Self-governance

Self-governance refers to any methods that allow a group entity to govern itself without interference from some outside or pre-existing or funding group, e.g. Bomis, or large public wiki users in many languages who wish not to be subject to a vile mailing list debating in only one language.

Democracy is another word for self-governance but one usually used in large scales such as whole nations.

Consumerium Governance Organization exists to facilitate self-governance by users of Consumerium Services. It does not exist to make policy decisions, but rather to provide mechanisms by which policy decisions are made more smoothly, e.g. by representatives of factions that simplify debate and discourse among members.