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The following page briefly defines what we mean by group 'structure', and discusses the importance of establishing a structure, and what can go wrong if this is not intentionally organized.

Structure is the way '''vision, '''strategy, tactics and principles etc. are<..."

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	== <span style=" >Principles of democratic structure</span> ==		== <span style=" >Principles of democratic structure</span> ==
	<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;" ><span>From </span>''<span>The ~~tiranny~~ of structurelessness </span>''<span>by Joe Freeman...</span></span></p>		<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;" ><span>From </span>''<span>The tyranny of structurelessness </span>''<span>by Joe Freeman...</span></span></p>
	*<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >'''<span>Delegation of power </span>'''<span>through a democratic process</span></span>		*<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >'''<span>Delegation of power </span>'''<span>through a democratic process</span></span>
	*<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >'''<span>Accountability </span>'''<span>of people with power to people who have delegated power to them</span></span>		*<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >'''<span>Accountability </span>'''<span>of people with power to people who have delegated power to them</span></span>

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	== <span style=~~"font-size: 10pt;~~" >Principles of democratic structure</span> ==		== <span style=" >Principles of democratic structure</span> ==
	<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;" ><span>From </span>''<span>The tiranny of structurelessness </span>''<span>by Joe Freeman...</span></span></p>		<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;" ><span>From </span>''<span>The tiranny of structurelessness </span>''<span>by Joe Freeman...</span></span></p>
	*<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >'''<span>Delegation of power </span>'''<span>through a democratic process</span></span>		*<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >'''<span>Delegation of power </span>'''<span>through a democratic process</span></span>

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	== Structure ==		== [[Structure]] ==

	<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Structure is the way '''vision, '''strategy, tactics and principles etc. are<span> presented and implemented by the organization or group. - The </span>'''<span>HUB</span>'''</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;" >'''<span>The HUB defines 5 key elements of good structure:</span>'''</span>		<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >[[Structure]] is the way '''vision, '''strategy, tactics and principles etc. are<span> presented and implemented by the organization or group. - The </span>'''<span>HUB</span>'''</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;" >'''<span>The HUB defines 5 key elements of good structure:</span>'''</span>
	#<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Lines up with the group’s purpose and resources.</span>		#<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Lines up with the group’s purpose and resources.</span>
	#<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Moves the group forward without exhausting members.</span>		#<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Moves the group forward without exhausting members.</span>

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	<div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body"><div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" lang="fr"><div class="mw-parser-output"><p>The following page briefly defines what we mean by group 'structure', and discusses the importance of establishing a structure, and what can go wrong if this is not intentionally organized.		<div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body"><div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" lang="fr"><div class="mw-parser-output"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;" >The following page briefly defines what we mean by group 'structure', and discusses the importance of establishing a structure, and what can go wrong if this is not intentionally organized.</span>

	~~==Structure==~~		</p>

	Structure ~~is the way '''vision, '''strategy, tactics and principles etc. are</span><span style~~=~~""> presented and implemented by the organization or group. - The </span>'''<span style~~=~~"">HUB</span>'''<br></p>~~		== Structure ==

	'''<span style="">The HUB defines 5 key elements of good structure:</span>'''		<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Structure is the way '''vision, '''strategy, tactics and principles etc. are<span> presented and implemented by the organization or group. - The </span>'''<span>HUB</span>'''</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;" >'''<span>The HUB defines 5 key elements of good structure:</span>'''</span>
	#Lines up with the group’s purpose and resources.		#<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Lines up with the group’s purpose and resources.</span>
	#Moves the group forward without exhausting members.		#<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Moves the group forward without exhausting members.</span>
	#Everyone knows how decisions are made.		#<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Everyone knows how decisions are made.</span>
	#New members are supported and able to navigate the group.		#<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >New members are supported and able to navigate the group.</span>
	#Navigates conflict generatively to encourage healthy group culture.		#<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Navigates conflict generatively to encourage healthy group culture.</span>

	== Structurelessness ==		== Structurelessness ==
	<p>''<span style="">This section is based on the text </span>''</p>[https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm#Top The Tyranny of Structurelessness by Joe Freeman]''<span style=""> . </span><span ~~style=""~~>Quotations have been freely translated.</span>''<p><br>~~'''~~<span style="">Without-impossible-structure</span>'''<span ~~style=""~~> - "Any group of people, whatever their nature, who come together for a time for some purpose, inevitably structure themselves in one way or another [...] the search for an unstructured group is as useful, and as misleading, as seeking 'objective' reporting” - </span></p>[https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm Jo Freeman]<p><br><span style="">Indeed, the idea of the structureless does not prevent the creation of informal structures, it only prevents formal structures.</span><br></p><p><br></p>		<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;" >''<span>This section is based on the text </span>''</span></p>
			[https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm#Top The Tyranny of Structurelessness by Joe Freeman]<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >''<span> . </span><span>Quotations have been freely translated.</span>''</span><p><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;" >'''<span>Without-impossible-structure</span>'''<span> - "Any group of people, whatever their nature, who come together for a time for some purpose, inevitably structure themselves in one way or another [...] the search for an unstructured group is as useful, and as misleading, as seeking 'objective' reporting” - </span></span></p>
			[https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm Jo Freeman]<p><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Indeed, the idea of the structureless does not prevent the creation of informal structures, it only prevents formal structures.</span><br></p>
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	=== Issues related to informal structures ===		=== Issues related to informal structures ===
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|-		\|-
	\| '''<span style="">Decision making</span>'''<br>		\| '''<span style="">Decision making</span>'''<br>
	\| <p><span style="">“The decision-making rules are only known to a few people and the awareness of power is limited to those who know the rules. </span><span style="">People who don't know the rules and aren't chosen to be introduced to them must be left confused or suffer from paranoid delusions that something is going on that they aren't quite aware of."</span></p>		\| <p><span style="">“The decision-making rules are only known to a few people and the awareness of power is limited to those who know the rules. </span><span style="">People who don't know the rules and aren't chosen to be introduced to them must be left confused or suffer from paranoid delusions that something is going on that they aren't quite aware of."</span></p>
	\| <span style="">Negative consequences</span><p><span style="">Confusion</span></p><p><span style="">Frustration</span></p>		\| <span style="">Negative consequences</span><p><span style="">Confusion</span></p>
	\|-		<p><span style="">Frustration</span></p>
			\|-
	\| '''<span style="">Elites</span>'''		\| '''<span style="">Elites</span>'''
	\| <span style="">Small group having power over a larger group, often without the latter's knowledge or consent.</span><p><br><span style="">Individuals in this group may be known or they may not be. </span><span style="">Elitism and notoriety are not synonyms.</span></p><p><br><span style="">The elite often corresponds to people linked by friendships who form a communication network outside the channels of the group. </span><span style="">They consult each other before decisions are made and align themselves on issues, which gives more power to the group they form. </span><span style="">In Quebec, we sometimes hear the expression “corridor discussion” to refer to it.</span></p><p><br><span style="">It is rare that a group does not establish an informal communication network stemming from the bonds of friendship that are created there.</span></p><p><br>'''<span style="">A group without a formal structure will be led by this group, it will have informal power.</span>'''</p>		\| <span style="">Small group having power over a larger group, often without the latter's knowledge or consent.</span><p><br><span style="">Individuals in this group may be known or they may not be. </span><span style="">Elitism and notoriety are not synonyms.</span></p>
	\| <span style="">Negative consequences</span><p>'''<span style="">The importance of what is said can take a back seat</span>'''<span style=""> - What some people say is listened to because it is appreciated rather than because it is important.</span></p><p><br></p><p>'''<span style="">Non-accountability</span>'''<span style=""> - People in the elite are not accountable to the rest of the group since no formal power has been given to them. </span><span style="">They can act responsibly, but it depends on their desire.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="">“As long as friendships are the primary means of organizing, elitism is institutionalized. </span><span style="">»</span></p>		<p><br><span style="">The elite often corresponds to people linked by friendships who form a communication network outside the channels of the group. </span><span style="">They consult each other before decisions are made and align themselves on issues, which gives more power to the group they form. </span><span style="">In Quebec, we sometimes hear the expression “corridor discussion” to refer to it.</span></p>
	\|-		<p><br><span style="">It is rare that a group does not establish an informal communication network stemming from the bonds of friendship that are created there.</span></p>
			<p><br>'''<span style="">A group without a formal structure will be led by this group, it will have informal power.</span>'''</p>
			\| <span style="">Negative consequences</span><p>'''<span style="">The importance of what is said can take a back seat</span>'''<span style=""> - What some people say is listened to because it is appreciated rather than because it is important.</span></p>
			<p><br></p>
			<p>'''<span style="">Non-accountability</span>'''<span style=""> - People in the elite are not accountable to the rest of the group since no formal power has been given to them. </span><span style="">They can act responsibly, but it depends on their desire.</span></p>
			<p><br></p>
			<p><span style="">“As long as friendships are the primary means of organizing, elitism is institutionalized. </span><span style="">»</span></p>
			\|-
	\| '''<span style="">"stars"</span>'''<br>		\| '''<span style="">"stars"</span>'''<br>
	\| <span style="">When there is no spokesperson or decision-making body in a group, public figures speaking on the issue around which the group is organized are perceived as </span>''<span style="">de facto</span>''<span style=""> spokespersons .</span>		\| <span style="">When there is no spokesperson or decision-making body in a group, public figures speaking on the issue around which the group is organized are perceived as </span>''<span style="">de facto</span>''<span style=""> spokespersons .</span>
	\| <span style="">Negative consequences</span><p><span style="">Representation to the public is assumed without prior selection of the group. </span><span style="">The “star” and the movement find themselves in a situation with great potential for frustration.</span></p>		\| <span style="">Negative consequences</span><p><span style="">Representation to the public is assumed without prior selection of the group. </span><span style="">The “star” and the movement find themselves in a situation with great potential for frustration.</span></p>
	\|-		\|-
	\| '''<span style="">political impotence</span>'''<br>		\| '''<span style="">political impotence</span>'''<br>
	\| <span style="">For a group without a formal structure to "work", it must be both:</span><br>		\| <span style="">For a group without a formal structure to "work", it must be both:</span><br>
	*<span style="">task oriented</span>		*<span style="">task oriented</span>
	*<span style="">relatively small and homogeneous</span>		*<span style="">relatively small and homogeneous</span>
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	*<span style="">there is little specialization</span>		*<span style="">there is little specialization</span>
	<p><span style="">This is impossible in a larger group.</span></p>		<p><span style="">This is impossible in a larger group.</span></p>
	\| <span style="">Negative consequences</span>		\| <span style="">Negative consequences</span>
	*<span style="">The movement or group loses members who seek to organize themselves in a structured way</span><br>		*<span style="">The movement or group loses members who seek to organize themselves in a structured way</span><br>
	*<span style="">The desire for meaningful political activity is put into political organizations with less potential for social change.</span>		*<span style="">The desire for meaningful political activity is put into political organizations with less potential for social change.</span>
	*<span style="">On a larger scale, organized groups give direction according to their priorities. </span><span style="">Groups without a formal structure will not be represented.</span>		*<span style="">On a larger scale, organized groups give direction according to their priorities. </span><span style="">Groups without a formal structure will not be represented.</span>
	\|}		\|}

	<p><span style="">Having an established process for decision-making ensures that everyone can participate in it to some degree. See the non-hierarcheal decision-making page </span><span style="">to learn more about including more people in group decision-making.</span></p>		<p><span style="">Having an established process for decision-making ensures that everyone can participate in it to some degree. See the non-hierarcheal decision-making page </span><span style="">to learn more about including more people in group decision-making.</span></p>

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	== ~~The structureless or “structurelessness”~~ ==		== Structurelessness ==
	<p>''<span style="">This section is based on the text </span>''</p>[https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm#Top The Tyranny of Structurelessness by Joe Freeman]''<span style=""> . </span><span style="">Quotations have been freely translated.</span>''<p><br>'''<span style="">Without-impossible-structure</span>'''<span style=""> - "Any group of people, whatever their nature, who come together for a time for some purpose, inevitably structure themselves in one way or another [...] the search for an unstructured group is as useful, and as misleading, as seeking 'objective' reporting” - </span></p>[https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm Jo Freeman]<p><br><span style="">Indeed, the idea of the structureless does not prevent the creation of informal structures, it only prevents formal structures.</span><br></p><p><br></p>		<p>''<span style="">This section is based on the text </span>''</p>[https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm#Top The Tyranny of Structurelessness by Joe Freeman]''<span style=""> . </span><span style="">Quotations have been freely translated.</span>''<p><br>'''<span style="">Without-impossible-structure</span>'''<span style=""> - "Any group of people, whatever their nature, who come together for a time for some purpose, inevitably structure themselves in one way or another [...] the search for an unstructured group is as useful, and as misleading, as seeking 'objective' reporting” - </span></p>[https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm Jo Freeman]<p><br><span style="">Indeed, the idea of the structureless does not prevent the creation of informal structures, it only prevents formal structures.</span><br></p><p><br></p>
	=== Issues related to informal structures ===		=== Issues related to informal structures ===
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	<p><span style="">Having an established process for decision-making ensures that everyone can participate in it to some degree. See the non-hierarcheal decision-making page </span><span style="">to learn more about including more people in group decision-making.</span></p>		<p><span style="">Having an established process for decision-making ensures that everyone can participate in it to some degree. See the non-hierarcheal decision-making page </span><span style="">to learn more about including more people in group decision-making.</span></p>

	== Principles of democratic structure ==		== Principles of democratic structure ==
	<p><span style="">From </span>''<span style="">The tiranny of structurelessness</span>''<span style=""> by Joe Freeman...</span></p>		<p><span style="">From </span>''<span style="">The tiranny of structurelessness</span>''<span style=""> by Joe Freeman...</span></p>

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-<div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body"><div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" lang="fr"><div class="mw-parser-output"><p>The following page briefly defines what we mean by group 'structure', and discusses the importance of establishing a structure, and what can go wrong if this is not intentionally organized.</p><p><span style="">Structure&nbsp;</span><span style="">is the way '''vision, '''strategy, tactics and principles etc. are</span><span style=""> presented and implemented by the organization or group. - The </span>'''<span style="">HUB</span>'''<br></p>
+<div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body"><div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" lang="fr"><div class="mw-parser-output"><p>The following page briefly defines what we mean by group 'structure', and discusses the importance of establishing a structure, and what can go wrong if this is not intentionally organized.
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 *'''<span style="">Equal access to the resources</span>'''<span style="">&nbsp;that the group requires.&nbsp;</span><span style="">Knowledge, access and information are resources.</span>
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