Hey all, At the Omni Collective's communications working group meeting, we discussed how it is immediately critical to share the skills and knowledge of using communication, collaboration, and coordination tools. Some tools are already in place, such as the Wiki http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/, a simple Calendar http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Calendar, and email lists for logistics https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/omnilogistics and announcements https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/omni-announce It would be most excellent if sudoers could join us in: (a) Sitting down for 1-on-1 walk-throughs on tool usage (b) Creating curriculum, resources, and simplified tutorials for tools (c) Holding workshops or other engagements for skill-sharing (d) Maintaining the wiki http://wiki.omni-oakland.org (e) Joining the communications working group to work on sensitively adopting good tools and practices that are relevant, useful, and keep the overall experience inclusive and empowering for all members of the Omni Oakland Collective. Next meeting is Monday May 19th: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Event:2014/05/19_Communications_Committee_Me… // Matt _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue 13 May 2014 02:29:15 PM PDT, Marina Kukso wrote: this Some things off the top of my head: * Some folks struggle with posting to the wiki, so a workshop on how to use a wiki would be super helpful. * The calendar *is* simple, but you have to actually create the Event URL to populate the calendar [essentially /w/Event:2014/05/13_Name of Event]. * I've been keeping tabs on the info architecture and moving stuff around when needed, but it could certainly be even more intuitive and definitely more graphical. * There have been some complaints about the sheer volume of emails on the omnilogistics mailing list (whilst omni-announce has hardly ever been used). * We could definitely benefit from having a multilingual site if anyone wants to work on translations. More detail can be found in the Comms meeting notes: * from last night: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Event:2014/05/12_Communications_Committee_Me… * from last week: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Event:2014/05/05_Communications_Committee_Me… <3! Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://sudomesh.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." - -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." - -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue 13 May 2014 03:02:34 PM PDT, Marina Kukso wrote: Great point. A lot of these announcements (for instance about the creation of the omni lists) were in sudo's weekly meeting notes, but should have been independent posts in their own right. There was a great deal of concern about publicly announcing the list (which previously had been called omni-delegates) these past few weeks upon discovering that someone familiar with our projects and processes was bidding on the building in competition. Previous to that, communication flows "to the internet" were a source of concern given the owners' previous experiences with other potential buyers over-hyping the project before a deal had been closed. Many folks, especially sudo folks, have called for an end to the perpetuity of fear and have been working hard to increase transparency (for instance, creating the wiki, being thorough note-takers, hosting an open hackathon/unconference) - and last week sudo essentially called for a deadline to keeping things on the DL. That deadline was Friday ('Omni update' posted by yar), and we are now moving forward on signing the lease. A reminder that Omni meetings are open meetings every Thursday starting at 7pm (6:30 for newcomers orientation) in the common space or the public school room if the common space is too noisy. See the calendar for a schedule of upcoming meetings, general and working group-related. Each event listed is a wiki page with that meeting's notes: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Calendar As sudo's relatively new "official" delegate, i'm available as a point person for relaying any questions or feedback about omni-related issues - - and I hereby vow to level up communication from omni --> sudo. I would also be happy to rotate to a new delegate if someone's interested in taking it on. We would need to vote on this at a weekly sudo meeting. Love and solidarity, Jenny