Loomio and Governance

Hi Sean,

I guess my answers to your questions would be:

1. Yes, if the current admin (you) feels that they need help or that being admin alone is too burdensome.

2. I'd be happy to try to help if you think I can, although with the proviso that I'm not going to be that reliably available to attend to things. Let me know if you'd like some help and we can discuss it.

Yes, to both.

My answer is an exact copy of Goob's answer. I'd love to help you, but need to know what should be done here.

Primarily, the tasks of the Group admin are as follows:

1. Keep an eye on any public discussions going on. If you want to add your 2 cents, by all means do so, but be sure to try to foster constructive conversation.

2. When a proposal closes, it is important to set the outcome label so that everyone knows for sure what the course of action is.

3. Maintain that no spamming/flaming/trolling happens in a conversation. This mostly just means steer conversations away from negativity and flaming. If you see it happening, try to determine why it is happening, and see if a middle ground can be established.

4. Give the Loomio team your feedback in their group. You are bound to find something somewhere that could be easier, and the team is very open to new ideas. Our feedback in the past has been very useful for improving the tool.

5. If you would like, you could be made an admin out of one of the subgroups, rather than the whole community. This gives you a tidy, neat little corner to keep an eye on, meaning that no single admin has to be overwhelmed by a huge influx of discussions.

@jonnehass If there's a specific subgroup you'd like to volunteer for, or if you'd like to be an admin across all subgroups, please let me know. :)

I'm happy to give it a go if you think I can help, Sean.

Would be happy to help as a general admin. We should have a handful around.

I can definitely help out with a few subgroups (don't necessarily need to be a global admin)
;)

Btw, if the amount of admins grows, we should probably have some kind of procedure on future situations where admins need to be added or removed. I guess if someone is really abusing their powers it's too late since they will do something horrid and remove everyone but for adding new ones or removing old members some simple rules ... Maybe we need to start thinking about community council and stuff soon :)

I agree. We can do this two ways: volunteer general admins that keep an eye on the community group as a whole, and volunteer subgroup admins, who just keep an eye on actions within the subgroup, and keeping discussions active. I don't particularly mind mixing and matching, but ultimately it's up to everyone here to decide where and how they would like to be involved on the group admin side of things.