The Plenum Pattern
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Its content is derived from the presentation "Building a Hacker Space" by Jens Ohlig and Lars Weiler.
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[edit] Problem
You want to resolve internal conflicts, exercise democratic decision-making, and discuss recent issues and future plans.
[edit] Implementation
Have a regular meeting with possibly all members. Have an agenda and set goals. Make people commit themselves to tasks. Write down minutes of the meeting and post them on a mailing list and/or Wiki. Go for the only date that works: once a week. Weird dates like “first full-moon after the third Friday” will never work. Likewise doesn’t every other week or anything similar.
