DEMOCRATIC
Governance
We use decentralized governance in all of our projects, based on consensus decision-making and an ever-evolving democratic protocol. We prioritize consistent communication and project accountability between all members.
We also use a number of third-party tools to supplement our process, such as Notion for documentation and templates, GatherTown for meetings and collaborations, and several others.
UJAMAA
Economics
We maintain a resource commons of money, assets, infrastructure and networks. Using collective budgeting practices, we allocate our resources through communal discretion.
This is based on project proposals, active participation and conceptual alignment with current & future goals for the Collective.
DISTRIBUTION
Technology
We prioritize the use of open source self-hosted technologies as the back bone of our collective infrastructure: from Matrix to Funkwhale. By maintaining our own technology systems in-house, we retain the benefits of online communication and collaboration, but in a self-directed manner that is not reliant on third-party access or approval.
We also continually experiment with emerging technologies as a part of our creative evolution, such as BandLab and SonoBus.
COMMUNITY
Social
As a collective, we keep the humans at the center of our work. We have weekly check-ins, smaller council meetings, public chats, monthly in-person meetings for our wider community, and established processes for mediation between members.
While we use technological revolutions like Al extensively, our first priority is to the humanity and love that goes into artistry and collaboration. That means maintaining a caring community that volues reproductive labor just as much as “productive” outputs.
