Set up a decision making tool for Code for All

[ondrae]

Description

At the first annual Code for All meeting, we were having a discussion about how our group should make decisions. There is an app for that! Actually three.

1. DemocracyOS out of Argentina.
   • Its beautifully designed.
   • They started a political party!
   • Seems very user friendly.
   • Pia and her team are cool.
2. Loomio out of New Zealand.
   • New design and architecture coming soon.
   • They are used a bunch in local NZ councils.
   • They are big supporters of CfA.
3. Adhocracy
   • More robust, you can delegate your vote to an expert.
   • @ddie says it might be more complicated than we need.

Tasks

• Choose a service to try first.
• Set up an instance under the codeforall.org url
• Try it out for one vote. If we don't like it, try another service.

[cdaloisio]

Let's start at the top of the list. I've forked the DemocracyOS app, @ondrae are you able to select a hosting provider? I'll then go ahead and get the install done.

[hoony-o-1]

@ondrae will you set up all these three services in your(code for america) server?

[ondrae]

I've got a half broken version of DemocracyOS up at http://cfall-democracyos.herokuapp.com/
Its managed almost entirely through environment variables. Let me know your heroku email and I'll give you access to it.

I had to butcher it to get it to run.

[ondrae]

I've also set up a Code for All group in Loomio. https://www.loomio.org/g/54uKarNR/code-for-all

They have a big redesign coming soon.

[cdaloisio]

Sure thing, heroku email is [email protected]

[ondrae]

You're in. To add yourself as an admin use the STAFF heroku variable.
heroku config:set STAFF='[email protected],[email protected]'

Then you can access http://cfall-democracyos.herokuapp.com/admin

[hoony-o-1]

my heroku is [email protected]

[ondrae]

Done!

[almereyda]

If you're interested, we also struggled with finding good online consensus systems, but eventually compiled that list.

How are your DemocracyOS and Loomio experiments going?