How to transform autocracy to democracy: Decide how to decide and stick with it

One of the most dysfunctional approaches to campaign success is revisiting basic functional decisions again and again, relitigating tired arguments for one method or another, so that membership gets confused, stays confused, and becomes increasingly alienated and begins to drop out. 

Make this decision about decision-making early on, stick with it, and do not entertain amendments or revisions to it for quite some time.

Of course, this means the relatively small group of original organizers should be quite deliberate and consensus-driven (even if consensus is not the final choice of making decisions as the campaign grows). Deciding without such deliberations can result in a capricious decision that leads to internal strife and movement stagnation.

Deliberate, employ curiosity about alternatives, visualize ranges of presenting problems, barriers both necessary and unnecessary, and outcomes that propel or inhibit your campaign. Once serious consideration has been given to all suggested modes, choose on and commit. That will save grief and time and keep the focus where it belongs: solutionary tracks.