CGOV.16:4.2 - Recover the positive encompassing connection

Ask which larger action is being performed through the chosen action now, how the action contributes to it and which conditions make that contribution usable.

For a vote, adding eligible votes can perform part of determining the outcome under a decision rule; that determination can participate in the corporate act. For deliberation, explaining a condition can perform part of presenting a usable alternative; comparing the alternatives can perform part of the collective judgement. State these intervening connections rather than jumping from “calculation” to “good governance”.

Follow another encompassing connection only when it changes this action, its learning or its use. One action may serve more than one whole. Preserve their different conditions and do not impose a fixed number of levels.

Distinguish the same occurrence enacting several methods, an identifiable performed suboccurrence, and a separate enabling or prior contribution. Earlier appointment can establish a director’s standing; obtaining that appointment is not thereby part of every later vote. A later successful project is a consequence, not automatically the work currently enacted by a ballot count.