🚧 This version of the Peace Treaty differs from the one approved on the Genesis call (which you can find here) in a few ways. The current plan is to ratify this version of the Peace Treaty when we're ready to commit the Eden Genesis Meeting and kick off the member invitation process. 🚧

Peace Treaty

  1. The size of an independent Eden community shall not exceed 10,000 members.
  2. Leaders shall be elected by the following process:
    1. Members are randomly organized into groups of 12 or less roughly equally-sized groups of 12 or fewer, where total number of groups = population / average group size.
    2. Each group must select a representative from their group with â…”+1 approval with greater than â…” approval of votes cast and the selected representative must vote for themselves.
    3. The process shall then repeat, fractally, by randomly grouping the representatives approved in the previous round of elections, until a single lead representative is chosen.
    4. The final representative will be selection randomly from the final group of elected representative, ie. the final group will not elect the top representative; a random selection will.
  3. Elections shall occur at least annuallyonce every 6 months or may be triggered by a petition of 10% of the membership greater than 2/3 of the Level 1 representatives [Note: we need a more clear, agreed-upon way to refer to the levels. What we mean here is the lowest level of elected officials, elected by the leaves] or according to the bylaws.
  4. The community may adopt bylaws, which contain all rules, processes, regulations that are binding on anyone who wishes to remain a member.
    1. The level of representation that voted in the lead representative shall be known as the Board.
    2. The active and a proposed set of bylaws are indivisible, single documents, ie. the former Board cannot provide the next board numerous options.
    3. Bylaws may only be ratified if they were proposed at least 3 months before the last election.
    4. The lead representative can act inside the existing bylaws.
    5. The board can propose a new set of bylaws. The vote to approve a proposal as well as ratify a proposed set of bylaws shall be approved by â…”+1 greater than â…” vote, which shall include the lead representative.
  5. Bylaws may not override, change, eliminate, or extend the Peace Treaty.
  6. Members must be invited according to community bylaws and can be removed according to community bylaws.
  7. Membership is voluntary. Members may leave at any time by giving notice.
  8. The Peace Treaty may be amended by a â…”+1 vote of all members vote of all members with greater than â…” approval.

Initial Bylaws

  1. The initial Board shall consist of the people on the Genesis Call and shall have the power to propose and ratify bylaws until such time as the first election occurs.
  2. Genesis members are to only participate in up to 15 induction meetings until membership reaches 100 members.
  3. All new members must be invited by 3 existing members on video, and the new member must read and agree to the Peace Treaty and agree to follow community bylaws as enacted by the representative leaders.
  4. Each member will pay a 10 EOS due to join the community.
  5. Dan Larimer is the Interim Head Chief for the first year, with power over the ByLaws only, no power over the funding, commencing from the first official election. This grants him the power to tweak and update the Fractal Governance process as needed, as we learn about the system.
  6. [ByLaw placeholder: how to offset elections so a ~1/3 of the representation is replaced each election, leading to more stability]
  7. [Potential ByLaw: re-election every 10% growth. Q: How to define the base for growth?]