Our Processes
The TEC is a Doocracy, which means that anyone who sees a problem that needs to be solved or an opportunity for improvement and engagement has the agency to act. We have developed a few processes to equip individuals of this agency and maximize the impact of contributions. They should be seem as helpful maps rather than rigid structures. Changes are welcome and every role and process is a living thing.
TLDR - Praise is a reward mechanism based on gratitude that is quantified into Impact Hours which will turn into TEC tokens after the Hatch.
The TEC borrowed the Praise system from the Commons Stack to create a culture of gratitude. Multiple community members have the ability to "dish praise" to other members for their contributions. Praise is subjective to capture not only clear actions but also less concrete contributions like care work.
Every two weeks 3-4 community members gather to quantify praise. This is a manual process where every praise dished in that round is given a number according to their impact to the community. This adds quantitative measures to qualitative data. The average number each contributor received for all their praises becomes their Impact Hour score. Impact Hours will turn into TEC tokens after the Hatch, rewarded by the Cultural Build tribute parameter that is going to be decided for the Hatch. It's required that contributors become Trusted Seed members to receive TEC tokens.
As a tool for communities to measure and reward value creation, SourceCred allows the TEC to gather reliable and objective contributions data from two of our main platforms, Github and Discourse. SourceCred and Praise are being thought to complement each other on capturing objective and subjective contributions.
The TEC SourceCred instance is still in test phase. You can check the dashboard. A proposal was recently approved to create a committee that will be responsible for the parameters and token distribution decisions. Updates on SourceCred progress happen on the weekly Soft Gov calls and on the SourceCred discord chat in the TEC server.
Onboarding: A contributor is active once they joined the TEC Discord Server, are aware of the Forum and TE calendar of events. The AMA weekly call is the best place to ask questions and enjoy the focused attention of long time contributors. The incubator chat is made for new members to share and ask anything related to their engagement in the TEC :)
Responsibilities: to act in alignment with the TEC agreements, mission, vision, values and code of conduct.
Commitment: to be an active participant whenever they choose to partake in something, e.g, be engaged in the synch calls, be available for clarifying questions whenever they comment on proposals, vote or take issues to collaborate with.
Can own issues
Synchs in calls
Promotes TEC grants and initiatives
Votes on parameters and proposals
Active in the forum
Receives praise and can dish praise
Onboarding: Community Stewards are the ones in the know of what is happening in the TEC. Onboarding happens when one steward nominates a community member to become a steward and has the approval of at least 2 other stewards and no blocks during a week. If a block happens, the nomination is suspended and Gravity will mediate a dialogue to solve the issue and either continue with the nomination or drop it.
Responsibilities: to act in alignment with the TEC agreements, mission, vision, values and code of conduct.
Commitment: of 5+ hours per week almost every week until the TE Commons is Deployed on the functions stated below
Great understanding of the TE Commons
Proactive on solving problems
Implement strategies and work together as a team.
Up-to-date with all the decisions taken by the TEC
Confident to lead working groups.
Assist on the education and onboarding of new members
Receives & Dishes Praise
Onboarding: Community Stewards are the ones in the know of what is happening in the TEC. Onboarding happens when one steward nominates a community member to become a steward and has the approval of at least 2 other stewards and no blocks during a week. If a block happens, the nomination is suspended and Gravity will mediate a dialogue to solve the issue and either continue with the nomination or drop it.
Responsibilities: to act in alignment with the TEC agreements, mission, vision, values and code of conduct.
Commitment: of 5+ hours per week almost every week until the TE Commons is Deployed on the functions stated below
Great understanding of the TE Commons
Proactive on solving problems
Implement strategies and work together as a team.
Up-to-date with all the decisions taken by the TEC
Confident to lead working groups.
Assist on the education and onboarding of new members
Receives & Dishes Praise
Onboarding: Subject Matter Experts can be onboarded directly to the area they wish to contribute with. E.g. lawyers might go straight to the Legal WG and cadCAD researchers to the TEC Lab. Without a general involvement but still providing impactful contributions. SME should be in our Discord server and have access to the forum and TE calendar.
Responsibilities: to act in alignment with the TEC agreements, mission, vision, values and code of conduct.
Commitment: To be an active participant of the working group they accept to be a part and to be open to provide advice when requested through Advice Process. It is appreciated if their availability is communicated to the Community Steward they are working closer with.
Makes critical contributions but might not have the bandwidth to be a Community Steward or Working Group Lead.
Participates in the Advice Process
Participates in punctual TEC initiatives
Receives Praise and can dish praise
Onboarding: Gravitons are onboarded during the Graviton Training. The last training had 8 sessions that introduced concepts like Non Violent Communication, Spiral Dynamics and Ostrom's 8 principles for Governing the Commons. Every attendee received a POAP (NFT participation badges) at the end of each session and the ones who collected a minimum of 4 POAPs were invited to become a Graviton!
Responsibilities: to act in alignment with the TEC agreements, mission, vision, values, code of conduct, and additional requirements for Gravitons.
Commitment: to attend most of the Gravity calls and be available for managing conflicts or challenging social situations any time they may arise.
Receive cases from conflict management requests
Apply and participate in periodical review of graduate sanctions
Up-to-date with all the decisions taken by the TEC
Knowledge and training of scaling protocols and conflict management mechanisms
Accountables of easy access and use of the conflict protocol
Rotative role - Máx 2-3 years in a row
Receives and dishes Praise