Participation self-selection

Express needs, wants and values

Individuals express their feelings towards the question.

This safe space for personal, emotional expression provides a connection between participants: This is important because the whole process is emotionally quite 'cold' and deliberately avoids discussion. 'Needs, wants and values' should just reflect how people feel about the question with proposals withheld for the next stage in the process

Form proposals

Individuals form proposals to answer the question.

All proposals are included in the ballot, though considering the needs, wants and values of the group and the Proposal forming guidance will help form proposals that are less likely to meet resistance.

In addition to proposals from individuals, two control proposals are always included;

• Zero option: We keep everything as it is and change nothing. This should include a description of 'how everything currently is' before the vote begins.
• Further solutions: We look for other solutions. The cycle restarts on the same question: participants express NWVs, form proposals then vote again.

Vote

Individuals vote against each proposal with a resistance rating.

This vote is a could be considered 'negative rating': every single proposals is voted against by every participant by expressing a negative rating. All scales start at zero which expresses the absence of resistance. The scale has a maximum value which expresses maximum resistance. 

^{*The one exception is if two or more proposals are tied with equal, minimum resistance. This leads to an immediate 'runoff' vote in which only the tied proposals are voted against with the same scale.}