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Loomio na decision-making tool for cooperatives, nonprofits, boards, unions and teams wey dey different places. Discussions dey happen for threads, and dem dey move towards decisions through polls and proposals: dot votes, ranked choice, consent proposals with agree, disagree, abstain and block. E be open source and na one cooperative wey di workers own for New Zealand make am.
True Causes dey come earlier for di same story. Bifor group decide wetin to do, e must gree on wetin di problem be. True Causes dey let di whole group map im causes, so di decisions wey go follow go aim for root instead of symptom.
| Loomio | True Causes | |
|---|---|---|
| Question wey e dey answer | Wetin we go decide? We gree with dis proposal? | Wetin dey cause wetin? Which causes dey deepest? |
| Wetin pipo dey do | Discuss for threads; vote for polls and proposals | Evribodi dey write causes alone; den di group dey judge one pair at a time: dis cause get big hand for dat one? |
| Wetin dey comot | Decision wey dem record with im discussion | Map of causes, di deepest first, with evri disagreement wey still dey on am; den actions wey dem judge against di deepest causes, and di plan wey di room choose, if one win evri comparison |
| Decision rule | Dem dey choose am for each poll: consent, majority, ranked choice and oda ones | Link dey count at three quarters of di votes wey dem cast; dem dey publish divide as argument |
| Names | Members dey discuss under dia names | Nobodi get name inside room |
| Open source | Yes; you fit host am yourself | We dey host am, e no be open source. Di results dey open: pesin fit read and download di map of public room, evri claim (JSON) and evri pair wey dem judge with im vote counts (CSV) without account |
| Voting | Polls and proposals of plenti kain; anonymous voting if you want; quorum and vote share settings | Evri vote no get name; link dey count at three quarters of di votes wey dem cast, by panel wey get quorum |
| Notifications | Inside di app and by email | Email invitations, and reminders wey di coordinator dey send to members wey neva act |
| Integrations and API | Slack, Teams, Discord, Matrix and oda ones; one API | API wey members fit use take part under di same rules; no chat integrations |
| Video | None inside am | Video call for each group if you want (Jitsi), for Explain and Arrange; no accounts, nobodi dey record |
| Moderation | Group admins | AI reading bifor card or turn post, if you want am; if e be like attack on pesin, na only di pesin wey write am dem go tell and na im go decide |
For di daily business of organisation wey members dey run: proposals, policies, who dey do wetin, decisions wey pipo fit find again later.
Wen dem dey make decision again and again and di problem dey come back again and again. First map di causes, judge actions against di deepest ones, and compare plans wey dem make from dem. Plan wey di room choose na im recommendation; to adopt am still dey your normal decision process, Loomio inside.
Two of im oda kain map dey reach di work wey dey come bifor decision. Weigh di options dey make di group settle wetin good choice must achieve, den e dey score each option against dat yardsticks. Steps one by one dey work out wetin must happen bifor wetin, for plan or roll-out. None of dem dey record decision; dat one dey stay with Loomio, or any process wey di group dey use decide.
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