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h1. GovernanceResearch 

 h2. Introduction 

 The Replicant project sometimes needs to take decisions. The decisions are currently taken by the [[SteeringCommittee|steering commitee]]. 

 It would be better if this is made more horizontal: 
 * It would remove the single points of failure 
 * The decisions would be better and less horizontal 
 * Potential individual bias could be smoothed out by having more people taking decisions. 

 h2. Challenges 

 The main issues with a more horizontal governance in Replicant are: 
 * To ensure that the decisions being taken are informed decisions 
 * The Replicant project doesn't become a nonfree distribution 

 h3. Examples 

 Project governance can work in completely horizontal way, however to do that projects typically need to implement some rules[1]. 

 Examples: 
 * Some free software projects require to follow meetings or pay a membership to be able to vote. The goal behind that is to avoid taking uninformed decisions. 
 * Events organization projects do manage to take very well informed decisions in a very efficient and fast way[2]. 

 h3. Good practices 



 h2. References 

 fn1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Ostrom 
 fn2. https://media.ccc.de/v/Camp2019-10204-participatory_art_event_tools_co-creation_and_silk_road_networks