## Process
+For Medium and Large decisions:
+
+ 1. Write up a proposal in a [HedgeDoc pad](https://hedgedoc.org/).
+ 2. Link to the proposal on the proposals page on our wiki.
+ 3. Announce the decision in the #announcements channel of our internal chat.
+ 4. List the decision on the Decisions page on our wiki.
+ 4. Announce the result in #announcements and record it on the Decisions
+    page of our wiki.
+
+## Proposal format
+(For Medium and Large decisions).
+
+- What you want to change.
+- Who it affects.
+- Size (Medium / Large).
+- Deadline.
+- What chat channel you want discussion to happen in.
+
+## Example proposal
+> @all I'd like to propose (Medium|Large) decision XXX, to write our name as
+"aUtOnOmIc cöööpERATIVE" in all our public communications.
+> 
+> Deadline for votes is DEADLINE – let me know if you need more time to vote than that.
+>
+> Please send absolutely any and all replies in #CHANNEL, not here 🙏
+>
+> 👍 this message for "enthusiastic consent", 🤷 for "stand aside" or 👎 if you need to indicate your extreme disagreement with this idea.
+>
+> 👇 VOTES HERE
+
+## Further resources
+Extra information about decision making processes in co-operatives can be found on the [Seeds for Change website](https://seedsforchange.org.uk/resources).
+