Protocolo de Economía Interna

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• For each thing we hold — land, buildings, money, tools, websites, accounts: is it shared by all of us or someone's own, and who is its steward or owner?
• For each shared resource: who may use it and how, who decides about it, who looks after it, and how is its upkeep paid for?
• Can a shared resource ever be sold, lent out or made someone's own — and if so, only through which decision, so it never happens quietly?
• Where does our say over someone's private belongings stop?
• Where is the list kept, how is each change dated and versioned, and what happens to something nobody has listed yet?

Ejemplos

Every change to our resource register is a new dated version agreed at a members' meeting. The land and workshop are shared: any member may use them, and the land group decides about them and keeps them up through monthly work days, with repairs paid from the shared budget. Shared resources may not be sold, lent long-term or made private except by a vote of full members. Members' homes, vehicles and savings are their own, and we have no say over them beyond the membership agreement. Anything not yet registered stays untouched until classified.

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• Which kinds of contribution do we recognise — for example practical work, care, teaching, coordination, upkeep?
• Which work keeps us running but is rarely noticed or thanked — hosting, listening, cleaning up after meetings, moderating, chasing paperwork?
• For each kind of work we depend on: is it recognised, shared out as a duty, or paid — so that nothing essential relies on someone quietly doing it for free?
• How would we notice that work we depend on is missing from the list? (How contributions are recorded is its own question.)

Ejemplos

We recognise six kinds of contribution: writing and research, building and maintaining our tools, coordination and facilitation, welcoming and mentoring new members, moderation and care for people in conflict or distress, and upkeep of shared documents and accounts. Moderation and care rotate between members every three months, so no one carries them indefinitely. At each quarterly review, any work we relied on that is not on this list is either added as a category or turned into a rotating duty.

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• How is a contribution recorded or acknowledged, and by whom?
• Who may confirm a record? (Contesting one is its own question.)
• Does recognition give any benefits, responsibilities or access to shared resources?
• How do we make sure recognition never gives extra say in decisions beyond what the Decision Matrix grants?

Ejemplos

Members log their own contributions on the shared sheet within a week, and the task lead or any other member confirms them. Confirmed contributions count towards the monthly participation minimum and give priority when booking the guest room. They never give extra votes, a veto or a stronger voice in any decision.

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• Do we use any units of our own (hours, credits, points)? If not, say so — and what would we need to agree before introducing one?
• For each unit: what is it for, who issues it, for what, and how much?
• Can a unit be given, traded or sold to someone else — and if so, between whom?
• Does a unit expire, lose value over time, or stop at a maximum? (Whether that is enough to stop anyone steering everything is its own question.)
• How do we prevent fake or mistaken entries, how is a wrong balance corrected, and where does someone go if they disagree with theirs?
• Who can see each person's balance and transactions — everyone, only the holder, or a named role?

Ejemplos

We use one unit, the work hour. The work-hour coordinator logs one hour for each hour of shared work signed off by that task's lead; hours cannot be given, traded or sold. Hours expire 24 months after they are earned, and no one may hold more than 200. Each member sees their own balance and all transactions without names; the coordinator corrects mistakes within a week, and anyone who disagrees with their balance uses our process for disputed economic records.

We do not use any internal credits, hours or points. Before introducing one, full members must agree what it is for, how it is issued, whether it can be transferred, when it expires, how mistakes are corrected and who can see balances, as an amendment to this protocol.

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• What limits how much of any unit, resource or claim on the community one person can build up — a cap, expiry, no transfers, redistribution, or a time limit?
• How do we make sure no one turns money, credits, loans or favours into extra say — by buying influence, making others depend on them, or going around the Decision Matrix?
• What signs would tell us influence is gathering in a few hands, who checks them, and how often?
• When a sign shows up, who may tighten the limits, and through which decision?

Ejemplos

No member may hold more than 100 credits, and unused credits expire after 18 months. Credits, loans to the community and donations never give anyone extra votes, a veto, or any say beyond what the Decision Matrix grants. Twice a year the finance steward reports the largest single credit balance and the largest amount the community owes any one member. If any member is at the cap or is owed more than €5,000, the next members' meeting reviews these limits and may tighten them by vote.

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• Through which channels does money from outside reach us today, and which might we open in future — or refuse outright?
• What must be decided before a new channel opens, and may anyone accept money or promise anything before that decision?
• What conditions attached to outside money — reports, branding, promises about how we work — must members see before saying yes?

Ejemplos

Money from outside reaches us through course fees and one foundation grant; in future we may consider renting out rooms or selling produce, but we will not take money from advertisers. No new income channel may be opened, and no one may accept funds or promise anything to a funder or customer, until full members approve it by a Strategic decision after seeing its full terms, including any reporting duties or conditions on how we work.

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• How long after a contribution record or balance is entered can someone contest it?
• Who settles a disputed record — and who steps in if that person is involved?
• How is a correction made: is the original kept and a new entry added, and who is told?
• If someone disagrees with the outcome, where can they appeal, and when is the matter closed?

Ejemplos

Any member can contest a contribution record or balance within 60 days of it being entered by writing to the records steward. The records steward, or another steward if the records steward is involved, decides within 21 days and writes down the reasons. Corrections are added as new entries and the original is never deleted. Either side may appeal to the next full members' meeting, whose decision is final.

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