Merge pull request #1074 from gratipay/operating-agreement

Operating Agreement

.travis.yml

@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ cache:
   - env/bin
   - env/lib/python2.7/site-packages
 script: make test -j2
-branches:
-  only:
-  - master
 deploy:
   provider: heroku
   # Required for some reason (default anvil strategy doesn't work)
@@ -26,9 +23,7 @@ deploy:
     secure: o0IjJoL7Ee5y7BiZF5VkAYan+8SigY23+2aG8UsNHkrVcqbd1RIVbhoTjJPyYrwolpSUl20pXZaVwSINQSew7YaCqBJBA6HKjFiA7cDY/t2IhWcIb6cyanFkH//+/WrFMNF6HJHc2n/DzpevYmO4ZAqJmoDToszCRj13dmIdJ2s=
   app:
     master: inside-gratipay-com
-  on:
-    repo: gratipay/inside.gratipay.com
-    branch: master
+    operating-agreement: gratipay-operating-agreement
 notifications:
   email: false
   irc:

Makefile

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ clean:
 	find . -name \*.pyc -delete
 
 run: env
-	./$(env_bin)/honcho -e defaults.env,local.env run ./env/bin/python \
+	./$(env_bin)/honcho run -e defaults.env,local.env ./env/bin/python \
 		./startapp.py --port=8536
 
 test:

defaults.env

@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 PORT=8536
 ASPEN_CHANGES_RELOAD=true
-WWW_GRATIPAY_COM=../gratipay.com/

inside_gratipay/main.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from aspen import Response
 from aspen.website import Website
 
-from . import canonizer, gfm
+from . import gfm
 from .nav import NavItem
 
 
@@ -51,13 +51,6 @@ def only_allow_certain_methods(request):
 website.algorithm.insert_after('add_nav_current_to_context', add_nav_next_to_context)
 
 
-# Hostname canonicalization
-# =========================
-
-canonize = canonizer.Canonizer(os.environ.get('CANONICAL_LOCATION', ''))
-website.algorithm.insert_after('parse_environ_into_request', canonize)
-
-
 # Set website.version.
 # ====================
 # Yeesh, what a hack. At Heroku we don't have a git repo once deployed, so

requirements.txt

@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ mistune_contrib==0.1
 honcho==0.5.0
 
  six==1.10.0
-libsass==0.3.0
+libsass==0.12.3
 
 --editable .

scss/variables.scss

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 /*                                                                           */
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
-$ideal: 'Ideal Sans SSm A', 'Ideal Sans SSm B';
-$chronicle: 'Chronicle SSm A', 'Chronicle SSm B';
+$ideal: 'Ideal Sans SSm A', 'Ideal Sans SSm B', 'Ideal Sans SSm', Helvetica, sans-serif;
+$chronicle: 'Chronicle SSm A', 'Chronicle SSm B', 'Chronicle SSm', Georgia, serif;
 $mono: Monaco, "Lucida Mono", monospace;
 
 // Colors

www/big-picture/index.spt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 nav_title = 'The Big Picture'
-nav_children = ['welcome', 'mission', 'values', 'brand', 'strategy', 'customers', 'org-chart',
-                'roadmap']
+nav_children = ['welcome', 'operating-agreement', 'mission', 'values', 'brand', 'strategy', 
+                'customers', 'org-chart', 'roadmap']
 [---]
 [---] text/html
 

www/big-picture/operating-agreement.spt

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+nav_title = "Operating Agreement"
+nav_children = []
+[---]
+[---] text/html via markdown
+
+Gratipay, LLC is a worker-owned cooperative, organized under and subject to the
+laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States of America. In
+this document, “Gratipay,” “the company,” and
+“the cooperative” refer to Gratipay, LLC. This is the operating
+agreement that defines how the members of Gratipay govern the cooperative, and
+it constitutes the entire agreement between Gratipay and its members.
+
+
+## Basic Definitions
+
+A cooperative is a democratically governed, for-profit company. Non-cooperative
+companies weight power by equity, one vote per share. Cooperatives distribute
+power according to the fundamental equality of all natural persons (also called
+“individuals” in this document), “one member, one
+vote.” Gratipay subscribes to the [principles and values of the
+cooperative movement](./values), and intends for this operating agreement to be
+consistent with those values.
+
+An LLC is a Limited Liability Company, a flexible legal structure that protects
+its owners from legal liability, while avoiding the double-taxation that comes
+with other corporate structures.
+
+Not all LLCs are cooperatives, and not all cooperatives are LLCs, but an LLC
+can be a good choice for structuring a cooperative. An LLC is an especially
+compelling choice for Gratipay because of the diverse international composition
+of our expected membership (which is easier handled with an LLC than with other
+structures), and because Gratipay was already structured as a single-member LLC
+before it evolved into a cooperative.
+
+
+## Membership
+
+Gratipay members are individuals. They share in both the work of the
+cooperative and its profits and loses (they are “active” members),
+as opposed to only sharing in the profits and losses without sharing in the
+work (they are not “passive” members). Gratipay is member-managed,
+not manager-managed. Gratipay members are owners, not employees. Members may
+bind the company.
+
+Gratipay decides to invite new members through a vote of the existing
+membership. In general, the way to earn an invitation is to [collaborate in our
+work](./welcome) for a long time. Once invited, the individual must provide an
+[SSN or
+ITIN](https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxpayer-identification-numbers-tin)
+and consent to this operating agreement in order to become a member of
+Gratipay. Gratipay does not require members to make a capital contribution.
+
+Members may remove themselves from Gratipay for any reason at any time.
+Gratipay may remove a member against their will for any reason at any time, by
+a vote of the remaining membership. Gratipay automatically and immediately
+removes a member (no vote required) if they:
+
+- abstain from seven votes in a row,
+- access a system without permission,
+- spend beyond their allowance, or
+- violate the [code of conduct](../howto/behave-well).
+
+Gratipay may reinvite any individual at any time, but a proposal to reinvite
+someone must clearly indicate the circumstances of any and all previous
+removals.
+
+Members may not sell or transfer their membership.
+
+Gratipay maintains membership records [on
+Gratipay.com](https://gratipay.com/Gratipay/distributing/).
+
+
+## Governance
+
+Gratipay makes decisions in online [channels](../appendices/channels),
+primarily GitHub. Most decisions are by general consent. That is, a member
+announces an intention and waits for an amount of time proportional to the
+importance of the decision. If no-one objects then the matter is decided. If
+another member objects then the members involved work out a consensus. If they
+can't work it out then Gratipay votes.
+
+Gratipay calls votes by general consent. By default, votes are open for 72
+hours and require a majority to pass. The quorum is:
+
+- a majority if there are fewer than seven members,
+- seven if there are at least 14 but fewer than 35 members, and
+- 20% (rounded down) if there are 35 or more members.
+
+Members cast votes using comments and/or reactions on GitHub issues. Any member
+may count the vote and publish their count. Those members who publish a count
+within 24 hours after voting closes decide together on the final count.
+
+The following decisions require a vote with a seven day voting period and a
+majority in favor to pass:
+
+- removing a member against their will,
+- changing [the big picture](./), which includes this document, and
+- accepting outside financing, which includes loans from members.
+
+The following decisions require a vote with a 14-day voting period and at least
+75% in favor to pass:
+
+- adding a member, and
+- selling or dissolving Gratipay.
+
+In the case of a vote to decide whether to call a vote, the period is 24 hours
+and a majority decides it.
+
+Gratipay software is open source. In the case of irreconcilable conflict,
+members in the minority have the option to fork.
+
+Gratipay maintains a record of it decisions in [GitHub
+issues](https://github.com/search?q=user%3Agratipay&type=Issues).
+
+
+## Access
+
+Gratipay restricts access in various ways to its various systems (e.g.: web
+hosting infrastructure, databases, and upstream payment processor dashboards
+and APIs). For each system, Gratipay invites members to have access to the
+system by a vote of 100% of the subset of members who already have access to
+the system. The usual quorum rules apply, scoped to this subset.
+
+Any member with control over access to a subsystem may withdraw access from any
+other member at any time for any reason.
+
+Gratipay maintains a record of each member's access in their [onboarding
+ticket](https://github.com/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues?q=label%3AOnboarding).
+
+
+## Money
+
+Gratipay makes guaranteed payments to its members using a
+“take-what-you-want” (“twyw”) system integrated into
+the Gratipay.com website. Gratipay does not distribute profits apart from
+guaranteed payments.
+
+Gratipay does not accept capital contributions from members. If any member
+wants to let Gratipay use their money, they may loan it to Gratipay on mutually
+agreeable terms.
+
+Gratipay's fiscal year is January 1 through December 31.
+
+Gratipay allocates profits and losses at the end of the year based on the
+amount of money each member otherwise takes in guaranteed payments during the
+year. For example, if there are two members, and during the year one takes
+$150,000 in guaranteed payments and the other $75,000, then if there is $36,000
+in undistributed profit at the end of the year, Gratipay allocates $24,000 to
+the first and $8,000 to the second.
+
+The United States' Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taxes Gratipay as a
+partnership. Each year, between January 1 and March 15, Gratipay files a [Form
+1065](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1065.pdf) with the IRS, and sends a
+[Schedule K-1](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1065sk1.pdf) to each member
+showing their income through Gratipay for the year. Members are responsible for
+paying all taxes on their income through Gratipay, including any quarterly
+taxes. Member income through Gratipay includes both the distributions of
+guaranteed payments that members take for themselves, <i>and</i> the year-end
+profit/loss allocations that stay within Gratipay and are not distributed to
+members. For example, if a member takes $75,000 in guaranteed payments during
+the year, and is allocated $8,000 in profit at the end of the year, then their
+taxable income through Gratipay for the year is $83,000.
+
+Members are entitled to a spending allowance of an equal share of the money in
+Gratipay's primary operating account, computed for each month based on the
+account balance and the number of members at the end of the previous month.
+Members have no allowance in their first month. For example, if at the end of
+April the account balance is $10,000 and the number of members is eight, then
+each member is authorized to spend up to $1,250 in May. Members are entitled to
+a debit card linked to Gratipay's primary operating account.
+
+All expenses are authorized by one or more members, and authorized expenses go
+against each member's monthly allowance. By default, the member who makes the
+payment authorizes the expense. Even when a single member pays an expense,
+multiple members may co-authorize the expense, with the expense counting
+against each member's total monthly allowance in equal proportion by default.
+So, for example, if payment of an invoice for $150 is authorized by three
+members, the remaining monthly allowance for each decreases by $50.
+
+Gratipay maintains financial records [on GitHub](/appendices/finances).