The OpenCivics Consortium provides decentralized coordination mechanisms for aligned civic stewards engaged in the practice of open civic innovation. #### Purpose The purpose of the OpenCivics Consortium is to: - Provide scaffolding for mutually beneficial coordination and collaboration between civic innovators - Serve the network by creating new civic tools and education - Generate novel outcomes, protocols, and standards that can only be produced through collaboration and coordination - Empower self-governed and self-organized activities that catalyze swarm intelligence and collective action