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Distinguish among blueOcean, Decidim and greensConnect.
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.
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