Joshua Poddoku
Public policy and governanceOrganizations and communities7 years, pre-seed to Series A

Building thingsthe humane way.

Contribution policies and frameworks for organizations and communities.

Joshua Poddoku in a navy sweater and glasses, writing on a tablet with a stylus
How it works

Write down how your team works.

A contribution policy
Written rules for how people contribute: who can, how work is reviewed and credited, and where AI fits.
Governance review
Four weeks looking at how decisions and contributions really work, and what to fix first.

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Writing

  1. Two types of opportunity
  2. Protect your human agency at all costs. We need to take care of AI stewardship (now SI), as we need to govern it as a resource rather than a tool.
  3. I want to share about enabling more human-led, ai assisted approach which respects both the entities with guardrails, boundaries, guidelines and this results in community-led evangelism and governance instead of overwhelming maintainers or shifting the blame towards AI
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Current projects

HuyoWorld
The lab I run, on three principles: humane, governance first and local first. It’s starting to give grants and incubate projects. One of its projects is Clansurf, which helps people help each other with technology they already own.

Notes on governance

Every week or two, a short note on how organizations and communities handle contributions, and what I’d do about it. You can unsubscribe from any email.