Loomio
Tue 15 Nov 2016 6:34PM

Building a Cohesive Group & Inclusive Culture

JG john gieryn Public Seen by 453

Hi Beautiful Humans of #WeAreTwitter!

I think this group could really grow some legs, but it's going to take work. Two reasons for my optimism: 1) The strategizing session at the #PlatformCoop conference last weekend, & 2) @BonnieOWong's recent proposal to organize from the bottom-up and organize those Twitter-users feeling even less safe than before post-Trump election.

If we're not just blowing steam on one mad rush to buy twitter, I believe it critical that we turn a critical and thorough eye to group culture and formation. Bonnie also mentioned some group formation strategies that you'll also see quoted below; and I'm going to start off with a proposal asking people's relative commitment levels. I think it may also be prudent that we go through the (always amusingly challenging) decision-making process of choosing a name collectively.

Some strategy points I want to amplify from Bonnie:
> - I would intentionally and actively seek out/recruit people who have a better idea of sub-communities within Twitter, like black people, women, people from the LGBTQ community, aboriginal communities and others that I've missed
>- I would find someone to lead a group that specifically addresses the hate issues on Twitter
>- I would recruit people to lead the conversations on functional areas, such as campaigns/community management, M&A/capital raising, a team specifically to engage with current Twitter leadership, a team specifically to engage with major Twitter shareholders, a team specifically to engage with Twitter staff, a team just focused on revenue generation.
>- For each of these teams have at least two co-leaders, hopefully with shared vision, but enough differences in perspectives to ensure bases are covered
>- I would establish a means of communication - a weekly debrief and way of distributing actions
>- Goals would be set collectively - small and achievable so that each week we could experience progress


in case it helps for people to assess commitment, here are

Current #WeAreTwitter Initiatives

1) couple folks are working on Livestream Panel initiative e.g. @maira & @carbonpenguin [coordinating loomio-thread]

2) forming a Platform Acquisition Co-op sub-group to look more primarily at the goal of forming an institution by which to purchase Twitter or another somesuch "death star"/ substantial p2p media platform, initiated by @samtoland here: [coordinating loomio-thread

and perhaps most interestingly,
3) @bonnieowong 's suggestion that we begin to organize in solidarity with the groups who receive the worst effects of TWTR's unfettered bullying & harrassment culture. This dialogue is currently in #talkingshop for now, but I hope that a Loomio thread is soon begun/ recycled to at least work towards building a culture of diversity, inclusion, as well as access and ownership (or perhaps this channel will begin to serve this way...)

4) #WeAreTwitter Petition [coordinating slack-channel]

you can edit this list of initiatives by hitting the "edit" button just under the title of this thread :) Please add any initiatives you're aware of!

JG

Poll Created Tue 15 Nov 2016 6:38PM

What is your commitment level? Closed Fri 25 Nov 2016 6:01PM

I think it'll help if we know who's really at the table right now, and how much effort/time (generally) they're interested to put towards this in light of the agreements we've previously made together and current dialogues in the space. I'm giving this 10 days so that it has a chance to get around.

If your into it, hit agree and write your general level of commitment in the prompt (or choose the abstain/disagree/block if it feels right :) )

Results

Results Option % of points Voters
Agree 65.7% 23 JD PG MC SF DS S JG DR LD ST RG CC ARK RD ES BP MS V DB VZ
Abstain 31.4% 11 AI SJ HC TCS V EC SG C BD WM KS
Disagree 0.0% 0  
Block 2.9% 1 MK
Undecided 0% 218 JV IS ST M JD ML AT RF SP S MS JA JF AP JR EF Y S JB NS

35 of 253 people have participated (13%)

JG

john gieryn
Agree
Tue 15 Nov 2016 6:39PM

I'd some time for this on a weekly basis. I'm interested in working with people around community-controlled communications infrastructure, and especially on intercultural competence & social awareness online, so if that's happening here- I'm in.

JG

john gieryn
Agree
Tue 15 Nov 2016 6:40PM

I have some time for this on a weekly basis. I'm interested in working with people around community-controlled communications infrastructure, and especially on intercultural competence & social awareness online, so if that's happening here- I'm in.

MK

Mark Kelleher
Block
Tue 15 Nov 2016 7:45PM

Blocked in error and I cant change the status

HC

Hailey Cooperrider
Abstain
Tue 15 Nov 2016 10:08PM

I can't prioritise this right now, but I'm willing to keep watching the evolution and add my piece when I can be most useful

EC

Evan C.
Abstain
Tue 15 Nov 2016 11:37PM

I joined the group very recently - I would be willing to help in any way but my work day to day prevents me from this project becoming a priority for now.

DS

Danny Spitzberg
Agree
Wed 16 Nov 2016 3:28AM

It is Nov 15th. Far from the 10-100k signatures we aimed to get by now, our future is foggy. But this is a campaign, not a movement, and I am personally committed to evolving our story to stay fresh and relevant – and, to build something that lasts.

J

Job
Agree
Wed 16 Nov 2016 8:21AM

But have little time to actually contribute (an hour/month).

ARK

Amelia Rose Khan
Agree
Wed 16 Nov 2016 11:20AM

I am free to help out as I have time. I would really like to continue the communications, and diversity conversations and help on slack as much as possible.

JD

Julian Dumitrascu
Agree
Wed 16 Nov 2016 11:34AM

I spend much time working towards individuals owning the software they use.

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