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# Overview

## Requirements

In order to progress to a distributed governance practice there should be

1\) Full transparency of *what* decisions are made and *how* they are made (the decision-making process).

2\) This requires tracking of *who* is involved in the decision-making process and the recording of *what* decisions are made.

3\) This should be fully accessible on an open-source, web based platform. The full content of a distributed governance practice should be easily copied and reproduced elsewhere on a non-proprietary platform.

4\) Ideally there should be web-based user-friendly dashboard, so information can be found *without any specialized knowledge*.