August 10, 2014: Online Work Bee

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== Agenda == * What is this meeting? * Check in * Review WWWs * Weekly event logistics * Write up more Roles ** 2015 Kindred Lead Convener ** Festival King/Queen ** Scripture Writer ** Web Maintenance ** Outreach Coordinator ** Practices Documenter (we didn't get to this) * Evaluation == What is this meeting? == * Brandon has one governance proposal * Ben has a few more roles ** Brandon thinks we should write them up in a work-bee-style meeting * Brandon doesn’t feel like things are set up great for a tactical meeting Mix between tactical meeting and work bee (traditional business meeting) == Check-in == * Ben … grateful that he gets to see Guardians of the Galaxy with my friend Lion tonight, even though it means he’ll probably get less sleep than he’d like. * Brandon … grateful for his pristine office … it’s a very nice space to work in == WWWs from last time == * Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing * Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * <s>Ben … actually keep track of newsletter signups … by next call</s> * <s>Ben … suggest a process for answering "what would we need to determine whether this is the right way forward or not (e.g., if we have 10 or 50 members)?" and write something up … by next call</s> * Eric ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing * Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Eric … collect info on Sol 2014 spending and update SolSeed spreadsheet … by next call * Eric … finish next mailchimp orientation email * Eric ... add the active member role and define what it means * Patrick … read [[6th Season]] and come back ready to approve or suggest modifications … by next call * <s>Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing</s> * <s>Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing</s> * <s>Brandon … revise topical community protocol … by next call</s> * Brandon … get metrics together so we can do Holacracy tactical meeting … by next call * <s>Brandon … bring Sanders' financial information up to date through July</s> * <s>Brandon … Writeup how holacracy wants us to tweak our work style (including governance, tactical, and work bees)</s> * Brandon … get metric numbers together for last week so that we understand what the number looks like * Brandon … start a dashboard for us to collect and visualize our metrics on * Brandon … kindred 2015 proposal * Brandon … write up the Kindred 2015 lead convener role Actions were assigned via GlassFrog and sent to us in emails. == WWWs == * Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing * Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Ben … write up Facebook post about artist in Portland who is collaborating with reef building organisms to create art … by Thursday * Ben … make more progress on graphics for the next music video … by Sunday * Eric ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing * Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing * Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Brandon … create a Doodle to reschedule the Sunday work bees … by Thursday * Brandon … get metric numbers together for last week so that we understand what the number looks like * Brandon … start a dashboard for us to collect and visualize our metrics on * Brandon … kindred 2015 proposal * Brandon … schedule a governance meeting to encompass the new proposals. * Brandon … write a “stewards circle outside of glassfrog” policy proposal == Weekly Events Logistics == Weekend :Service rotation: Eric, Shelley, Brandon, Ben * August 16 Service: 9 AM PDT, 12:00 EDT (Eric) * August 17 Work-Bee: 13:30 PDT, 16:30 EDT? ** Michelle wants us to change this because it goes over dinner ** Sanders have a soccer game from 1-4 PM Midweek * August 14 Work-Bee: 6:30 PM PDT, 21:30 EDT == Writing up Roles == === 2015 Kindred Lead Convener === Purpose: Ensure that all Kindred 2015 logistics are cared for so that the event is a blessing (not a burden) for all who attend. Domains: * [[Kindred 2015 Invitation]] … includes venue and schedule * [[Kindred 2015 Guest List]] * [[Kindred 2015 Orientation Packet]] Accountabilities: * Submitting a plan (including budget) for consideration by the contributing members * Working the plan (if approved) ** Convening the co-conveners to write the invitation and make collective decisions as necessary ** Contacting event attendees to ensure they have what they need to travel to the event and participate ** Reserving the venue === Festivals King/Queen === Purpose: Manage logistics to ensure all our major in-person parties and camping events on the four major holidays are awesome! Domains: * Financial resources allocated to the four major holidays by the Lead Link * Planning documents for the four major holidays including venues, transportation, supplies, and agendas Accountabilities: * Determining what resources each event needs to be successful * Proposing venues and agenda items for events * Assembling lists of specific things to buy * Purchasing supplies or assigning others to do so * Contacting venues to make reservations * Providing any necessary assistance for each participant to travel to the event * Gauging the mood and needs of participants at the event and adjusting plans as needed === Open Space Convener === Purpose: coordinate Open Space events, including those that coincide with festivals. Domains: * Invitations * Guest lists * Facilities * Facilitation Process Accountabilities: * Convening the co-conveners to write the invitation * Booking the venue * Coordinating the guest list and ensuring that there is capacity for all who are attending * Enlisting facilitation as needed * Coordinating with the Festival King/Queen when coincident with festivals (invitation, venue, schedule, etc.) === Scripture Writer === Purpose: Maintain and expand the SolSeed body of religious texts. Domains: * The SolSeed Creed * Text of the rituals for the Liturgical Seasons * The SolSeed Book of Days * SolSeed: The Book of Life Accountabilities: * Writing and revising content for the SolSeed scriptures * Motivating others to write content, particularly for SolSeed: The Book of Life * Discussing possibly-controversial content with the Stewards to ensure it matches our joint understanding of what SolSeed is about === Web Maintenance Guy/Gal === Purpose: Keep the SolSeed web presence online and fully functional. Domains: * SolSeed-owned domain names * Web hosting for solseed.org * The SolSeed Meetup accounts * Internet ad campaigns Accountabilities: * Paying for domain names and web hosting * Troubleshooting any technical problems that arise with solseed.org, e.g. spam on the wiki and page-loading delays * Paying for the Meetup accounts * Setting up and maintaining Internet ad campaigns === Outreach Coordinator === Purpose: keep track of and optimize our collective topical communities, advertising, and other outreach efforts. Domains: * Topical community protocols * Drip emails * The SolSeed Facebook page * SolSeed Meetup event pages * Internet ad campaigns Accountabilities: * Verifying that everyone is following their topical community protocols, and removing barriers to doing so * Assigning people to create drip emails * Maintaining the MailChimp system for sending drip emails * Posting to the SolSeed Facebook page and motivating others to do so * Posting upcoming events to the SolSeed Meetups * Assembling content for Internet ad campaigns * Tracking success metrics for Internet ad campaigns == Closing Round == * Brandon … I love actually doing the work in these calls … +1 for work bees * Ben … I’m ambivalent ... it’s obviously a good way to motivate us, working while on a call and expecting each other to be working, but it feels like we could be doing this on our own … I do like the moments when we look at each other’s work and make a few suggestions … it’s like we’re creating a virtual office space instead of a virtual meeting, which is a bit weird