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This is the road map which covers the general sequence and key steps necessary to set up a platform. A platform is a generic organisation which offers products and services to the community based on the skills and resources of its members. A key resource is a pleasant and productive living and work environment for the resident team to work from which should include a good kitchen, accommodation and an office space. Larger houses may also have available meeting rooms and lounge or cafe facilities for the members. although the minimum team size is one person, an ideal team size to begin with would be 5 people who set up a house together, ensuring enough diversity and spread of skills and interests to get all the tasks done that arise when running a household and an organisation.
1 Goals and values
The purpose of coming together to set up a platform is to allow the members to follow their passion and serve their community in a way that is stress-free, harmonious and therefore sustainable. As a well-organised team, they can leverage their shared skills and resources to generate a good and sustainable income. This gives the members access to resources and the tools to easily develop further projects and ideas based on the same harmonious values the initial platform was founded with. Eventually groups of groups of people working together in this way can form a decentralised network with effective knowledge reuse and resource utilisation. This allows the people to access the resources and level of organisation that would normally require a large corporation, while retaining their individuality and freedom.
Further to these goals which describe what the team wants to do, there are clearly defined values, which explain how the team wants to achieve it's goals. These are clearly described and easy to give to interested people in the form of a flyer or during conversation.
2 Team commitment
A resident team needs to be assembled which can work together in and on the platform. Through an effective communication process during which the goals and values are discussed integrated, the people interested in working and living together can begin to form a team with shared values and therefore shared priorities. If at any point there is disagreement, the goals and values can be consulted or refined as necessary.
3 Team organisation
Proper organisation allows the team to work together smoothly, by maximising the productivity of the members and ensuring roles and communication channels are in place, with effective scheduling to ensure the best use of time and resources.
3.1 Group processes and tools
- Daily check-in
- Shared meals at night
- Weekly meetings
- Shared schedule
- Household whiteboard
- Content management system
- Customer relationship management system
3.2 Roles
- Home management
Roles required for running any household
- Chef
- Housekeeper
- Organisational
Roles required for running an organisation
- Director This role is shared by the platform residents
- Administrator
- IT Support
- Products and services
Specialist roles which are used to offer services and distribute products. This will vary depending on the skills of the platform residents. If the fundamental roles are productive enough their services can be offered directly or via workshops and events
4 Resources
The following resources are necessary for the running of the platform and need to be managed efficiently.
- Food
- Regular bulk-buying cycles
- Food co-op ordering system
- Home
- Someone needs to sign the lease
- Telecom account
- Power company account
- House bank account
- Chattels
- Office
- Phone line
- DSL Internet connection
- Workstations and desks
- Transport
- Car sharing is handled via schedule
- Car account to pay for repairs and insurance
