The Governance Stress Test: 003 🌿🏛️

Not to scare you, but let's talk about the threat of elite capture.

Today’s Stress Test:
Is your system resistant to capture by bad actors or dominant groups?

“Systems must include safeguards to prevent the concentration of power.”
—Elinor Ostrom

“Preventing elite capture is essential for maintaining democratic integrity.”
—James C. Scott

We’ve all seen it happen where a collaborative space, a FOSS project, or a community group slowly gets taken over by a vocal minority, corporate interests, or some charismatic leader.

When you are building or participating in decentralized spaces, what’s your best defense against a hostile takeover?

👇 Vote below or reply with a story.

#GovStressTest #EliteCapture #Decentralization #CommunityGovernance #CivicTech

A Response to Tim Chambers’s 2026 Predictions

https://islandinthenet.com/a-response-to-tim-chamberss-2026-predictions/

New #CoARA OI4RRA WG publication out now!

Our latest report from the CoARA Working Group “Towards Open Infrastructures for Responsible Research Assessment (OI4RRA)” is out!

Read it here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17399516

#RRA #OpenScience #OpenInfrastructure #ResearchAssessment #CommunityGovernance

Fedora's AI policy debate highlights the tension between automation & community values: balancing innovation with ethics, transparency, and preserving open-source trust. Key question: Will AI empower all or deepen corporate control? #OpenSource #AI #Fedora #TechEthics #Linux #CommunityGovernance

#OpenSource #AI #Fedora #TechEthics #Linux #CommunityGovernance

https://saysomething.hashnode.dev/fedoras-ai-policy-debate-ethical-implications-and-the-future-of-open-source

🧵 The Mautic Council is seeking 2 new members!

Real opportunity to influence our open-source marketing automation platform's direction.

Seeking:

• Diverse backgrounds/experiences

• Open source passion

• Business/leadership experience welcome

• Community advocates 3-year commitment, genuine impact.

Nominations close Nov 10th.

Learn more: https://mautic.org/blog/could-you-be-mautics-next-council-member/

Questions: #wg-governance on Slack

#OpenSource #CommunityGovernance #Mautic #MauticCouncil #Governance

Democracy is slow, but that's a feature, not a bug!

Working on a hypothetical thought experiment: replacing "Benevolent Dictator" with "Benevolent Leader" for open source communities. The difference? Leaders can be voted out.

The model: Leader holds 20% voting power. Three committees split 80%:

Technical (those who build and understand systems)

Humanities (those who ask "why?" and "what does it mean?")

People's (those who actually use what we build)

Why these three? Tech fails when engineers build alone. We need philosophers questioning ethics and implications. Users explaining real needs, not imagined ones. That friction creates wisdom.

Not sharing the full framework yet, but collecting governance stories. What worked in your projects? What failed? How did transitions from BDFL go?
Especially interested in #Django #Python experiences.

Reply/DM freely.

Looking for messy reality, not theory.

#OpenSource #TechGovernance #HumanInTheLoop #CommunityGovernance #Philosophy #Humanities #DigitalHumanities

Big News! 🎉

We're introducing a new AsyncAPI Governance Board to guide the future of the initiative! We’ve taken a big step forward in strengthening community leadership and transparency.

Lukasz Gornicki wrote a detailed blog about it. 💜
Learn more & get involved: https://buff.ly/jK00lWW

Nominations are now open!

#AsyncAPI #OpenSourceLeadership #CommunityGovernance #APIs

#epartheid: Social engineering under the guise of curating discourse.

#fediverse #decentralization #socialmedia #censorship #onlinefreedom #techethics #privacy #internetgovernance #digitalrights #platformbias #algorithmicbias #freeexpression #independentmedia #echochamber #onlinecommunity #techaccountability #contentmoderation #communitygovernance #digitalexclusion #isolationchamber