commons.hour

Here we describe commons.hour - a regular scheduled venue for exchange between user members and operational members, part of the organisational machinery for stewarding meet.coop’s commons.

Updated: 16aug2021
This topic is incomplete draft, to be extended xxx 
For the emerging design of commons.hour , see commons.hour - programme rationale
For commons.hour  as a regular 'branded' event, see commons.hour - the venue​
commons.hour  is part of the organisational machinery for stewarding the meet.coop commons.
commons.hour  is a monthly meeting held on the fourth Monday, at 18:00 UTC
the meeting lasts for 60 minutes
the meeting takes place here https://de.meet.coop/b/mik-pov-htz-fvi​
commons.hour  has extra.time of 30 minutes afterwards, for informal connections and follow-through (including offers-&-wants) among whoever chooses to stay
commons.hour  and extra.time are facilitated
meetings normally are in English language, but we will expand out of this
the standard format is 15min presentations followed by 40min open exchange
commons.hour is the main bridge - the most regular and approachable bridge - between user members and operational members, and one of the essential venues for multistakeholder stewarding in meet.coop, along with the the Community circle and the General Assembly. Matters promoted in commons.hour are taken to the Community circle for operational development, by Community circle operational members, who also bring matters from the circle to commons.hour for consideration by user members.
A nominated member of each other Circle - Tech, Operations, Product - should participate. It might make sense if if these were the spokespersons - ie, the Council members. But this won't always be appropriate.
xxx Scheduling of presentations - protocols including prior publishing of material for discussion, the mix of user and operations presenters, the mix of ‘sectors’ of the wider community, and prioritising of topics 
xxx Working relationship between commons.hour as a standing assembly, and the Community circle - user members as operational members of the circle, scheduling and provisioning of commons.hour, paid contributions, etc
xxx Facilitating - protocols including starting and finishing on time, note-taking, ‘raising hands’ to speak, etc 
xxx Meeting format - protocols including extra.time, wants-&-offers and colonial language apology

Standing assembly (all-hands)

General assembly

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