This platform provides community pages for local Critical Mass rides. These pages are a shared resource — not owned, but stewarded. This page explains how that stewardship works.
Claiming a community page
Anyone actively organizing or planning to start a Critical Mass ride can request a community page. The process:
- Submit a claim with your city, a short rationale, and contact info
- A moderator reviews your request
- If approved, your page enters a provisional period (60 days)
- During the provisional period, publish at minimum: a display name, city, ride frequency, and contact method
- Once published, your page becomes active
Anti-squatting protections
Community pages are not permanent reservations. To prevent squatting:
- Provisional claims expire if the page isn't published within 60 days
- Active pages require an annual activity confirmation
- Pages without updates for an extended period may be marked dormant
- Dormant pages become available for reclaiming by new organizers
Maintainers and continuity
Each community page should have at least two maintainers. This ensures the page survives if one person steps away. Maintainers can:
- Edit the community page information
- Update the next ride details
- Invite additional maintainers
- Respond to activity checks
Reclaiming an inactive page
If a community page appears abandoned, a new organizer can submit a reclaim request. The process:
- Submit a reclaim request with your rationale
- Existing maintainers are notified and given 30 days to respond
- If maintainers respond and wish to keep the page, the request is declined
- If no response, a moderator may approve the transfer of stewardship
- All actions are logged for transparency
Disputes
If there is a disagreement about a community page, a moderator will review the situation. The platform does not implement a voting system — disputes are resolved through transparent moderator review guided by this policy.
Reclaim applicants may be asked to provide endorsements from 2–3 local riders to support their request.
Principles
- Local autonomy is respected — the platform doesn't dictate how rides are run
- Pages are stewarded, not owned
- Transparency over bureaucracy
- Continuity matters — rides should outlast any single organizer
- Good faith is assumed until demonstrated otherwise