Who decides, and how.
Coderic Foundation governance is not classic corporate hierarchy: it is direct democracy for operational matters, with foundational matters reserved to petra clauses. Coderic S.A. and Coderic SAS provide the formal corporate structure in Venezuela and Colombia.
Coderic Foundation
Coderic Foundation is the institutional nonprofit organization that governs the community, project incubation, and the coderic.org, coderic.dev, coderic.net, and io.coderic.net portals. Commercialization of products and services is carried out through Coderic SAS and Coderic S.A.
Corporate Structure
Coderic S.A. — Venezuela
Founded September 30, 2004 · Valencia
The founding legal entity, incorporated as a Sociedad Anónima. Founding partner of the Corporation and institutional anchor of the Company in Venezuela.
Coderic SAS — Colombia
Founded December 7, 2022 · LATAM Expansion
Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada extending regional legal presence. Founding partner of the Corporation; sustains the institutional organization through periodic contributions.
How Decisions Are Made
General Assembly
The highest decision-making body. All active members have equal voting rights on operational and institutional reform matters.
Team Autonomy
Work committees have autonomy within their technical domains. Infrastructure, security, community, and development teams coordinate horizontally.
Transparency
All relevant institutional information is available to members: decisions, financials, and technical documentation are documented and accessible.
"The philosophy of Coderic serves as a foundation to develop and perpetuate a socially sensitive, service-oriented, people-centered organization, inspired by the philosophy of integral quality."
Three Decision Levels
Direct democracy and supreme assembly for operations; foundational matters reserved so the community cannot liquidate the work.
Day-to-day management
Operating budget, admissions, routine decisions.
Voto
Simple majority of attendees with voting rights.
Institutional reform
Non-petra reforms, strategic alliances, internal regulations.
Voto
Two-thirds of attendees and at least 50% of active associates.
Foundational matters
Petra clauses, dissolution, legal nature, principles, and patrimony.
Voto
80% quorum, unanimity of those present, and founding partner condition on reserved matters.
Petra Clauses
The foundational is protected. These matters cannot be changed by simple majority or distributed as commercial assets.
Foundational Principles
For the founding philosophical document, see The Masterpiece.