μ.democracy.
What you need to know, one step at a time.
μ.democracy teaches groups how to decide together, write it down and work with what they wrote so that their decisions are clear, accountable and falsifiable. We do it in simple language, for anyone to understand. Download these, print them, use them. And then tell us how to make them better.
μ.democracy.
There are 4 questions to answer to be able to record a decision clearly.
When you first try to record a decision, you might find it difficult. Even just finding agreement on exactly what you are deciding can be a challenge. You are learning a new habit and it can take a little time to get the hang of it.
To start with, only try recording one or two decisions and choose decisions that are relatively straightforward. At first, you might only manage to record what was decided. This is fine, just keep the other questions in mind and work towards being able to include them in your decision record.
Guide 1.1 walks you through the steps to recording a decision, with an example. Print it, and hand it to everyone in your meeting.
Get the decision recording guide
Guides are designed to be printed double sided and folded to make an A5 booklet, but you can also print them as single sheets.
Running a charity? These records meet what the Charity Commission's CC48 guidance asks of minutes — decisions, full reasons, and their basis — and show you the craft of producing them well.