Communications and Information Systems

The communications systems used by the Telcoin Association, including Discord, Documentation and Forum.

Telcoin Association Documentation

Purpose: In order to drive shared knowledge and understanding related to the Telcoin ecosystem and the mechanisms for participation.

Overview: The documentation section of Telcoin.org provides descriptive analysis related to the attributes and characteristics of the Telcoin ecosystem including the:

The Telcoin Platform: The attributes of the resource system or the technological processes and systems, including Telcoin Network, TELx, and TAN, involved in the creation, storage, production of TEL and a variety of other blockchain goods and services.

Resource Products: The characteristics of the benefits created and extracted from a resource system that can then be consumed or used as an input in production or exchanged for other goods or services, including TEL, liquidity pools, blocks, and a variety of other products.

Actors: The attributes and characteristics involved actors that benefit from and maintain the system, including four types of miners, Stakers, Developers, Liquidity Miners, and Validators, and consumers who use the services generated by the system.

Governance System: The set of prevailing processes or institutions through which the rules shaping the behavior of actors with the Telcoin Platform and between each other are set and revised.

Interactions and Outcomes: The interactions between these social and ecological components of Telcoin along with associated outcomes.

Location: Telcoin.org

Authority: Platform Council may use the TIP process to improve Telcoin.org in any way they deem fit.

Administration: The TAO updates Telcoin.org documentation as a result of decisions made in governance and outcomes that result from interactions with the system over time by involved actors.

Telcoin Forum

Purpose: The Telcoin forum serves as an informal mechanism for members of the Telcoin community to actively and respectfully engage in proposing and evaluating alternative responses to specific policy issues, or contestation, in written format prior to proposal submission. The forum is meant to enable participants to learn more about each other and to develop shared understandings about various shared problems at hand.

Location: (Coming Soon)

Authority: Platform Council may use the TIP process to improve Telcoin.org in any way they deem fit.

Administration: The TAO updates the Telcoin forum as a result of governance decisions, and monitors and enforces breaches of the forum communication rules when necessary by removing forum posts and comments.

Forum Rules:

Follow the appropriate templates for each channel you post.

We hope to make this an inclusive and welcoming forum. Please be respectful, and refrain from malicious behavior while here.

Voluntarily disclosing the personal information related to an individual without their consent is expressly prohibited and will result in sanctions by the Compliance Council, including the removal of the perpetrator.

Proposing anything related to another person or company without their consent is strictly forbidden.

The TAO, as directed by the Compliance Council, will monitor and moderate this server as-needed, and the Platform Council reserves the right to update these rules whenever necessary.

Telcoin Discord

Overview

The Telcoin Discord is the primary mechanism by which Miners, Miner Councils, and other involved actors update, deliberate, contest, and generally communicate and share information related to the Telcoin Platform and its governance system.

Authority: The Platform Council may alter any aspect of the Telcoin Association Discord using the TIP process.

Administration: The Telcoin Autonomous Ops, Ltd (TAO) is responsible for administering the Telcoin Association Discord including assigning admin roles. Miner Councils are responsible for sharing information, enforcing communication rules within their domains of authority.

Link to Discord: (Coming Soon)

Discord Rules:

We hope to make this an inclusive and welcoming server. Please be respectful, and refrain from malicious behavior while here.

Voluntarily disclosing the personal information or property related to an individual or entity without their consent is expressly prohibited and will result in sanctions by the Compliance Council, including the removal of the perpetrator.

Miner Councils are required to either administer community communication channels related to their domain directly or must select administrators using their processes.

The TAO, as directed by the Compliance Council, will monitor and moderate this server as-needed.

The Platform Council possesses the right, using the TIP process, to update these rules at its discretion.

Discord Configuration

Section One: “Start Here”

Name	Channel Type	Purpose	Read Access	Write Access	Admin Rights
Welcome	Drop Down	New member orientation	Open	Admin	TAO, Platform Council
Start Here	Announcement	Introduction to Telcoin and Overview of Channel	Open	Admin	TAO, Platform Council
Introduce Yourself	Text	New member introductions	Open	Open	TAO, Platform Council

Section Two: “Community Discussions”

Name	Channel Type	Purpose	Read Access	Write Access	Admin Rights
Channel Type	Text	General community discussion related to all things Telcoin	Open	Open	TAO, Platform Council
TAN Discussion	Text	Discussions related to the Telcoin Application Network	Open	Open	TAO, TAN Council
TELx Discussion	Text	Discussions related to TELx	Open	Open	TAO, TELx Council
Telcoin Network Discussion	Text	Discussions related to Telcoin Network	Open		TAO

Section Three: “Miner Groups and the Miner Assembly”

Name	Type	Purpose	Read Access	Write Access	Admin
Stakers	Text	Discussions and deliberation amongst stakers related to constitutional choices, council member selection, and all other matters specific to Staker Interests.	Open	Open	TAO, Platform Council
Developers	Text	Discussions and deliberation amongst developers related to constitutional choices, council member selection, and all other matters specific to Developer Interests.	Open	Open	TAO, Platform Council
Liquidity Miners	Text	Discussions and deliberation amongst liquidity miners related to constitutional choices, council member selection, and all other matters specific to Liquidity Miner Interests.	Open	Open	TAO, Platform Council
Validators	Text	Discussions and deliberation amongst validators related to constitutional choices, council member selection, and all other matters specific to Validator Interests.	Open	Open	TAO, Platform Council
Miner Assembly	Text	Discussions and deliberation amongst all Miner Groups related to constitutional choices, council member selection, and all other matters specific to the Miner Assembly and its Interests.	Open	Open	TAO, Platform Council

Section Four: “Miner Council Discussion Channels”

Name	Type	Purpose	Read Access	Write Access	Admin
All Miner Councils	Text	Discussions and deliberation amongst Miner Councils.	Open	All Council Members, TAO	TAO, Platform Council
Platform, Treasury Councils	Text	Discussions and deliberation amongst the Platform and Treasury Councils pertaining to TIP, TELIP improvements and system-wide policies	Open	All Council Members, TAO	TAO, Platform Council
TAN Council	Text	Discussions and deliberation amongst TAN council members pertaining to TAN policies and TANIPs.	Open	All Council Members, TAO	TAO, Platform Council
TELx Council	Text	Discussions and deliberation amongst TELx council members pertaining to TELx policies and TELxIPs.	Open	All Council Members, TAO	TAO, Platform Council
Compliance Council	Text	Discussions and deliberation amongst Compliance council members pertaining to Compliance Council policies and CCIPs.	Open	All Council Members, TAO	TAO, Platform Council

Section Five: “Proposal Discussions”

Name	Type	Purpose	Access Rights	Write Access	Admin Rights
TIP Discussions	Text	TIP discussions.	Open	Open	TAO, Platform Council
TELIP Discussions	Text	TELIP discussions.	Open	Open	TAO, Platform Council, Treasury Council
TANIP Discussions	Text	TANIP discussions.	Open	Open	TAO, TAN Council
TELxIP Discussions	Text	TELxIP discussions.	Open	Open	TAO, TELx Council
CCIP Discussions	Text	CCIP discussions.	Open	Open	TAO, Platform Council
TGIP Discussions	Text	TGIP discussions.	Open	Open	TAO, Platform Council
TRIP Discussions	Text	TRIP discussions.	Open	Open	TAO, Platform Council
Election Discussions	Text	Election discussions.	Open	Open	TAO
Liquid Delegation Discussions	Text	Liquid Delegations discussions.	Open	Open	TAO

Section Six: “Proposal Updates”

Name	Type	Purpose	Access Rights	Write Access	Admin Rights
All Governance Updates	Announcement	Aggregate all updates related to Telcoin governance decisions	Open	TAO	TAO
TIP Updates	Announcement	Telcoin Improvement Process updates	Open	TAO, Platform Council Members	TAO
TELIP Updates	Announcement	TEL Improvement Process updates	Open	TAO, Platform Council, Treaury Council Members	TAO
TANIP Updates	Announcement	TAN Improvement Process updates	Open	TAO, TAN Council Members	TAO
TELxIP Updates	Announcement	TELx Improvement Process updates	Open	TAO, TELx Council Members	TAO
CCIP Updates	Announcement	Compliance Council Improvement Process updates	Open	TAO, Compliance Council Members	TAO
TGIP Updates	Announcement	Telcoin Governance System Improvement Process updates	Open	TAO, All Council Members	TAO
TRIP Updates	Announcement	Telcoin Representative Improvement Process updates	Open	TAO, All Council Members	TAO
Election Updates	Announcement	Election updates	Open	TAO, All Council Members	TAO
Liquid Delegation Updates	Announcement	Liquid Delegations updates	Open	TAO, All Council Members	TAO

Section Seven: “Voice Channels”

Name	Type	Purpose	Access Rights	Write Access	Admin Rights
Recurring Miner Council Meetings	Voice	Channel used by Miner Councils for recurring meetings	Open	All council members, TAO members	TAO, Platform Council Members
Council Member Interviews	Voice	Channel used to interview prospective Council Members	Open	All council members, TAO members	TAO, Platform Council Members
General	Voice	General voice channel open to all community members and topics.	Open	Open	TAO, Platform Council Members