Across BenBiz
Website, app, shared operations and general principles.
Who is eligible
Verified, active member accounts, including Explorer Members.
The ground for participation and voting in BenBiz
From our voices
to a shared direction.
Joining a community also means helping shape how it lives. Shared Decisions is a place to voice a need, listen to one another, decide together and stay involved in what happens next.
Living account 0.1 · 10 September 2026 · Open to everyone
Shared ground for a living community
Seeing that your voice leads somewhere.
Being present and being able to influence a place are different experiences. People become part of a community when they can name a difficulty, see their proposal heard and recognise their part in a shared decision.
Voting is part of BenBiz’s central participation path, connecting views, responsibility and shared memory. Objections belong here too: asking what is unclear and proposing a better way strengthens the work of living together.
The journey of a proposal
It can begin with one small sentence.
“I cannot get there at this time.” “This page is hard to understand.” “I could share our space.” Sometimes that is all a shared decision needs to begin.
- 01
Make the need visible
Describe what could work better, why it matters and who is affected. You can begin by gathering views even before you have a solution.
- 02
Clarify it together
Add a question, support, concern or suggestion to the same record. Discuss alternatives and turn the final text into one clear proposal. Edits leave a trail.
- 03
Cast an informed vote
The text, electorate, rule and deadline are fixed when voting opens. Vote yes, no or abstain. You may change your own vote until the deadline.
- 04
See the result together
Participation and vote counts are evaluated against the rule. Accepted, not approved, no common decision and insufficient participation remain distinct outcomes.
- 05
Turn the decision into shared work
An accepted decision creates a task. Responsibility is taken voluntarily, with the plan, target time, progress and completion evidence followed together.
- 06
Bring the learning back
Confirmation and obstacles remain in the record. A new proposal can link to an earlier decision. Shareable lessons can then be edited into the Reading Area to guide the next step.
The right topic, the relevant people
Every decision has a scope.
Who a topic concerns is clear from the start. General topics are open to the community; private circle and group topics are shared with the relevant people.
Within a circle
That circle’s work, resources, venue and working arrangements.
Who is eligible
Active members of the relevant circle.
Within a learning group
Suggestions about the group’s schedule, access and organisation.
Who is eligible
Accounts for placed / completed participants and group staff who accepted their invitation.
Categories include the website and app, education and organisation, venues and resources, tasks and responsibility, shared principles and voting rules. A decision does not automatically bind members of another circle.
Our starting rule
Two separate questions. Two thresholds.
First: did enough people participate? Then: is there enough support among those who voted? Meeting one condition does not replace the other.
Participation
At least 60% of eligible people must vote. Yes, no and abstentions all count as participation.
At least 6 votes in an electorate of 10.Approval
At least 60% of all cast votes must be yes. Abstentions remain in that total; they are not yes votes.
If 6 votes were cast, at least 4 must be yes.Abstaining and not voting are different.
An abstention says: “I am participating, but I am voting neither yes nor no on this text.” Not voting does not count toward participation. With sufficient participation, 60% no votes means “Not approved”; neither side reaching 60% means “No common decision”.
There is time to think.
- 48
- hours for discussion
- 24
- hours with the final text visible
- 72
- hours for voting
- +48
- hours, one extension if participation is low
The discussion and final-text waiting periods may overlap. Editing restarts the 24-hour final-text wait. The applicable deadlines are recorded when voting opens.
Three concrete journeys
What does this look like in everyday life?
The people, numbers and decisions below are illustrative. They are not real applications, vote results or completed work.
Explore the rule yourself
What changes when one vote changes?
Choose an example or change the numbers. See why participation and approval are separate questions.
Teaching example · Creates no real vote or record
Change the numbers to compare. Yes, no and abstentions together cannot exceed the eligible people.
If these were the final countsAccepted
Participation6 / 10 · 60%
At least 6 people needed; 0 more required.
Approval4 / 6 · 66.7%
At this turnout, at least 4 yes votes are needed.
Both thresholds are met. The decision can move to implementation tracking.
This example uses 60% / 60%. Displayed percentages are rounded; the decision uses whole-number comparisons. A live ballot uses the rule recorded when it opened.
Still together after the vote
“Accepted” is a beginning.
An accepted decision is linked to a visible task. A vote does not assign an unsuspecting person to do the work. Someone takes responsibility, shares the plan and progress, and makes obstacles visible.
Completion includes an explanation or link showing what happened, followed by confirmation from the relevant coordination. Waiting, work in progress and obstacles remain visible beside the decision.
Follow decisions and their next steps in the app ↗Records inform shared memory; shared memory informs the next step.
A proposal, the views it gathers, text changes, the outcome and implementation are parts of one story. When shareable lessons are edited into the Reading Area, others need not start from zero. This transfer is editorial work; private conversations and personal information are not published automatically.
Rules that can evolve, a history that stays
We can improve the method together.
60% participation and 60% approval are our starting criteria. Someone proposing different ratios can use the “Voting rules” category and explain why. The existing rule evaluates that proposal; an accepted change applies to later ballots. Rules do not change retroactively for an open ballot.
This area prepares a participation and record-keeping foundation for the future DAO model. Today it operates through member accounts, discussion, voting and task records; there is no on-chain or token-weighted voting.
Questions you may still have
Useful things to know before joining in.
Do I have a voice before joining a circle?
Yes. With a verified, active Explorer Member account, you can propose and discuss general topics and vote when included in the opening electorate. Private circle and group topics require the relevant membership. Reading this guide requires no account.
Who opens voting, and does a coordinator have a stronger vote?
A coordinator who can verify the complete member list currently opens general ballots. In circles and learning groups, an eligible proposal author or relevant coordinator can open them once the time conditions are met. Each member account has one vote; coordination, money and scores add no votes. Counts determine the result.
What if a new idea arrives during voting?
People can still comment, but the text being voted on cannot change. For a substantial revision, an authorised person can close the record with a reason and open a linked proposal. The old text and history remain; the new proposal needs its own votes.
Can other people see my vote?
You can see your own choice. Other members’ individual choices are not shared in the interface; yes, no and abstention totals appear at closure. Comments are visible to people with access to that record. This is not a claim of cryptographic anonymity from all administrators.
What happens if membership or the group changes?
Each ballot’s electorate is fixed at opening. Joining later does not add a vote to an earlier ballot. A person on the opening list retains access and voting rights for that record. A new ballot uses the then-eligible list. Two children linked to one guardian account do not create two votes.
Does low participation block the process indefinitely?
If participation is insufficient at the first voting deadline, there is one 48-hour extension. If it is still insufficient, the record closes as “Participation too low”. Silence is not consent; a new discussion or clearer proposal can follow.
Where are notifications, and when will I see the result?
Follow the bell, Today area and the relevant record in the app. Follow a topic to receive updates on views. This version has no phone push or email notifications. The server enforces deadlines; the outcome is calculated on the next authenticated app refresh. An open page refreshes about once a minute.
Must every question go to a vote?
No. “Görüş topla” gathers questions and views first. When a decision is needed, use “Karar öner” to prepare a clear text. Current decision ballots offer yes, no and abstain. Ranked choices and delegated votes are not part of this version.
This account describes Ortak Karar 0.1 published on 10 September 2026. The module passed 44 simulation, component and existing-flow checks. End-to-end trials with real users have not yet taken place. Earlier consultation records keep their own rules; these starting ratios do not apply retroactively.
A shared direction carries the imprint of those who take part
What would you like to work better here?
You do not need a finished solution. Begin with a question, a small correction or a responsibility you can carry.