Loomio
Thu 9 Oct 2014 1:49AM

We should change the name "Inner Circle" to "Senator Online Staff"

OM Oliver Minter Public Seen by 27

Recently there has been a discussion raised by some members of the Inner Circle, that the name "Inner Circle" appears to outsiders as exclusive and elitist, even though that was not the intention from the Holacratic principles that inspired the name. Some of us within the Inner Circle now wish to change that term.
I therefore put forward someone else's suggestion that we replace it with the term "Senator Online Staff".

RJ

Ricky Jefferyes Thu 16 Oct 2014 6:08AM

The name of the group only needs to go so far in explaining what the group is. A more full explanation still has to be given.

RJ

Ricky Jefferyes Thu 16 Oct 2014 6:10AM

I've found that a couple of paragraphs in combination with a diagram usually explains the structure well enough.

RJ

Ricky Jefferyes Thu 16 Oct 2014 6:21AM

The Core Staff circle in the center is where we started out with our most active members. From there we created sub-groups from the Core Staff circle. Some of which then created more sub-groups. Each sub-group has two delegates that meet with the circle it is attached to, to let the parent group know how the sub-group is progressing. In this way, the Core Staff circle can be kept informed of what all the other circles are doing.

All of the circles have their own autonomy though. The delegates don’t carry orders across from the Core Staff circle. They just communicate information of interest. The whole organisation is based on the trust of people to do the right thing. We have faith that the majority of people are good people so we try to remain as democratic as possible. If there is a conflict, we vote and let the majority decide.