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5 reasons #coops
could benefit from
policy governance
(if they’re really
concerned about
member democracy)

@theboyler
quick & dirty
guide to policy
governance
@theboyler
ends - who are we
here to benefit and
how exactly will we
benefit them?
@theboyler
limitations what can’t be
done to achieve
those ends?
@theboyler
1

the iron law of
oligarchy = the
war on drugs
@theboyler
2

career
(socio)paths
@theboyler
without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in
every public institution, becomes a mere semblance
of life, in which only the bureaucracy remains as the
active element. Public life gradually falls asleep, a
few dozen party leaders of inexhaustible energy and
boundless experience direct and rule. Among them,
in reality only a dozen outstanding heads do the
leading and an elite of the working class is invited
from time to time to meetings where they are to
applaud the speeches of the leaders, and to
approve proposed resolutions unanimously – at
bottom, then, a clique affair

2

Rosa Luxembourg The Russian Revolution

@theboyler
3

Parkinson’s Law:
a feature, not a bug
@theboyler
4

doing democracy
badly is toxic to
the very idea of
democracy
@theboyler
open source
governance
vs
Democratic
Centralism

5

@theboyler
Undemocratic
Centralism
Long career paths for
inadequate experts

5

Stay close to executives

Neither properly guide nor
properly hold to account
Micromanagement

Confidentiality and Collective
Responsibility

open
source

Ordinary members expert at
being ordinary members
Stay closer to members

Set strong direction linked to
member benefit
Focus on bigger picture
Open discussion and
disagreement
@theboyler
daveboyle.net

@theboyler

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Policy Governance and Co-operatives

  • 1. pg tips 5 reasons #coops could benefit from policy governance (if they’re really concerned about member democracy) @theboyler
  • 2. quick & dirty guide to policy governance @theboyler
  • 3. ends - who are we here to benefit and how exactly will we benefit them? @theboyler
  • 4. limitations what can’t be done to achieve those ends? @theboyler
  • 5. 1 the iron law of oligarchy = the war on drugs @theboyler
  • 7. without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in every public institution, becomes a mere semblance of life, in which only the bureaucracy remains as the active element. Public life gradually falls asleep, a few dozen party leaders of inexhaustible energy and boundless experience direct and rule. Among them, in reality only a dozen outstanding heads do the leading and an elite of the working class is invited from time to time to meetings where they are to applaud the speeches of the leaders, and to approve proposed resolutions unanimously – at bottom, then, a clique affair 2 Rosa Luxembourg The Russian Revolution @theboyler
  • 8. 3 Parkinson’s Law: a feature, not a bug @theboyler
  • 9. 4 doing democracy badly is toxic to the very idea of democracy @theboyler
  • 11. Undemocratic Centralism Long career paths for inadequate experts 5 Stay close to executives Neither properly guide nor properly hold to account Micromanagement Confidentiality and Collective Responsibility open source Ordinary members expert at being ordinary members Stay closer to members Set strong direction linked to member benefit Focus on bigger picture Open discussion and disagreement @theboyler