The OpenCivics Consortium serves the following core functions to achieve its purpose: ![[Identity/Purpose|Purpose]] # Strategic Alignment Coordinate shared understanding and direction across member projects through: - Open Civic Innovation Framework - Domains and commons infrastructure - Signal aggregation via monthly reports and commons indexing # Cross-Project Coordination Reduce friction for multi-stakeholder collaboration by: - Spawning network activities - Facilitating multi-stakeholder collaboration environments - Providing supportive scaffolding for projects that don't fit within a single organization # Commons Stewardship Maintain and develop shared knowledge infrastructure through: - Commons curation and indexing - Governance processes and agreements - Protocol development and evolution - Seasonal collab-a-thons (aspirational) # Resource Allocation Enable collective decision-making about shared resources via: - Shared tooling and infrastructure - Treasury management - Participatory budgeting processes - Proposal systems for funding # Accountability and Peer Evaluation Foster trust and quality through: - Attestation systems - Certification frameworks (future) - Peer review and feedback mechanisms - Transparent contribution tracking ## Learning and Feedback Loops Support continuous improvement through: - Annual census and member feedback - Persistent tooling for knowledge capture - Integration of learnings from Labs R&D - Documentation of experiments and outcomes