2016-02-04 - Meeting on values

An online/offline brain-storming round was held using the below TitanPad.

https://titanpad.com/fD5ylh3Rvj


Contents of the pad

Values for yunity

Contributors: Doug W, Joachim T, Taïs R, Janina A, Philip E, Robert L.

Please gather all and any values relating to yunity. Adding definitions to values is equally important. This is a creative process and we will make a decision on our values later. Please add to and rearrange but don't delete.

Inspirations;





  • (Inspired from 'Swarmwise' by Rick Falkvinge)


Proposed values and definitions;

Sharing

  • Unconditional sharing


  • making efficient use of all existing resources by not hiding it from other people but pooling it


  • The act of physical distribution, originating from the acknowledgment that we are one organism and our resources are by definition shared.


  • We share our information, our code and what we've learned without reserve - 


Trust

  • expecting people to do the best they're capable of


  • expecting people to behave in a constructive way


  • "We assume good faith. We assume that everybody wants the organization to succeed, even when they do things we don’t understand." - Swarmwise


Creativity ?Cocreativity?

Cooperation ?Cocreation? ?Collaboration?

  • When I was in Swizerland my professors suggested to switch the term cooperation with collaboration. they send me a few papers about the difference and as they explained it to me it sounded very reasonable... oooh, please link.


  • Together we are stronger. Our motivation for cooperation is not individual gain (earning money) but the joy of achievement.


Complementarity

  • Wikipedia: "a relationship or situation in which two or more  different things improve or emphasize each other's qualities." 


  • Synergetics


Love

  • Respect


  • goodwill/benevolence - wish everybody well


  • supportive/helping manner


Sustainability

  • Reduction of envirnomental destruction


  • Saving resources


Life and death 

  • Willing to die for something and willing to live for something.


Promoting Happiness

Inspiring

  • Creativity co-creativity


Freedom from outer restrictions and freedom to decide for 

  • Freedom of acting


  • Experience the freedom to choose for yourself, what your life should be about


  • Base your decisions on insights in your true goal/motivation/...


Self empowerment

  • We are able to decide, determine and choose for ourselves


  • Full potential


Inviting

  • Welcoming, arms open wide, any one who is curious about yunity and help them explore their self-empowerment possibilities.


Integrity - Hamony between inner imagination of values and daily life practise "be your word"

  • Authenticity - be yourself - standing in your own truth


  • meet in real life and get to know each other


Kindness

  • In this kind of thought: "If you do someone a favor and you expact something in return, you do business not Kindness" - it's about unconditional here :)


Honesty

  • Being clear and straight


  • Articulating existing thoughts and not jjust just just wanted ones


Responsibility


  • especially when it comes to our term of freedom


  • for our own individual actions and decisions


Tolerance

open mindnes

  • Avoiding dogmas


  • Embracing contradictions on an individual level


Respect

  • All people by expecting the best from everyone


  • our environment by refusing a neverending  consumption dogma which implies inequalities and destruction


Action

  • We do!


  • Finding a balance between 'paralysis by analysis' and 'extinct by instinct'.


Evolution/Adaptive

  • We are not static and our decisions can be changed. We can adapt our specifics to achieve/approach our objectives.


Passion

  • Taking pride in what you do


Friendship/Community

  • Shared values


  • Viewing the other as an allos autos (another self)


Humor

  • Fun fun fun!!!


  • Taking (y)ourself not too seriously


  • Allowing to laugh about mistakes instead of looking for someone to blame


Unity

  • Being one with others


  • Being one with yourself


  • Being one with nature


continuation of meeting on values

Participants: Matthias , Doug , Tais , Phillip , Kerstin , Manuele , Martin , Joachim , Janina 
Observers: Tilmann , Bodhi

Goal for this meeting: come up with definitions for optional values

timeframe max 2 hours (jo and janina as facilitators)

please active listening / if no understanding decision from the heart

priorization vote NOT elemination vote with minus AND plus

How are the different core values defined?

How many core values seem fit for yunity? 

together as team/pair: create definition for values that are important to you. 30 min each person in team chooses one word/concept that is important to them
work that out 
present

  • each person chooses one word/concept


  • pair articulates value with definition


  • each pair presents and group votes


vote on against further solutions and 0 option by group
resistance vote 0-2


further solutions: start process again including 30 min as creative process

0 solution: no decision towards this concept/value in this round

Questions for online SC:  

How are the different core values defined?

How many core values seem fit for yunity? later

  • what are these core values as prio (later)?


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How are the different core values defined?

Value: Freedom
Proposals: 

A) We differentiate between "freedom from" and "freedom to".
We want to be free of outer restrictions
and work towards empowering ourselves to be free to choose our wants and actions.
Choices are not restrictions to us.
The ability to choose consciously is our freedom.

B) 
Self-determination
We believe that everyone should enable their most fundamental freedom to expand by choosing for yourself, what your life should be about. By refusing to continue in an endless consumption loop, we stand out and stand proud of our choices.

C) further solutions: start process again including 30 min as creative process

D) 0 solution: no decision towards this concept/value in this round

Vote:
    Mat Doug Tais Phil Ker Manu Mar Jo Jani   total
 A) 0    1        1     2     1     1      1     0    1      7
 B) 1    1        0     2     1     1      1     2    2     11
 C) 0    0        0     1     0     0      0     1    0      2
 D) 2    2        0     0     0     2      1     2    1      7
Value: Trust
Proposals: 

A) We are able to believe in the authenticity of others and assume the possibility of them being willing and able to cooperate fruitfully. 

B) We assume good faith. We assume that every contributor wants the organization to succeed, even when they do things we don’t understand. 

C) further solutions: start process again including 30 min as creative process

D) 0 solution: no decision towards this concept/value in this round

    Mat Doug Tais Phil Ker Manu Mar Jo Jani   total
 A) 1    2        0     2     1     1      1     0    0      8
 B) 0    0        0     2     1     1      0     0    0      4
 C) 1    2        0     1     0     0      1     0    1      6
 D) 1    2        0     0     0     0      0     2    1      6

Value: Openness
Proposals: 

A) We are open; with our code, with our information, with our arms. All of our code is open-source and everyone is warmly encouraged to view  it, use it or improve it. All of our information is transparent and in doing so we democratise our knowledge, whether it's a decision, an expense or how to get involved. With good faith anyone and everyone is invited to join yunity - we look forward to welcoming you in.

B) We encourage trust and optimism through transparency in our organization of a fully open source project, inviting anyone to make yunity their own gateway to a sharing community, inviting everyone to join us and explore all new possibilities that arise when we come together.

C) Further solutions: start process again including 30 min as creative process

D) Zero solution: no decision towards this concept/value in this round

    Mat Doug Tais Phil Ker Manu Mar Jo Jani   total
 A) 0    0        0     2     0     0      0     0    0      2
 B) 1    1        0     2     0     0      1     1    0      6
 C) 1    2        1     2     1     1      1     0    2      11
 D) 2    2        1     2     0     0      2     2    2      13

Value: Enabling
Proposals: 

A) Allow everybody to discover and use possibilities in order to live more happy, sustainable and connected. 

B) Further solutions: start process again including 30 min as creative process

C) Zero solution: no decision towards this concept/value in this round

    Mat Doug Tais Phil Ker Manu Mar Jo Jani   total
 A) 1    0        0     2     1     0      0     2    0      6
 B) 0    0        0     0     0     1      0     0    0      1
 C) 0    0        0     0     0     1      0     2    0      3

Value: Connecting
Proposals: 

A) Bring people together and promote opportunities for cooperation. Create synergy in harmony with the yunity values. 

B) Further solutions: start process again including 30 min as creative process

C) Zero solution: no decision towards this concept/value in this round 

    Mat Doug Tais Phil Ker Manu Mar Jo Jani   total
 A) 1    0        0     2     1     0      0     2    0      8
 B) 0    1        0     2     0     1      0     0    0      3
 C) 0    0        0     0     0     1      0     1    2      3

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worked out proposals

Kirstin & Philip 

Trust & Acceptance 

  • believing people will do the best they're capable of


  • flow


  • trust in the universe 


  • no doubts / ease fears


  • be a stranger, make a friend 


  • accepting situations, people as they are 


Love, Kindness & Respect

  • In this kind of thought: "If you do someone a favor and you expect something in return, you do business not Kindness" - it's about unconditional here :)


  • goodwill/benevolence - wish everybody well


  • supportive/helping manner


  • our environment by refusing a neverending  consumption dogma which implies inequalities and destruction


Integrity, Passion & Self-Determination

  •  Hamony between inner imagination of values and daily life practise "be your word"


  • Authenticity - be yourself - standing in your own truth


  • meet in real life and get to know each other


  • Motivation


  • We believe in doing what you want to what you're passionate about 


A) We are open; with our code, with our information, with our arms. All  of our code is open-source and everyone is warmly encouraged to view   it, use it or improve it. All of our information is transparent and in   doing so we democratise our knowledge, whether it's a decision, an   expense or how to get involved. With good faith anyone and everyone is  invited to join yunity - we look forward to welcoming you in.

Enabling      Manuele

  • Allow everybody to discover and use possibilities in order to live more happy, sustainable and connected. 


Connecting      Martin

  • Bring people together and promote opportunities for cooperation. Create synergy in harmony with the yunity values. 




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