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111	111	**What this individual might look like...**
112		-The organization has in practice decision making processes that allow anybody to provide input and publicly render an opinion on the topic and the process. For example, decisions for procurement of goods and investments in initiatives.
	112	+The organization practices decision-making processes that allow anybody to provide input, and publicly shares that input. The organization considers input, and their opinions of that input through publicly available discussions on the topics under consideration. The processes for soliciting and collecting input, managing and sharing contributions and discussions, and sharing the results and rationale for final decisions is also publicly available for audit and input. The open organization will not only tell the community what their final decision is, and why they came to that decision, they will also share how that decision was made (processes).
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116		-* Initial: The organization has publicly declared anyone can engage with it.
117		-* Repeatable: The organization engages consistently with any interested party, and consistently declares the ability for engagement of interested parties.
118		-* Defined: the organization recognizes standard roles within the organization
119		-* Managed: the organization has established responsibilities associated with roles.
120		-* Optimizing: The individual assesses and validates/redefines their role and responsibilities in the organization.
	116	+* Initial: The organization has publicly declared anyone can engage with it across all topics, projects, initiatives, practices, etc.
	117	+** Evidence: Organization's website has a "Join Now" link.
	118	+** Evidence: The president of the organization's board invited participation during her keynote at a recent conference.
	119	+* Repeatable: The organization engages consistently (across all subject matters, activities, issues, etc.) with any interested party, despite the topic or activity.
	120	+** Evidence: Email exchanges between new participants and long-standing members / authorities of the organization (across several different topics, and among several different people).
	121	+** Evidence: Attendance by new or uninitiated members at several different organizational activities, meetings, conferences.
	122	+* Defined: the organization has policies in place ensuring access to the community, e.g. communication channels, leadership, general community, open/closed issues, etc. The organization provides processes—how to find topics of interest, how to contact/work with community members, etc.—and practices for engagement—email lists, IRC, wiki's, meetings, conferences, etc.
	123	+** Evidence: Publicly available by-laws, minutes, documentation outlining how those entering or moving within the organization can find and interact with others.
	124	+** Evidence: Tools and resources to understand the organization's operations, relevant members, topics of interest etc.
	125	+** Evidence: Technologies for contacting, managing and archiving communications between community members and the organization.
	126	+* Managed: The organization consistently monitors and assesses the activities occurring across the community to ensure policies, practices and processes are adhered to. Issues raised by the community are actively and authentically addressed. Specific roles are identified with responsibility to oversee policies, practices, processes, and communities.
	127	+* Optimizing: The organization regularly audits existing policies (i.e. confirming compliance across the community). Organization regularly reviews current processes and practices to ensure continued alignment with policy, identify issues, suggest improvements, adopt updates.
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