Hey all! As we prepare to open the Omni officially to the public, there's a clear and pressing need to organize around creating a welcoming and inclusive experience for newcomers and visitors to the project. The Welcoming Committee is nascent and ripe for co-constructing! Some of the ideas for activities include: * Scheduling volunteer shifts for the front door: 10am-2pm, 2pm-6pm, and 6pm-10pm * Monthly orientations to onboard committee members to the collectives, people, projects, events, policies etc they should know about to man the front desk. * Creating documentation (in tandem with the Communications WG) that we can hand out to guests - one-sheeters that make it clear and easy to see how you can volunteer and plug into the project. * Weekly potlucks (in tandem w/ Food Not Bombs Sunday leftovers). * Coordinating and assisting with Omni-wide events to bring in new folks from a diverse array of communities (eg; monthly neighborhood assemblies). The first official meeting will take place *Thursday, December 11th at 6pm in La Commune <https://omnicommons.org/calendar/events/welcoming-committee/>, *but you can join the conversation now by subscribing to the mailing list at https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/welcoming or by adding ideas to our wiki page: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Welcoming_Committee or by chatting directly with me or David Brazil! <3 Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.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 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`