General Company / History / General Company Governance Meeting of Nov 25, 2013, 2:00pm

General Company Governance Meeting Minutes

Held on: November 25, 2013, 2:00pm
Secretary: Brian Robertson

Made changes to: Holacracy Tools

Accountability added:
  • Documenting materials available for @Holacracy_Licensing to license, and updating the document as new materials appropriate for licensing become available
Domain removed:
  • GlassFrog product and business line

Made changes to: GlassFrog

Moved into circle:
  • General Company Circle

Made changes to: Holacracy Education

Accountability added:
  • Documenting materials available for @Holacracy_Licensing to license, and updating the document as new materials appropriate for licensing become available

Made changes to: Holacracy Deployment

Accountability added:
  • Documenting materials available for @Holacracy_Licensing to license, and updating the document as new materials appropriate for licensing become available

Made changes to: Outreach

Accountability added:
  • Documenting materials available for @Holacracy_Licensing to license, and updating the document as new materials appropriate for licensing become available

Made changes to: Operations

Accountability added:
  • Selecting and administering a shared file repository that supports file change notifications and allows limited access by invited outside parties
Accountability added:
  • Defining standard file formats for commonly-used cross-organization shared files

Removed: Partner Connector

Made changes to: Individual Practice Coach

Name changed:
  • Individual Practice CoachPartner GTD Coach
Accountability removed:
  • Facilitating absorption and effective usage of key shared models and language among Partners to optimize Partner-to-Partner communication and collaboration

Added: Partnership Communication Catalyst

Purpose added:
  • High-bandwidth Partner-to-Partner communication and collaboration, with ever-shrinking noise
Accountability added:
  • Facilitating Partners' absorption and effective usage of a common set of models and language for understanding and integrating individual differences
Accountability added:
  • Hosting regular workshops to catalyze deeper understanding of individual differences and partner communication dynamics

Added: Partner Feedback Facilitator

Purpose added:
  • Useful feedback flowing between Partners, with vulnerability in the giving and safety in the receiving
Accountability added:
  • Defining and enacting processes to support effective feedback exchange between Partners

Added: Partner Convener

Purpose added:
  • Partners easily soliciting and sharing information of interest to HolacracyOne Partners
Accountability added:
  • Scheduling and facilitating regular "Partner Meetings" with all Partners

Made changes to: Finance

Accountability added:
  • Presenting the Organization's financial performance and status to all Partners regularly

Removed: Partner Candidate Interviewer

Made changes to: Partner Interview Process

Accountability changed:
  • Defining & monitoring interviewing & data-gathering processes for incoming candidate Partners, and evolving such systems as-needed to resolve (i) any tensions sensed directly from such monitoring, and (ii) any tensions sensed by Lead Links in the Organization or Partner Candidate InterviewersDefining, monitoring, and evolving interviewing & data-gathering processes for incoming candidate Partners

Made changes to: Partner Prospector

Accountability changed:
  • Extending partnership grant offers to candidates once all Partner Candidate Interviewers have given approval authorized for granting partnership, partnership per relevant policies, within a unit allocation level approved by all such Partner Tenured & Core Candidate Interviewers, and Partners who participated notifying @General_Company_Circle once in the partnership is acceptedgrant assessment

Made changes to: Facilitator

Election:
  • Karilen Mays until 11/25/2014, replacing Karilen Mays

Policy added: File Format for Presentation Slides

Policy added:
  • All presentation slides created by any role must use whatever standard file format is specified by @Operations

Policy removed: At-risk Commitments

Policy removed:
  • During times of lean cash-flow, no financial commitments shall be made to any party without first providing transparency of the potential risk to that party, unless the commiting party first gains Finance's positive assessment that the risk in a specific case is negligible.

Policy removed: Role Assignment

Policy removed:
  • Any Circle Member may call for an election to fill any role normally appointed by the Circle's Lead Link, and the result of such election shall override the normal process for role assignment until the end of that election's term or until a new election is called for.