Virtual government

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Virtual governments of mankind are self-organised groups of individuals that strive for improving decision making around specific tasks or problems using effective tools of social media. The scope of a virtual government may mimic the scope of an existing government or council, such as the government of a country, a society, or a housing cooperative. The purpose of a virtual government is to ensure that the actual decision making does not lack necessary information, points of view, or understanding of value judgements. The main purpose of a virtual government is not to replace the existing decision-making bodies, but to improve the quality of their decision making.

Scope

How should virtual governments be organised in such a way that they effectively

• produce useful information for decision-making without
• ruling out anyone or any information someone things relevant
• in an efficient way that converges towards clear conclusions, not chaos?

Defition

Based on understanding on open assessment.

Result

The activities of virtual governments are based on the following rules:

• Anyone interested is allowed to join a virtual government.
• All information collected by a virtual government is freely distributed to everyone. This applies to both the actual topic and the work by the virtual government.
• The purpose of a virtual government is to inform decision making within a defined scope. The scope is decided by the virtual government itself.
• The main activity of a virtual government is to collect, organise, synthesise, and distribute information to those that need it, especially to the actual decision makers within the scope.
• The information work is done according to the rules of open assessment.
• Any disputes within a virtual government are solved using the methods of open assessment and its discussion functionalities.

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