Do-ocracy

A do-ocracy (also sometimes do-opoly, which is a more obvious pun on “duopoly”) is an organizational structure in which individuals choose roles and tasks for themselves and execute them. Responsibilities attach to people who do the work, rather than elected or selected officials.

From: http://www.communitywiki.org/en/DoOcracy

Do-ocratic Principles of this Wiki and Formal Approval

This Wiki is largely created, edited and maintained by applying a do-ocratic principle. This process is backed up and formalized by the need to approve all official statements, rules and documents of the organization by the Board of Directors.

Most pages with official content are copied to the official hompage at http://www.osgeo.org after approval. If you are unsure as to the legal status of any information watch out for the header of the corresponding page of this Wiki and find out whether it is a working page or contains official content. Official pages can additionally be protected by the Wiki Sysops.