Processes

The “selfdriven Progressive Self-Actuation Framework” emphasises the importance of understanding community’s key processes – including the key community sustainability processes.

Framework for Discovering & Designing Sustainable Community Processes

Processes that define the energy flow; inputs (resources), outputs, value.

1. Discovery Layer – Understand What Exists

• Mapping Practices
• Use 5W1H (Why, What, Who, How, When, Where) to document current community practices.
• Capture informal as well as formal processes.
• Identify Energy Flows
• What brings energy (motivation, resources, engagement)?
• What drains energy (friction, exclusion, waste)?
• Community Values Alignment
• Map processes against community values (e.g., fairness, inclusion, transparency).
• Spot misalignments where processes undermine the intended ethos.

2. Design Layer – Create or Adapt

• Principle-Driven Design
• Start with design principles: regenerative, inclusive, modular, resilient.
• Process Archetypes (pick & adapt)
• Knowledge flow (sharing, documenting, storytelling).
• Decision-making (consent, deliberation, voting, delegation).
• Resource flow (funding, labor, time, tokens, reciprocity).
• Conflict navigation (mediation, reflective listening, restorative loops).
• Iteration Pathways
• Define “lightweight pilots” → “scaled process” → “embedded practice.”
• Build feedback loops at each stage.

3. Sustainability Layer – Make It Endure

• Measure & Reflect
• Co-define community indicators (e.g., participation diversity, carbon impact, shared ownership).
• Process Custodians
• Assign rotating roles or circles that hold/process accountability.
• Resilience Design
• Build in redundancy (if one person/group drops out, the process continues).
• Ensure intergenerational transfer (knowledge persists beyond current members).

4. Progressive Self-Actuation Integration

• Self-Discovery → Self-Design → Self-Sustaining
• Each layer mirrors your framework: communities progressively move from understanding themselves → shaping themselves → sustaining themselves.
• Meta-process
• The process of designing processes is itself iterative and community-owned.
• Tooling Hooks
• Can integrate SSI/VCs for trust & credentials.
• Token flows (CIP-68 assets, octo tokens) for resource tracking.
• AI assistive loops for feedback, storytelling, and “definition by coding.”

5. Practical Tools

• Community Worksheet Template
• A fillable guide using 5W1H + energy mapping.
• Process Charter Template
• Defines scope, principles, custodians, sustainability measures.
• Iterative Cycle Canvas
• Visual loop: Discover → Prototype → Reflect → Embed.

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• Use-Cases - Examples.