2020 Social.coop Strategy Summit
At the recent meeting to discuss the formation of the Coordination Working Group, we decided that, as developing and monitoring our co-op's strategic direction will be a core task, it'd be good to launch its work with a co-op-wide strategizing process.
So, the Community Working Group Ops Team will schedule a 90 minute "strategy summit" for late summer and, in the meantime, will work to develop some asynchronous processes to collect ideas and aspirations from as many members as possible to inform the work done during the live call.
We'll use this thread for communicating logistics and sharing the ways in which members can weigh in prior to the "summit".

Jonathan Bean
Fri 6 Nov 2020

Hakanto
Fri 6 Nov 2020

Bob Haugen
Sat 7 Nov 2020

Ana Ulin
Fri 6 Nov 2020

G I McGrew
Fri 6 Nov 2020
mike_hales
Fri 6 Nov 2020

Derek Caelin
Fri 6 Nov 2020

Nathan Schneider
Fri 6 Nov 2020

caseyg
Fri 6 Nov 2020
Was really inspired by the Strategy Session I attended. Depending on how my work week shakes out, I'm hoping to attend this follow-up!

emi do
Fri 6 Nov 2020

Matt Noyes
Fri 6 Nov 2020

Noah
Fri 6 Nov 2020
probably have to leave early but will gladly be on for whatever portion i can be.
Matthew Cropp
Fri 6 Nov 2020
Matthew Cropp started a check Fri 6 Nov 2020
RSVP for 11/11 Strategy Session Follow-Up Call - 4pm ET/9pm GMT Closed Tue 10 Nov 2020
TOMORROW
11/11 Strategy Session Follow-Up Call - 4pm ET/9pm GMT
Meeting Link: https://ca.meet.coop/b/oli-kzr-cyv-rke
Agenda: https://pad.disroot.org/p/Social.Coop_Strategy_Summit_%231
(Includes Summary of Previous Sessions as well as full notes)
Meeting Link: https://ca.meet.coop/b/oli-kzr-cyv-rke
As a follow-up to the recent "Strategy Session" calls, we're convening a 90 minute call to follow up on a few of the themes that emerged from those discussions. The key agenda items identified by the CWG Operations Team include:
Discussion of how we should enter into alliances with other organizations, with an eye towards developing a framework into a proposal that can guide our relationships with partner organizations going forward.
Discussion of how to best keep members engaged with strategic conversations on an ongoing basis, and potentially developing a proposal for a regular meeting pattern.
Discussion of potential approaches to vetting, managing and providing new services, and how we should approach managing member access as we add them.
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mike_hales Sun 18 Oct 2020

David Mynors Sun 18 Oct 2020

benjamin melançon Sun 18 Oct 2020

Noah Sun 18 Oct 2020
John Sun 18 Oct 2020
Mica Fisher Sun 18 Oct 2020

Bob Haugen Sun 18 Oct 2020
Other times are too late in the day for our schedule.

Matt Noyes Sun 18 Oct 2020

Caitlin Waddick, @CaitlinWaddick@Social.Coop Sun 18 Oct 2020

Boris Mann Sun 18 Oct 2020

emi do Sun 18 Oct 2020

Ana Ulin Sun 18 Oct 2020

Luke Opperman Sun 18 Oct 2020
Matthew Cropp Sun 18 Oct 2020
Matthew Cropp started a time poll Sun 18 Oct 2020
Scheduling a Strategy Sessions Follow-Up Call Closed Thu 22 Oct 2020
It looks like Wednesday, 11/11 at 4pm EST/9pm GMT will work for the most folks, so let's plan on that. I'll follow up shortly with a check poll to collect RSVPs and share the meeting link.
As a follow-up to the recent "Strategy Session" calls, we're going to aim to convene a 90 minute call in mid-November to follow up on a few of the themes that emerged from those discussions. The key agenda items identified by the CWG Operations Team include:
Discussion of how we should enter into alliances with other organizations, with an eye towards developing a framework into a proposal that can guide our relationships with partner organizations going forward.
Discussion of how to best keep members engaged with strategic conversations on an ongoing basis, and potentially developing a proposal for a regular meeting pattern.
Discussion of potential approaches to vetting, managing and providing new services, and how we should approach managing member access as we add them.
Please respond with the dates/times that would work best for you, and we'll aim to meet at the most mutually workable time.
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JohnKuti Sat 26 Sep 2020
I'm totally overloaded at the moment with the frantic and chaotic start to a very strange academic year. But I will read the minutes from the summits with interest..

Ana Ulin Thu 24 Sep 2020
They seem to be at the bottom of the Agenda disroot pad, here: https://pad.disroot.org/p/Social.Coop_Strategy_Summit_%231
Not sure if there is a more "processed" or summarized version of the notes, @Mica Fisher might know (she took the excellent original notes).

Nick Sellen Wed 23 Sep 2020
Are there any notes/minutes from the first summit session available somewhere?

Nathan Schneider Wed 23 Sep 2020
Inspired by the glory of yesterday's summit, I have just founded the Social.coop Revolutionary Vanguard Insurgency, or #SCRVI. Please join us! https://www.loomio.org/g/Ru5jHWBU/

David Mynors
Tue 22 Sep 2020

Jonathan Bean
Tue 22 Sep 2020
Leo Sammallahti
Tue 22 Sep 2020

Nick Sellen
Tue 22 Sep 2020

caseyg
Fri 25 Sep 2020

carlosm2
Tue 22 Sep 2020

Hakanto
Tue 22 Sep 2020

Bob Haugen
Tue 22 Sep 2020
mike_hales
Tue 22 Sep 2020

Matt Noyes started a check Tue 22 Sep 2020
BBB Link for Strategy Summit -- Saturday September 26th 12pm EST Closed Sat 26 Sep 2020
https://ca.meet.coop/b/oli-kzr-cyv-rke
If you have any trouble, please DM Matt Noyes Matt_Noyes@social.coop
Draft Agenda here: https://pad.disroot.org/p/Social.Coop_Strategy_Summit_%231
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Jonathan Bean
Sun 20 Sep 2020

Ana Ulin
Sun 20 Sep 2020

Zee
Sun 20 Sep 2020

Patrick Connolly
Sun 20 Sep 2020

Luke Opperman
Sun 20 Sep 2020

Yasuaki Kudo
Sun 20 Sep 2020
yes
Matthew Cropp
Sun 20 Sep 2020

Matt Noyes started a check Sun 20 Sep 2020
BBB Link for Strategy Summit -- Monday September 21st 9pm EST Closed Mon 21 Sep 2020
https://ca.meet.coop/b/oli-kzr-cyv-rke
If you have any trouble, please DM Matt Noyes Matt_Noyes@social.coop
Draft Agenda here: https://pad.disroot.org/p/Social.Coop_Strategy_Summit_%231
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Patrick Connolly Sun 20 Sep 2020
No prob! Gotta give credit where due: It's derived from a Google translated version of vTaiwan's stock description, and adapted from there :)

Jonathan Bean Sun 20 Sep 2020
Thanks for sharing. I like the instructions for commenting you included in that Polis poll. Maybe we can use those too. The process you describe does seem like something that could help us with getting some much needed open-ended feedback using Polis. I think the use of the HackMD pad is also a good idea for us too to accompany the deliberations. Thanks.

Patrick Connolly Sun 20 Sep 2020
Re: Polis. I've used it for small discussions, so it's not just an "at scale" thing. Specifically, one discussion was a lengthy and dramatic mailing list thread surrounding a contentious hackspace decision. I teased the seed statements from that thread (linked in convo description), and offered this:
If you can suss the dynamics from clicking around the viz for a few minutes, then I'm glad to say I just saved you from reading 20 pages of unstructured emails :)
Note that there were 15 people who chimed in via email, and 20 who participated in the conversation. A 33% increase in participation feels significant. imho Polis really shines at async or combination sync/async via pre- or post-circulation -- ideally post-circulation, as sychronous comms in advance allows seeding the Polis convo with lots of nuance. Having 7 people in the synchronous convo is a minimum for getting the visualization to show.
Anyhow, hopefully this is helpful, but I'm fine with whatever those convening think best! (Polis is actually easy to use unofficially, just by taking notes and populating a polis conversation with seed statements, then sharing it in the last 15 minutes)
Disclaimer: I'm biased here, as I did participatory community research on g0v and vTaiwan in 2018, and now steward the weekly pol.is community calls :)
mike_hales Sun 20 Sep 2020
I suspect the people of Taiwan were much more sussed and better organised than the membership of social.coop, when it comes to strategy. Also, far more numerous.

Jonathan Bean Sun 20 Sep 2020
I thought that the way the people at vTaiwan made their government would be a good model for us to follow. Some of the methods described in the Exit to Community: Distributed Governance | Media Enterprise Design Lab | University of Colorado Boulder Webinar with @Nathan Schneider were effective in organizing their new Democracy. In Particular I think the use of the advanced AI analysis polling platform called Polis was effective for rational deliberation at scale - Polis -
I would like to know what everyone feels and thinks about using such processes for our strategy summit.
Here is the summary of the webinar by E2C.
Check out the webinar if you haven't already or again if you have maybe.
What does everyone think about the processes used by vTaiwan to form their government and its relevance to informing our collaborative strategizing processes? 🙂
I could set up a poll on Pol.is for the question of what our purposes and strategies should be and everyone could put in their statements and everyone could vote on them. The analysis and process with Polis smart polls seem to be more informative than regular polls and could yield useful conclusions and data to inform our summit processes.

Manuela Bosch Thu 10 Sep 2020
Unfortunately I am occupied both days of the summit! Thank you so much for putting this all together and for everyone who will take the time and join. I am looking forward to hear about the outcome.

Hakanto Wed 9 Sep 2020
Interested in (among everything else) talking about the concept that Social.coop could take on an intermediary role between Meet.coop and other co-ops (who maybe can't afford Meet.coop directly). Co-ops could get access to some Meet.coop services through their Social.coop membership, and it would be a incentive for co-ops to bring more of their social media activity onto Mastodon.

mike_hales Wed 9 Sep 2020
Almost a year ago I filed some thoughts on social.coop strategy. I think they still apply (hmmnn, a story there?). Consider these as topic suggestions.

Matt Noyes Wed 9 Sep 2020

Patrick Connolly Wed 9 Sep 2020


benjamin melançon Wed 9 Sep 2020

Jonathan Bean Wed 9 Sep 2020

Zee Wed 9 Sep 2020
I can make either of these times work.






Ed Summers Wed 9 Sep 2020
I signed up for both because I can do either one . I'll probably attend the one that has the most attendees.



Leo Sammallahti Wed 9 Sep 2020

Noah Wed 9 Sep 2020
i'm a very weak maybe for 9/26 but a definite yes for 9/21.
Matthew Cropp started a poll Wed 9 Sep 2020
RSVP for one (or both!) of the social.coop Strategy Summits Closed Thu 17 Sep 2020
The Community Working Group Operations Team will be facilitating two "Strategy Summit" events to discuss the future path of our project. The facilitators will be meeting next week to flesh out the agenda a bit more, but the goal is to have a bit of an unconference style dynamic with topics collected beforehand and at the beginning guiding the discussion.
So please RSVP for one (or both!) of the sessions via this poll, and add any topics you'd like to add to the list via a comment on your poll response.
We'll post additional details, including video call links, as the event draws closer.
17 - 9pm Monday 9/21 EDT (1am Tuesday 9/22 GMT) | |
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Matthew Cropp
Thu 13 Aug 2020
Formalizing our organizational structure, vision for additional services and an expanded purpose.

Nick Sellen
Thu 13 Aug 2020
(unsure if I can make the summit) it would seem very useful to get a clear idea of what social.coop actually is - variously it's described as:
"A coop-run corner of the fediverse"
"The social network of the future"
"an experiment in user-controlled social media"
"a community hub for people interested in co-ops"

Zee
Sun 16 Aug 2020
I’d like to get a better idea of how we can support mutual aid efforts led by Black and Brown people through social.coop dues/activities.
mike_hales
Thu 13 Aug 2020
Is social.coop just a coop-run Mastodon instance? Or does it aim to be a community of insights and knowhow on radical coop practice?
Does the social.coop platform need more tools than Mastodon to meet its purpose?
Is tool hosting affected by the social.coop decision on meet.coop?
How does this bear on the admin work of the Mastodon instance?

Clayton Dewey
Thu 13 Aug 2020
I would like to talk about ways we can both better support and bring more transparency to the tech team and the moderator team.
I'd also like to discuss ways we might foster more community within the social.coop instance itself.
Thanks to all who are organizing the summit, I'm excited for it!

Yasuaki Kudo
Thu 13 Aug 2020
what time?
Mica Fisher started a check Thu 13 Aug 2020
What would you like to discuss at the social.coop strategy summit? Closed Thu 20 Aug 2020
Please include your ideas in the comment section of your vote!
While planning the summit, we are starting with a blank canvas. After we collect some ideas from this thread, we will group them into several discussion themes that people can talk about in smaller groups, taking notes and reporting back to the whole group, like in the Open Space Technology approach.
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Noah Thu 30 Jul 2020

Mark Simmonds (Co-op Culture & Platform 6) Thu 30 Jul 2020
Sophie Jerram Thu 30 Jul 2020

emi do Thu 30 Jul 2020
Matthew Cropp Thu 30 Jul 2020

Jonathan Bean Thu 30 Jul 2020

Zee Thu 30 Jul 2020
Wed/Fri/Tue are my main client days. Sat is the day I get to spend with partner/family
mike_hales Thu 30 Jul 2020

David Mynors Thu 30 Jul 2020
I don't finish work until 5:30 UTC+1, so I'd be much more able to do a midweek option if it started 30-60 minutes later
Matt Noyes · Wed 30 Sep 2020
Well, we had two very useful strategy discussions. The next step is to summarize the excellent notes taken by Matt C and Mica. Maybe this could be a task for the Community Working Group?