<aside> 💡 Meta-Agreements are agreements that rules how we create agreements.
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As a member of Voca Collective, you are considered as partner of this organization. You are free and accountable to change the organization, following processes defined by the Meta-Agreements and the organizational structure in place.
While collaborating, members of Voca Collective can identify a difference between the current reality and a potential that they perceive. These gaps, which can be identified problems or opportunities, are called "Creative Tensions", or simply "Tensions". Tensions move the collective towards its Purpose.
As a member of this collective, you are responsible for addressing the Tensions you perceive, taking actions or engaging other members in these Meta-Agreements. You are also expected to ask for help when you don't know which paths to take.
As a partner, you are expected to share, when asked by other partners, all relevant information about the work you do for this organization, including your projects, identified actions, prioritization criteria and relevant metrics. When requested, you are also expected to provide estimates and projections of possible completion dates for your work, even if these projections should not be considered deadlines or commitments.
You can temporarily ignore these Meta-Agreements if this is useful and necessary to express the Purpose of the collective . Initiatives or requests that have this quality are called "Heroic Acts". You should always seek to repair and communicate any damage caused after a Heroic Act, proposing changes in the organizational structure or even in these Meta-Agreements if necessary.
Wherever the organizational structure or meta-agreements do not specify a decision-making process, you can respond to the tension in whatever way you see fit, including deciding individually, as per the "role authority." You are expected, however, to provide transparency in your decisions whenever possible through communication channels and at meetings. If you have doubts about how to proceed, seek advice from other partners.
Partners can define a layer of agreements that establish expectations and limitations of authority between them. This layer, called "Organizational Structure", is organized and formed by Roles and Restrictions. The organizational structure can only be changed by using the Governance Mode of meetings.
Partners perform work in one or more "Roles" explicitly defined in the organizational structure. A Role is defined by: