Circles in Samara

Circle Manifestation

Proposal being worked on here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1efiI0gjCsD4gazFUGiXUMQQoiqBzTw1y0NOKv0Tjz1A/edit?usp=sharing

Circle Budgets

(this is from Joachim reflecting the Hypha circle budgeting process which will be mapped to the DHO functionality later.)

Living Budgets

Hypha has adopted a strategy of Living budgets that constantly adapt to the environment and allow changes to the organism in real-time. These living and breathing membranes provide the foundation for healthy competition amongst circles and roles in pursuit of purpose - rewarding successes and thriving organs and removing stagnation and parasites. There are two types of budgetary boundaries depicted below - organizational budgets (funds available the treasury) and circle budgets (funds available in the circle). Both boundaries need to be negotiated within the organization as a whole (sensing into the needs) and revisited on a regular basis. 

Budgets set natural boundaries to growth (or detox). Roles  and circles gain and maintain a budget by how well they’re executing and providing value to the whole. This requires some signal to show what value was added. This process prevents members from overextending work ("paid by the hour") and from wasting resources ("justify a budget"). The organization can decide how these boundaries are enforced - either a hard ceiling ("sorry, we are out of budget for this contribution") or a soft ceiling ("you are stepping over the budget boundary with this assignment, please reconsider"). 

 

Budgeting Process

The budgeting process breaks down into two parts: 

1. Overall allocation of funds to anchor circles (each circle negotiates a budget)
2. Specific allocation of funds within circles (sub-circles, assignments, contributions)

In the depiction below for the overall allocation of funds, we have three anchor circles receiving 50%, 30% and 20% of the overall budget of the organization. Initial budgeting figures can be created by 

1. Creating a pro-forma budget sheet with monthly estimates for all expenses
2. Doing a co-evaluation (via contribution accounting) to finalize the circle allocations

In the depiction below for the specific allocation of funds within circles, we see the largest circle dividing funds among two roles, one taking about 55%, the other 45% of the circle budget. Note that there should a "buffer" for unforseen expenses or additional contributions.