Working Groups

Working Group Protocols

[ NOTE: For help creating correct wiki pages and adding events to the calendar, contact Jenny [jenny at sudomesh dot org] or Matt [mattsenate at gmail dot com] )

Start a Working Group

• Create Working Group wiki page and link to it here: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Working_Groups
  • Articulate "mission" or purpose, goals, and any tasks you already know.
• Schedule regular meetings and add them to the Calendar: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Calendar
• Announce upcoming meetings on the omni-announce list at least 24 hours prior to meeting: omni-announce@lists.riseup.net

Hold Working Group Meetings

• Before the meeting begins, designate a facilitator and a scribe to take notes
• Conclude the meeting with Outcomes or Action Items and schedule next meeting
• Post meeting notes to the wiki on the Event page (making it discoverable through the calendar)

Join a Working Group

• Check the Calendar and attend the next meeting of the working group.
• Directly contact the individual(s) bottom-lining the group.
• Show up to a meeting, or use the communication channel specified for that group to stay in touch.

Make Progress in a Working Group

• Set goals to aspire to the group's "mission" or purpose.
• If necessary, outline tasks to complete in order to reach set goals.
• Accomplish any tasks that contribute to the working group's goals.
• When a working group's goals require feedback, formal approval, or simply consent from the Omni Collective, create a proposal:
  • Present this proposal to the Omni Collective delegates meeting to ensure each member-group can build consent in their respective community as necessary.
• When a working group has several divergent options or ideas and cannot come to resolution on them alone, then make create proposals that represent these options, then present these in some way to the whole collective
  • Present proposals at an Omni Collective meeting for feedback
  • Ask for feedback on the omnilogistics@lists.riseup.net email list
  • Ask for feedback from other working groups, member-groups, or individuals that are not involved with your working group.

Working Groups

Communications

Work on public-facing communications (messaging, outreach, press and public relations) as well as internal communications (inter-group collaboration tools, wiki, mailing list and other tools for communication and collaboration)

• Bottom-liner: Joel and Jenny

Meeting Notes

• Tuesday, April 29th at 7pm @ The Speakeasy

Challenging Dominant Culture

Exploring bias and issues of diversity and inclusion in the space. Challenging dominant cultural influences and developing projects and relationships more in line with values of social justice, safe space, radical commoning, and anticapitalism.

• Bottom-liner: Margit

Meeting Notes

• Monday, April 28th @ 3:30pm @ Black Spring Coffee
• Next Meeting Monday March 12 12, 3:30 - 5pm
  • For the address, contact Kazoo directly: lovekazoo [at] gmail [dot] com

Legal / Governance

Coordinating logistics around legal consultations, permitting, and finance/budget, as well as helping to coordinate concrete proposals around governance and guidelines for group members in the space.

• Bottom-liners: Andrew and David K

Outstanding resource: Step-by-Step Guide for Starting a California Nonprofit

Space Ops

Focusing on allocation and governance of space in the building, bringing ideas for space usage to concrete proposals and cultivating a team of "Space Stewards" for maintaining the space.

• Bottom-liner: Ahnon