Page 103 - Enabling National Initiatives to Take Democracy Beyond Elections

This means that questions that get to ‘What is fair?’ are often the focus of a project. Applying ‘fairness’ to specific topics requires members of a community to stand behind and justify the decisions they have made to other community members. Think of some public decisions in your community. Some starter questions should be: What trade-offs exist in the decision? Who is the affected community? Make sure you think broadly here. For example, the community impacted by a decision on public housing will include those who are tenants, those who are on a waitlist and the wider community who contribute resources. What makes the decision difficult? We will now step you through your eight main decision points as you create a design. 101