# e-NABLE is a Do-ocracy --- e-NABLE is an open a do-ocracy, not an organization. Governance is kept to a minimum. We have no official vision or mission statements. Volunteers become leaders by contributing to the community. There are no elected officials, no official representatives. Long-time contributors may boast titles like "co-Founder," but that confers no formal authority. Instead, our governance strategy relies on opt-in systems that facilitate, encourage and celebrate the behaviors we wish to encourage (see [EnableWebCentral](https://enablewebcentral.com/), [Hub.e-NABLE.org](http://Hub.e-NABLE.org), [map.e-NABLE.org](http://map.e-NABLE.org), [badges.e-NABLE.org](http://badges.e-NABLE.org), and our [Loomio group](https://www.loomio.org/g/z6anwdt7/e-nablio)). Administrators of those systems accrue some authority but we all consider ourselves "servant-leaders" serving the will of the community. # Governance Platforms --- The "will of the community" emerges through several mechanisms: the Community Coordinating Committee (CCC), a Loomio voting platform, and several financial mechanisms. ## *Town Hall* e-NABLE holds a Town Hall every Friday online (11:00AM Eastern), is open to all, and with video and notes published weekly on the Hub. Chaired by Jeremy Simon, the agenda is flexible but typically involves review of ongoing events, activities, initiatives, and policy issues. People who attend Town Hall regularly are called the CCC. Visit the [calendar](https://hub.e-nable.org/calendar/global/index) for more information. ## *e-NABLIO: Decision Making* An e-NABLE sub-community (open to all) on the [Loomio voting platform](https://www.loomio.org/g/z6anwdt7/e-nablio) makes policies and propositions official. The 2-step process, and the requirement that passage of a resolution requires at least 80% agreement, pushes the community toward consensus. 1. Someone introduces a possible proposal for a week’s discussion. 2. A votable proposal, shaped by the discussion, is put forward. Voting and discussion goes on for at least a week, during which the proposal can be revised as need to win support, and votes can be changed.\ \ At the end of the voting period the resolution is Approved if it meets the 80% criterion, and has garnered at least 20 votes. That’s how we have enacted the official few policies we do have (including the 2-step process, and the CCC's authority to intervene if someone tries to game the system), established the EnableFund (see below), authorized its grant, and recently established other, lighter-weight, funding processes. # Funding --- Financial transactions bring legal obligations. In order to accept tax-deductible donations, and to make mini-grants that support the community, e-NABLE co-Founder Jon Schulll created a 501(c)3 nonprofit called Rochester Enable Limited whose mission includes administration of the e-NABLE fund as authorized by the voting process described above.\[3\]. Funding mechanisms for the community include (1) EnableFund grants authorized by individual Loomio votes, (2) CCC discretionary mini-grants and (3) The Wishbone project for peer-support of Chapter initiatives. That’s how our do-ocracy works.