Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top You've loaded an old revision of the document! If you save it, you will create a new version with this data. Media Files====Beginning==== (working docs can be found at https://repo.fo.am/foam/manual ) ===Inspirations=== * What were the organizational models that inspired you to create FoAM ? * How did you would like to differ form existing organizations ? ===Purpose=== * What was the purpose of FoAM as an organization when you created it ? * What were FoAM’s vision, mission and values when the organization was created ? * How do you see the link between FoAM’s structure, internal processes, and mission/vision and value ? ===Membranes=== ==Members== * What were the rules to become a member of FoAM ? Was this process formalized ? * What was the process to consider someone a member ? Was this process formalized ? * What were the reasons leading to exclude a member ? Was this process formalized ? * Were there different members status with different right & duties ? ==Core team== * As there always been a “core team” ? * How were people becoming part of the “core team” or leaving it ? ==Board== * Where all members of the board FoAM members ? * What was the role of the board ? ===Decision-making=== * What kind of decisions were taken collectively ? * What were the collective decision-making instances ? Where there only the AGM, or did other instances like the Board existed ? * How did you manage coordination of members work on projects ? Did you have clear roles and personal missions ? * How was decision-making structured within FoAM ? * Was there a hierarchy with different members status, more or less involved in decision-making ? * How was a new project labeled a “FoAM project” ? Could any member start a “FoAM project” on his own, or did he have to ask other members to claim the label ? * Who was in charge of the financial decision-making ? ====Transformations==== In your opinion, how many “metamorphosis” FoAM did overcome ? ===Purpose=== * How did the following elements evolved ? * Purpose * Vision * Mission * Values * What/who was a driving for the evolution of these elements ? * Was it a collective decision ? Of which kind of ===Membranes=== * Did the rules for membership acquisition/destitution evolved ? * Did new members statuses appeared / old member statuses disappeared ? * Did new membranes appeared / old membranes disappeared ? ===Decision-making=== * How did the decision-making structure evolved with time ? ===Forks=== * What triggered the creations of the new studios ? * Is there an explicitly written common ground or agreement linking studios together ? * Is there a hierarchy in the studios regarding decision-making ? * Are studios linked financially ? * Do every studio manage their own projects ? Can each studio claim to launch a “FoAM project” on its own ? ===Inspirations=== * Did new structural inspirations came along the way ? Did they impulsed change within the structure ? ====Plasticity, adaptability, evolvability==== The nature of FoAM work, its members, and its structure seem to be very plastic and ever-changing, while still being attached to common interests from the beginning * How would you name this “DNA”, the part that did not change over the years ? * Which element(s) / what reason(s) do you see as responsible for this outstanding plasticity ? ====Successes & failures==== * What do you see as the greatest successes of these structural experiments ? * What do you see as the failed structural experiments ? What would you have liked to see emerging that did not emerge ? ====Legal aspects==== * Was the vzw the ideal legal structure for FoAM as an organization ? * What would be the ideal legal structure for FoAM in your opinion ?Please fill all the letters into the box to prove you're human. Please keep this field empty: SavePreviewCancel Edit summary Note: By editing this page you agree to license your content under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International manual/interviews.1453116711.txt.gz Last modified: 2016-01-18 11:31by nik
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