Currently there’s a wave of interest in democratic innovation. This is mostly focused on parliamentary and electoral systems. But some of the most disruptive innovations are happening at completely different levels. The One Click Organisations project is developing an electronic platform where you can set up and manage a legal structure for your club, campaigning group, social project or cooperative. Just select a name, choose from a menu of options (eg how new members can join) and click “Go”. One Click Organisations will take care of the rest: maintaining a constitution, a register of members and officers plus an streamlined system for voting on group decisions. In this session Charles Armstrong traces the historical relationship between technology and new organisational forms, introduces the idea of emergent democracy and describes how One Click Organisations is putting this into practice for everyone to use. More details at CIRCUS-foundation.org
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