I think this will begin to become clearer as we start to have conversations with early-adopters like MayFirst, maybe social.coop, FOEI. We’ll begin to note what it is that we have to articulate in these dialogues, in response to their queries.
In the short term we need one-pagers for front office (membership, service levels, etc - which is coming along nicely), back office (the distinct orientations of the circles, operational decision making,etc - this is up next) and assembly/voting/strategic steering (which we have yet to tackle). When we have these three, especially the last, we’ll be much closer to specifying mission/purpose. Early-adopters will want to know these three stories, if they’re to commit to operational involvement in meet.coop (which we would like) or significant user-dependence on meet.coop, through the exciting ride of the first year or two. We want folks signing up for the historic project, not just for the greenlight room?