Layer 5
Operations
How the community runs day-to-day. Roles, manual, and meeting templates.
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Operations Manual
If a process only lives in one person's head, the community depends on that person showing up — forever. Writing the critical processes down, with named owners, is what converts…
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Role Registry
"In good standing" means a Full Member who has met their participation expectations in the last 6 months and is not currently subject to an active accountability process or…
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Meeting Template: Operations
Day-to-day coordination needs a regular beat, not ad-hoc improvisation. The Operations meeting is the community's heartbeat — a predictable space to review active work, surface…
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Meeting Template: Governance
A good vote depends on a shared understanding of what's actually being voted on. The Governance meeting gives members a structured space to question, probe, and discuss a proposal…
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Meeting Template: Coordination & Alignment
Some blockers span more than one role and can't be resolved in the weekly Operations rhythm. Coordination & Alignment gives cross-role work its own space — for dependencies,…
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Meeting Template: Reflection & Learning
Communities that don't pause to learn repeat their failures with new vocabulary. Reflection & Learning is the structured pause — a cadence where experience becomes pattern,…
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Meeting Template: Conflict Handling
Privacy note: Records from this meeting type are subject to the privacy and information access boundaries defined in the Conflict Resolution Ladder (Layer 4). They are not…
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