Contract Process

Contracts for OSE apply to paid staff and volunteers.

The following need to be specified with utmost clarity:

• Focused, non-negotiable core work plan - visible to world
• Scope of work - what activities are and are not allowed
• Specific guidelines for communication with other team members and the rest of the world (including brand identity, authority, transparency, triangulation, etc)
• Specific guildelines for purchasing
• Specific guidelines for organizing and holding effective meetings
• Simple and transparent means of documenting work product - visible to world
• Simple and transparent review process - visible to world
• Measurability: measurable, assessable task assignment. Ie - how is the task framed so that assessment is easy and that the assessment can be made by anyone in the world
• Distraction management -
• Compensation terms - private
• Method to handle contract violations, conflict, exit, contract changes