Instances are areas for groups. Groups can be formal organisations or informal groups. All users who are a member of a specific instance can - depending on their user status - read up on discussions in the instance, contribute to the subjects discussed there and/ or vote on proposals. Instances can be closed and allow access only to their members, or open to anyone.
When none of the existing instances covers the subject area you wish to discuss you can create your own instance. Since proposals in an instance can only be seen by its registered members it might make more sense to join an existing open instance to discuss your proposal since it will be seen by more users. Your proposal should, of course, belong to the subject area of the instance you choose.
Organisations are an area for a group of people who want to discuss and vote on certain subjects. Proposals, on the other hand, are propositions to change the standpoint of the respecting group towards a specific subject and can be discussed and consequently adopted or rejected by the group
Anyone can create an instance. Since proposals and discussions in an instance can only be seen by its registered members it often makes more sense to join an existing open instance and discuss your ideas there.
The URL you choose for your instance can only contain numbers and letters.
New users can only see the title of the instance on the overview page. It helps those users to find instances they are interested in if all instances have a short description explaining whom they address and who can join them.
Majority
?Possible majority settings are:
There is no default setting - which majority setting is the most sensible must be decided according to the specific area of application.
Background information: Majority
defines what proportion
of voters must approve of a proposal for it to become active.
delay
?This setting specifies for what interval the majority defined above must be continuously held by a proposal before the proposal is adopted. Longer delays minimise the risk that decisions are made before all those concerned have the chance to take part in the discussion and vote.
observer
?Observers have full read and write permission in an instance but can't vote or delegate.
voter
?Voters have full read and write permission and can vote, delegate their vote and receive delegations from others.
supervisor
?Supervisors have the same rights as voters and can additionally change the settings of their instance.
advisor
?Advisors have all rights except the right to vote.
The logo file can be a png
or a jpeg
file.
A transparent png
image usually yields the best results.
Members
menu item?The Members
link directs you to the list of all users that are
members of this instance, and you can see every user's status (voter, observer,
supervisor, advisor). You can view the users' profile pages by
clicking on their names.
After the instance is created, all members who have supervisor
rights
can alter the rules settings (majority, delay, default group for new members).