Community decisions

From Girona Buddies

Girona Buddies is a democracy. Anyone can suggest a change by making a poll, and anyone can vote in the polls.

Voting rules

Polls can be made in the Community decisions subgroup or the General chat. Whatever the outcome, Girona Buddies will follow it.

  • Minimum turnout: 1
  • Winning result: The option with the most votes
  • Voting period: 24 hours (may be announced earlier if the result is already clear)
  • Tie: The vote fails

Anyone can propose changes to these rules, but changes must also be approved by vote.

Community admins may intervene in a poll or overturn a decision if it is clearly unsafe or harmful to the community.

Community decisions about how Girona Buddies is run[edit]

Date Person Decision Options and results
24 Feb 2025 Paul From now on, major decisions about Girona Buddies will be made by a vote in this subgroup, rather than just by me (Paul)
  • Yes! Democracy 🙂 — 6 votes
  • No, just let Paul do what he wants — 1 vote
24 Feb 2025 Paul Change the name of the community from ‘Girona Buddies’ to ‘Girona Buddies 😊☕️🧗🚴🎸– Make new friends and meet new people!’
  • Sure! — 4 votes
  • Keep current name — 1 vote
23 Jun 2025 Paul Remove subgroups if there’s no activity for 6 months?
  • Ok 👍 — 11 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
23 Jun 2025 Paul Change the logo to reflect special events, like adding sunglasses during the summer?
  • Yes 👍 — 9 votes
  • No ❌ — 1 vote
17 Feb 2026 Laura Ramirez Require a minimum number of interested people to create a subgroup?
  • Yes, minimum of 3 — 2 votes
  • Yes, minimum of 5 — 5 votes
  • Yes, minimum of 10 — 10 votes
  • No — 3 votes
  • Yes, but other number — 2 votes

Community decisions about community admins[edit]

Date Person Decision Options and results
9 Apr 2025 Paul Make Laura Ramirez a community admin?
  • Ok ✅ — 10 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
  • I don’t know 🤷‍♂️ — 0 votes
9 Apr 2025 Paul Make Tessa a community admin?
  • Ok ✅ — 11 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
  • I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ — 0 votes
24 Aug 2025 Paul Make Alex a community admin?
  • Ok ✅ — 11 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
27 Sep 2025 Paul Make Keyt a community admin?
  • Ok ✅ — 11 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
  • I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ — 1 vote
27 Sep 2025 Paul Make Carme Casadevall a community admin?
  • Ok ✅ — 6 votes
  • No ❌ — 3 votes
  • I don’t know 🤷 — 2 votes
23 Dec 2025 Paul Make Paolo a community admin?
  • Yes ✅ — 15 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
  • I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ — 0 votes
26 Jan 2026 Paul Make Laura Hamilton a community admin?
  • Yes ✅ — 15 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes

Community decisions about people[edit]

Date Person Decision Options and results
27 Apr 2025 Paul Remove +34 643 46 61 07 for harassment?
  • Ok ✅ — 11 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
  • I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ — 0 votes
27 Apr 2025 Paul Post an announcement in the Community Announcements explaining why the person was removed?
  • Ok ✅ — 10 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
3 Jul 2025 Paul Remove +44 7733 772236?
  • Ok ✅ — 9 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
6 Dec 2025 Paul Remove Ludwika from Girona Buddies?
  • Ok ✅ — 9 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes


Community decisions about subgroups[edit]

Date Person Decision Options and results
29 Jan 2025 Paul Merge 🎉 Festivities and 🎤 Live Music into one group called ✨ Events
  • Ok ✅ — 3 votes
  • No way ❌ — 0 votes
7 Feb 2025 Paul Rename “Personal finance chat” to “Advice hub”
  • Ok ✅ — 0 votes
  • No way ❌ — 1 vote
25 Feb 2025 Paul Create a new big subgroup called *Meet-ups & Events* and rename Main Chat to *General Chat*?
  • Yes 😁 — 5 votes
  • No 😩 — 0 votes
28 Feb 2025 Paul Remove the football subgroup? ⚽️
  • Ok — 7 votes
  • No 😭 — 0 votes
2 Mar 2025 Laura Ramirez Create a crafts group?
  • Yes — 4 votes
  • No — 0 votes
4 Mar 2025 Paul Remove the coworking subgroup?
  • Yes 👍 — 9 votes
  • No 😭 — 0 votes
7 Mar 2025 Paul (on behalf of Bea) Bring back the Photography subgroup? 📸
  • Ok 👍 — 4 votes
  • No 👎 — 0 votes
17 Mar 2025 Paul (on behalf of Special Ed) Create a Wordle subgroup?
  • Yes ✅ — 5 votes
  • No ❌ — 1 vote
20 Mar 2025 Sofia Sem (on behalf of Timi) Create a “Mental health and support” subgroup?
  • Yes — 10 votes
  • No — 0 votes
22 Mar 2025 Paul (on behalf of Alejandro) Create a fishing subgroup?
  • Ok ✅ — 1 vote
  • No ❌ — 4 votes
24 Mar 2025 Paul (on behalf of Xavi) Create a 20s & 30s subgroup?
  • Ok ✅ — 10 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
2 Apr 2025 Paul Keep the Welcome Newcomers subgroup?
  • Keep it ✅ — 0 votes
  • Remove it ❌ — 8 votes
  • I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ — 2 votes
10 Apr 2025 Paul Create a subgroup for people helping to build guidetogirona.com
  • Yes ✅ — 5 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
30 Apr 2025 Paul (on behalf of Anna) Make a hidden subgroup for musicians to share songs in progress?
  • Ok ✅ — 8 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
  • I don’t know 🤷‍♂️🙃 — 0 votes
6 May 2025 Paul Create a subgroup for people who live on the Costa Brava?
  • Ok ✅ — 8 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
  • Don’t know 🤔 — 1 vote
31 May 2025 Laura Ramirez (on behalf of Melanie Jean Sundown) Create a subgroup for plants, gardening, and seed exchange?
  • Yes — 3 votes
  • No — 0 votes
  • I don’t know — 0 votes
23 Jun 2025 Paul (but Elinor's idea) Create a subgroup for political discussions?
  • Ok 👍 — 11 votes
  • No ❌ — 1 vote
23 Jun 2025 Paul Create a subgroup just for posting memes?
  • Ok 👍 — 1 vote
  • No ❌ — 6 votes
23 Jun 2025 Paul Create a subgroup about Girona’s bin system?
  • Ok ✅ — 8 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
30 Jun 2025 Paul (on behalf of [redacted for anonymity]) Create a subgroup for single parents?
  • Ok ✅ — 14 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
  • Don’t know 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️ — 0 votes
1 Jul 2025 Paul (on behalf of Aina) Create a reading/books subgroup? 📕
  • Ok ✅ — 12 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
2 Jul 2025 Paul Rename the Padel subgroup to “Sport”?
  • Ok ✅ — 12 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
21 Jul 2025 Paul (on behalf of Susanna Longo) Create an Italian language subgroup? 🇮🇹
  • Ok 👍 — 8 votes
  • No 👎 — 0 votes
23 Jul 2025 Paul (on behalf of Carme Casadevall) Create a subgroup called “Pet Lovers in Girona” (for all pets) while keeping the existing Dogs subgroup?
  • Ok ✅ — 4 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
11 Aug 2025 Paul (on behalf of Alex) Create a subgroup for freelancers in Girona?
  • Ok ✅ — 10 votes
  • No ❌ — 1 vote
  • Don’t know 🤷 — 0 votes
18 Aug 2025 Laura Ramirez (on behalf of Sergio) Create a bird-watching subgroup?
  • Yes — 12 votes
  • No — 0 votes
  • Not sure — 0 votes
21 Aug 2025 Mun Bau Create a “Calisthenics & Body Strength Training” subgroup?
  • Yes — 3 votes
  • No — 0 votes
23 Aug 2025 Paul (on behalf on Lluís) Bring back the Football subgroup?
  • Ok ✅ — 7 votes
  • No ❌ — 4 votes
27 Sep 2025 Paul (on behalf of Jordi M) Create a Science and Technology subgroup? 🔬
  • Ok ✅ — 11 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
  • I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ — 0 votes
27 Sep 2025 Paul (on behalf of Maura) Create a Dutch language subgroup? 🇳🇱
  • Yes ✅ — 8 votes
  • No ❌ — 0 votes
  • I don’t know 🤷‍♂️ — 0 votes
19 Oct 2025 Laura (Admin of Travel Group) Merge the cultural and travel subgroups, or keep them separate?
  • Keep both subgroups separate — 0 votes
  • Merge both subgroups — 11 votes
  • No — 2 votes
22 Oct 2025 Carme Casadevall Create a subgroup only for women?
  • Yes — 4 votes
  • No — 1 vote
  • Why? — 4 votes
10 Nov 2025 Paul Create a temporary Christmas subgroup (to be removed after Christmas) 🎄🎅🏻
  • Ok ✅ — 10 votes
  • No ❌ — 1 vote
22 Nov 2025 Paul (on behalf of Marc) Create a philosophy subgroup?
  • Yes ✅ — 10 votes
  • No ❌ — 1 vote
24 Nov 2025 Laura Create a temporary subgroup to organise an Iceland trip in 2026?
  • Sure — 6 votes
  • No — 0 votes
26 Jan 2026 Paul Make a carshare/transport subgroup? 🚗
  • Ok ✅ — 15 votes
  • No ❌ — 2 votes
2 Feb 2026 Paul (on behalf of Ariel W) Make a subgroup for gaming and geek stuff?
  • Make it so ✅ — 18 votes
  • Permission denied ❌ — 1 vote
5 Feb 2026 Paul (on behalf of B.) Create a subgroup for neurodivergent women/girls?
  • Ok ✅ — 7 votes
  • No ❌ — 1 vote
11 Feb 2026 Paul (on behalf of marcnoe) Allow the chess group? ♟️
  • Yes ✅ — 10 votes
  • No ❌ — 2 votes
11 Feb 2026 Paul (on behalf of Mar Cristina) Allow the horse subgroup? 🐴
  • Ok ✅ — 4 votes
  • Neigh ❌ — 10 votes
16 Feb 2026 Laura Ramirez (on behalf of Narcis) Create an Euskera subgroup?
  • Yes — 7 votes
  • No — 3 votes

Other decisions[edit]

Date Person Decision Options and results
27 Jun 2025 Paul Let Paul post one post per month to the Girona Buddies Instagram about the Girona bin system, in a neutral way (e.g. interviews with residents, Girona Buddies clean-ups, or informative clips about the bins)?
  • Ok ✅ (8 votes)
  • No, don’t post anything else to Instagram about the bin issue ❌ (10 votes)
27 Sep 2025 ML Parnell Replace ML with Jess as admin for the World group?
  • Yes — 11 votes
  • No — 0 votes
4 Nov 2025 Melanie Jean Sundown Create and open an artistic space for Christmas?
  • Yes — 10 votes
  • No — 0 votes
  • Other — 0 votes
12 Feb 2026 Elchin Aslanli Add an “Abstain” option to polls?
  • Yes — Add Abstain ✅ — 10 votes
  • No — Keep Yes/No only ❌ — 11 votes

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