Move Commons allows your collective/initiative:
- To help others to understand your work and approach
- To find your work easier
- To find other collectives with common interests
- To attract volunteers to your collective
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Non-Profit
Your initiative does not seek economic benefit
- The initiative does not seek economic benefit
- Any surplus funds of the initiative are used to help pursue its goals instead of distributing them to owners or shareholders.
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For-Profit
Your initiative seeks economic benefit
- The initiative seeks both economic benefit and reaching their aims
- The initiative uses its surplus funds to reward its employees and/or shareholders
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Exclusive
Your initiative prefers to protect their work and not disclose it to others
- The initiative protects its work, for instance with full copyright, not allowing others to copy it without permission
- The initiative's internal methods and mechanics are discrete and not disclosed to the public
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Reproducible
Your initiative is visible, open and transparent, which allows it to be adapted by others
- The initiative is easily visible to anyone, providing the necessary online material
- The initiative has transparent procedures and results
- The initiative allows others to copy and adapt their procedures and materials, probably using Creative Commons licenses for them
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Reinforcing the Commons
Your initiative protectes/expands The Commons, resources that are collectively owned
The Commons are those resources that are collectively owned or shared among populations. Thus, your initiative is promoting The Commons by focusing its work in protecting/expanding any of them in any particular area of action
Nature Commons
the natural environment: forests, seeds, the Moon
Body/Health Commons
the human bodies: blood donation, smiles, non-alienation
Town/Community/Society Commons
the socio-cultural spaces: language, music, streets, science
Digital Commons
the cyberspace: internet, cyber-rights, Wikipedia
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Reinforcing Other Aims
Your initiative focuses on other areas different than The Commons
Your initiative prefers to tackle other issues not directly related to the protection/expansion of the Commons
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Representative
Your initiative is driven by representatives
- The initiative believes in their representatives for tackling most issues
- The division of tasks is structured with defined roles in different hierarchical levels
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Grassroots
Your initiative is driven by horizontal collective decisions
- The initiative follows collective decision-making procedures for tackling most issues
- The hierarchical structure is minimal or inexistent. That is, horizontal grassroots discussions of the members have a major weight when compared with vertical instructions from the board
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