From 7ffb1163746f4f8a6d0a068a75ab0c4279f73b8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Harrington Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:38:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/6] formatting --- ScopeSequencing.tex | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ScopeSequencing.tex b/ScopeSequencing.tex index 412152f..103f244 100644 --- a/ScopeSequencing.tex +++ b/ScopeSequencing.tex @@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ A commons can be managed in a very large variety of ways. Members create the rul Lets review some design principals used by commons across the world for stable commons. These principals were derived by Ostrum from a datasets of commons that have been operating for at least 200 years. +" \begin{enumerate} \item {Clearly defined boundaries} @@ -195,6 +196,8 @@ For commons that are parts of larger systems: Appropriation, provision, monitoring, enforcement, conflict resolution, and governance activities are organized in multiple layers of nested enterprises. +"\footnote{"Ostrum p90"} + \end{enumerate} \vspace{0.2cm} Always remember that building a common is a step-by-step process. You will start with whatever resources and rules you have, and add to the framework over time. The whole idea is to have the rules reflect the needs of the members of the commons. We are all screw-ups some times, and that is ok! We can always evolve our systems over time and bring them in line with our shared values. @@ -303,7 +306,7 @@ Within a Commons, once the external entity has been assigned Private Property ri -\begin{minipage}[t]{0.72\textwidth} +\begin{minipage}[t]{0.66\textwidth} \vspace{0pt} "In a typical village, the only people likely to pay cash were passing travelers, and those considered riff-raff: paupers and ne'er-do-wells so @@ -332,7 +335,7 @@ Within a Commons, once the external entity has been assigned Private Property ri %This generates the check \end{minipage}% \vspace{0.2cm} -\begin{minipage}[t]{0.25\textwidth} +\begin{minipage}[t]{0.33\textwidth} \vspace{0pt} \centering \begin{turn}{90} From e28d23aaea67d59cc02fee8f26c94dc28921dac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Harrington Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:53:22 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/6] Formatting the maker check some more --- ScopeSequencing.tex | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/ScopeSequencing.tex b/ScopeSequencing.tex index 103f244..4d1790b 100644 --- a/ScopeSequencing.tex +++ b/ScopeSequencing.tex @@ -340,20 +340,24 @@ Within a Commons, once the external entity has been assigned Private Property ri \centering \begin{turn}{90} \dbox{% - \begin{minipage}[t]{5.2in} % Reduced from 5in + \begin{minipage}[t]{6.7in} % Reduced from 5in \vspace{0.3cm} - I \rule{1.5in}{0.4pt} promise to work for \rule{0.5in}{0.4pt} hours and \rule{0.5in}{0.4pt} minutes. + I \rule{2in}{1pt} promise to work for \rule{0.5in}{1pt} hours and \rule{0.5in}{1pt} minutes. \noindent - \begin{minipage}[t]{0.6\textwidth} + \begin{minipage}[t]{0.7\textwidth} \makebox[0.8in][l]{Signed On:} \shortstack{\small Year\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} / \shortstack{\small Month\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} / \shortstack{\small Day\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} \makebox[0.8in][l]{Expires On:} \shortstack{\small Year\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} / \shortstack{\small Month\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} / \shortstack{\small Day\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} + + \makebox[0.8in][l]{Done On:} \shortstack{\small Year\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} / \shortstack{\small Month\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} / \shortstack{\small Day\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} \end{minipage}% - \vspace{0.2cm} - \begin{minipage}[t]{0.35\textwidth} - \shortstack{\small Notes\\[0.6cm]\rule{1.5in}{0.4pt}} + \hfill + \begin{minipage}[t]{0.4\textwidth} + \vfill + \shortstack{\small Notes / Type of Work\\[0.6cm]\rule{1.5in}{0.4pt}} \shortstack{\small Signature\\[0.6cm]\rule{1.5in}{0.4pt}} + \vspace{0.2cm} \end{minipage} % --- Add this block at the end of the minipage --- From e487672e894ad2e06d3e79ee5ff8b24bd415eecc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Harrington Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 11:04:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Adding foootnotes --- ScopeSequencing.tex | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/ScopeSequencing.tex b/ScopeSequencing.tex index 4d1790b..2ed3e8a 100644 --- a/ScopeSequencing.tex +++ b/ScopeSequencing.tex @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ A commons is some piece of the physical world that is managed by a community for A commons can be managed in a very large variety of ways. Members create the rules that are used to govern their own commons. Some commons are more and less stable over time, depending on what rules the community chooses to adopt. -Lets review some design principals used by commons across the world for stable commons. These principals were derived by Ostrum from a datasets of commons that have been operating for at least 200 years. +Lets review some design principals used by people across the world for stable commons. These principals were derived by Ostrum from a datasets of commons' that have been operating for at least 200 years. " \begin{enumerate} @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ For commons that are parts of larger systems: Appropriation, provision, monitoring, enforcement, conflict resolution, and governance activities are organized in multiple layers of nested enterprises. -"\footnote{"Ostrum p90"} +"\footnote{"Governing the Commons p90"} \end{enumerate} \vspace{0.2cm} @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ Always remember that building a common is a step-by-step process. You will start Consensus is a process where everyone should be able to weigh in equally on a decision, and no one should be bound by a decision they detest. This boils doing in practice to: Everyone who feels they have (something relevant to the commons) to say about a proposal ought to have their perspectives carefully considered. When making decision for the commons, every member should have the right to participate equally. -Everyone who has strong concerns or objections should have those concerns or objections taken into account and, (if allowed by the commons structure), addressed in the final form of the proposal. +"Everyone who has strong concerns or objections should have those concerns or objections taken into account and, (if allowed by the commons structure), addressed in the final form of the proposal. Anyone who feels a proposal violates a fundamental principle shared by the group should have the opportunity to veto (“block”) that proposal. @@ -232,10 +232,11 @@ A consensus meeting needs some structure to function. When running a meeting the \begin{enumerate} \item asking if there are any stand-asides. By standing aside one is saying “I don’t like this idea, and wouldn’t take part in the action, but I’m not willing to stop others from doing so”. It is always important to allow all those who stand aside to have a chance to explain why they are doing so. - \item asking if there are any blocks. A block is not a “no” vote. It is much more like a veto. Perhaps the best way to think of it is that it allows anyone in the group to temporarily don the robes of a Supreme Court justice and strike down a piece of legislation they consider unconstitutional; or, in this casein violation of the fundamental principles of unity or purpose of being of the group\footnote{I should note that the usual language in Occupy Wall Street is that a block has to be based on a “moral, ethical, or safety concern that’s so strong you’d consider leaving the movement were the proposal to go forward”.}., + \item asking if there are any blocks. A block is not a “no” vote. It is much more like a veto. Perhaps the best way to think of it is that it allows anyone in the group to temporarily don the robes of a Supreme Court justice and strike down a piece of legislation they consider unconstitutional; or, in this casein violation of the fundamental principles of unity or purpose of being of the group. Note: I should note that the usual language in Occupy Wall Street is that a block has to be based on a “moral, ethical, or safety concern that’s so strong you’d consider leaving the movement were the proposal to go forward”., \end{enumerate} \end{enumerate} +" \footnote{Democracy Project - Chapter 2 } \pagebreak @@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ Within a Commons, once the external entity has been assigned Private Property ri or year or so, communities would hold a general public " reckoning," cancelling debts out against each other in a great circle, with only those differences then remaining when all was done being settled by use of - coin or goods." (Debt: The First 5000 Years Page 327) + coin or goods." \footnotemark \vspace{0.2cm} @@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ Within a Commons, once the external entity has been assigned Private Property ri \vspace{0.1cm} {\footnotesize Cut along the dotted line} \end{minipage} +\footnotetext{Debt: The First 5000 Years Page 327} %End of the check @@ -454,9 +456,7 @@ design a better world, a world of local sustainable automated abundance - to do away with greed, with hate and domination. Let us design for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all humanity's freedom. \textbf{Makers!} in the name of Freedom and -Community, \textbf{let us all unite!} - -(Credit: Charlie Chaplin, Reworked by Kevin Harrington) +Community, \textbf{let us all unite!}\footnote{Credit: Charlie Chaplin, Reworked by Kevin Harrington} } From eda10a11f8559723e59dc8fc9cede53b43f38af1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Harrington Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 11:14:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 4/6] check formatting --- ScopeSequencing.tex | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/ScopeSequencing.tex b/ScopeSequencing.tex index 2ed3e8a..6a55eed 100644 --- a/ScopeSequencing.tex +++ b/ScopeSequencing.tex @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ Within a Commons, once the external entity has been assigned Private Property ri -\begin{minipage}[t]{0.66\textwidth} +\begin{minipage}[t]{0.5\textwidth} \vspace{0pt} "In a typical village, the only people likely to pay cash were passing travelers, and those considered riff-raff: paupers and ne'er-do-wells so @@ -336,17 +336,20 @@ Within a Commons, once the external entity has been assigned Private Property ri %This generates the check \end{minipage}% \vspace{0.2cm} -\begin{minipage}[t]{0.33\textwidth} +\begin{minipage}[t]{0.45\textwidth} \vspace{0pt} \centering \begin{turn}{90} \dbox{% - \begin{minipage}[t]{6.7in} % Reduced from 5in - \vspace{0.3cm} - I \rule{2in}{1pt} promise to work for \rule{0.5in}{1pt} hours and \rule{0.5in}{1pt} minutes. - + \begin{minipage}[t][2in]{6.7in} + \begin{minipage}[t][0.4in]{\textwidth} + \vfill + I \rule{2in}{1pt} promise to work for \rule{0.5in}{1pt} hours and \rule{0.5in}{1pt} minutes. + \end{minipage}% \noindent - \begin{minipage}[t]{0.7\textwidth} + + \begin{minipage}[t][1.5in]{0.7\textwidth} + \vfill \makebox[0.8in][l]{Signed On:} \shortstack{\small Year\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} / \shortstack{\small Month\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} / \shortstack{\small Day\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} \makebox[0.8in][l]{Expires On:} \shortstack{\small Year\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} / \shortstack{\small Month\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} / \shortstack{\small Day\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} @@ -354,7 +357,7 @@ Within a Commons, once the external entity has been assigned Private Property ri \makebox[0.8in][l]{Done On:} \shortstack{\small Year\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} / \shortstack{\small Month\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} / \shortstack{\small Day\\[0.4cm]\rule{0.5in}{0.4pt}} \end{minipage}% \hfill - \begin{minipage}[t]{0.4\textwidth} + \begin{minipage}[t][1.5in]{0.4\textwidth} \vfill \shortstack{\small Notes / Type of Work\\[0.6cm]\rule{1.5in}{0.4pt}} \shortstack{\small Signature\\[0.6cm]\rule{1.5in}{0.4pt}} From 1dfe427f344fe967ee135ef62307bad0406fe82e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Harrington Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 11:32:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Merge branch 'main' of git@github.com:How-To-Build-a-Commons/Scope-Sequencing.git into kh/content-second-pass --- ScopeSequencing.tex | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ScopeSequencing.tex b/ScopeSequencing.tex index 6a55eed..23b7324 100644 --- a/ScopeSequencing.tex +++ b/ScopeSequencing.tex @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Consensus is a process where everyone should be able to weigh in equally on a de "Everyone who has strong concerns or objections should have those concerns or objections taken into account and, (if allowed by the commons structure), addressed in the final form of the proposal. -Anyone who feels a proposal violates a fundamental principle shared by the group should have the opportunity to veto (“block”) that proposal. +Anyone who feels a proposal violates a(n organizing principal of the common) should have the opportunity to veto (“block”) that proposal. No one should be forced to go along with a decision to which they did not assent. Likewise, meetings should not be held when there is not a problem to be solved. @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ Within a Commons, once the external entity has been assigned Private Property ri -\begin{minipage}[t]{0.5\textwidth} +\begin{minipage}[t]{2.7in} \vspace{0pt} "In a typical village, the only people likely to pay cash were passing travelers, and those considered riff-raff: paupers and ne'er-do-wells so @@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ Within a Commons, once the external entity has been assigned Private Property ri %This generates the check \end{minipage}% \vspace{0.2cm} -\begin{minipage}[t]{0.45\textwidth} +\begin{minipage}[t]{2.3in} \vspace{0pt} \centering \begin{turn}{90} From 9605e828119e22aa3463b5b703896899e2054190 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Harrington Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 22:12:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 6/6] adding formatting --- src/how-to-consensus-zine/flow-chart.tex | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/how-to-consensus-zine/flow-chart.tex b/src/how-to-consensus-zine/flow-chart.tex index 32a4e67..594b7b6 100644 --- a/src/how-to-consensus-zine/flow-chart.tex +++ b/src/how-to-consensus-zine/flow-chart.tex @@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ \usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric, arrows.meta, positioning} \input{flow-chart-only.tex} \begin{document} - \centering \consensusflowchart{0.5}{\footnotesize} \newpage + \centering \consensusflowchart{0.5}{\footnotesize} \thispagestyle{empty} \newpage \end{document}