- Decidim is not built to facilitate the kind of conversation that is needed to develop blueOcean (and
- sociocracy specifically).
- Sociocracy is a representative form of governance. Decidim supports participatory democracy. The
- optimal GPC governance structure may wind up mixing the two, but it is important to make it clear
-that they are divergent methods. This website is quite confusing to the newcomer.- Decidim may wind up being the best platform for participatory democracy, but as a platform for
- discussing its own value it is - ironically - not effective. As a platform for discussing blueOcean,
- doubly so.
- To attract and hold the attention of more members, I strongly advise a more appropriate content
- management system (wiki, chat, drupal etc) to discuss blueOcean. Similarly, 'greensConnect' itself
- should probably be reworked as a 'shell' that hosts both Decidim and blueOcean.
- Unique visual presentation should be established. This is not a superficial property: it is a great
- way to maintain what some developers call a 'separation of concerns'. It also greatly reduces the
- learning curve for new members.
- So in the end there are three separate 'brands' to consider,with each of them requiring a
- separate content management system. They are greensconnect.ca, decidim.greenconnect.ca and
- blueocean.greensconnect.ca.
- Decidim is not built to facilitate the kind of conversation that is needed to develop blueOcean (and
- sociocracy specifically).
- Sociocracy is a representative form of governance. Decidim supports participatory democracy. The
- optimal GPC governance structure may wind up mixing the two, but it is important to make it clear
- +that they are divergent methods. This website is quite confusing to the newcomer: too many ideas at
- +once, and a steep learning curve for the jargon that each requires.
- Decidim may wind up being the best platform for participatory democracy, but as a platform for
- discussing its own value it is - ironically - not effective. As a platform for discussing blueOcean,
- doubly so.
- To attract and hold the attention of more members, I strongly advise a more appropriate content
- management system (wiki, chat, drupal etc) to discuss blueOcean. Similarly, 'greensConnect' itself
- should probably be reworked as a 'shell' that hosts both Decidim and blueOcean.
- Unique visual presentation should be established. This is not a superficial property: it is a great
- way to maintain what some developers call a 'separation of concerns'. It also greatly reduces the
- learning curve for new members.
- So in the end there are three separate 'brands' to consider,with each of them requiring a
- separate content management system. They are greensconnect.ca, decidim.greenconnect.ca and
- blueocean.greensconnect.ca.