Organizational Design
Goal: Explore how to design a regenerative enterprise ecosystem of made up of autonomous, interdependent business entities () Design Consideration: Pros and Cons of 3 tiered Structure & Ecosystem of Multiple Entities
Organizational Clarification:
Clearly Define Mission, Vision & Purpose for each organization (Purpose, Mission, Vision & Aims) Design collaborative governance processes, protocols, & policies for organizational structure MOU and MOA templates can be useful for creating clarity of baseline agreements - should also exist for what use of space etc - as well as any contracted work* Discuss Pod Initiatives and how that ties in with the business structure of Atlan Business Incubation More to explore on Enterprise Pods within Atlan LLC vs new entities Fixed price contracts: preferred but challenging when scope of work is undefined. Creates shared responsibility between independent contractors and Atlan LLC. Consideration of forming an LLC for running events - will still require insurance - seasonally? - 501c3 fiscal host options * needs decision Step by Step protocol for how to incubate and form new enterprises Example: Nursery / Forest Farm & Garden
List of Legal Entity Structures Being Discussed
LLC - Limited Liability Company
Clarifying details of our insurance policy Update contract for events Land use and development meetings
L3C - example of Sociocratic Constitution - The reasons, Planetary CARE is using an L3C are: a) strong internal clarity that our primary purpose is social good; b) ability to have volunteers and pro bono professionals without risk of violating employee laws; c) ability to structure as a cooperative; d) ability to add a new class for investors; e) internal clarity that we need to earn money while doing our social good efforts. We are currently in a fundraising mode. We chose to issue royalty notes rather than sell equity. While most internet articles I’ve seen suggest the purpose of L3C is to obtain PRI (program related investment) funds, we have not pursued this due to lack of contacts in these areas.
PMA - Private Membership Association () Concerns around Ministry/Church Margo’s opinion is that Non-profit orgnaization should be separate entity from PMA Brings members together for unified purpose Norm suggests possibility the PMA Community events, community agreements, council etc. Weigh liability protection vs. maintenance of separate entities Yaniv thinks PMA goes well with non-profit - or that it goes well with private events or private education associations. Advantage is having agreements about how we would handle conflicts or libality issues via our own private tribunal vs ending up in court. Perhaps a way for money to come into the project via community dues and membership fees Could that money be used in the community untaxed - via work trade agreements and possiblity non-profit ministry. Bank accounts for PMA’s - topic of conversation
Non-Profit
Realities of administrative complexities between organizations Foundation & Trust also to consider - existing Land Trust, CLT and other options Fiscal sponsorship option to consider
Perpetual Purpose Trust
Thresholds
mutual benefits with existing entities Micro-enterprises - tax structure? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Current Atlan Org Structure
We plan to assess and evolve the organizational structure as needed to further align with the Projects development goals.
Pod Circles (Purpose Clarification for all Pods) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Operations Proposals In The Que:
Operations Circle Proposal Project Management Proposal: CODA Org Structure, Purpose, Roles, & Accountabilities Proposal: Nestr
