Virtual Meetup for Microsolidarity hosts

Sorry, slow to join this party but have been following along and intending to join the calls on Friday assuming that's still OK

• Where are you? What is your ideal rhythm?

  UK and moving around 'Europe' in freer days. I have lots of free time, highly engaged in this subject so I'm very flexible for different rhythms for different types of interactions. Conscious that decisions re. these calls have been made and happy ot defer to them.

• What are you looking to gain from meeting up? Tell us a short story about where you are at. Share your dreams.

Two things: 1) collective exploration of the concept of microsolidarity as introduced and expanded on so far by Richard. 2) find and exploring deep connections with anyone else for who this concept resonates like it does with me, with the active intention to do stuff together. The nature of the 'stuff' is secondary to the nature of the relationships developed.

• How would you format a meeting?

  (leaving this as conscious that this conversation has matured and happy to defer to decisions made)

why we should hobble ourselves by using less capable tools.

You seem to be assuming that any user-respecting tool that might be proposed as a replacement for GoggleDocs can only be "less capable". Why? Is Loomio less capable than GoggleGroups?

Almost anything is more capable than GD of being accessed by a user in China (without a VPN). Almost anything is more likely to respect user privacy than Goggle tools. If it's free code, it's more capable of being modified by it's user communities, making it more likely to meet their needs. I could list many more things that GD is less capable of 😏

I've started an agenda document here, you can comment and expand the agenda. Even get in an argument with me around why we should hobble ourselves by using less capable tools. Come prepared with:

• Your story

• Things we need to agree on so this group can function, these can be shared as stories or best practices you've used in the past when forming a group (let's get meta)

• Consider this question: "what is the conversation only this group can have"

That should do it! Thanks @Richard D. Bartlett

@Drew Hornbein please let us know if any assistance we can offer will increase your sense of ease or enthusiasm for hosting this call on Friday.

I have an account on the NZOSS instance of Big Blue Button. I'm happy to create a private room there for the meetup if there are any problems with Jitsi. I'll monitor this thread regularly from 13:30 to 14:30 UTC. FWIW My laptop is too old to work with Jitsi Meet and it can only be used on mobile with the app, which isn't available for my ancient Android. So unless you need the BBB backup, sadly I won't be able to participate this time. If that's the case, I hope it goes well :)

@Ronen Hirsch @Drew Hornbein thanks for organizing! 🙏

If someone has access to a paid zoom room which can be used as a backup, please respond to this thread with information about that.

I have a work Zoom account and setup a dedicated room at https://gitlab.zoom.us/j/829636484, just in case. Happy to go with Jitsi as well though!

+1

Thanks for coordinating folks, looking forward to seeing you all on Friday.

I would suggest that we not password protect the room. There is a near-zero chance that someone else will use that room name at the same time as us (and if they do we should be friends anyways)

Hi Ronen, maybe it's a bit hidden, but there is indeed a password option for the meetup (on mobile: three dots menu > swipe up for more options > "Add meeting password"). The first one taking the room would need to set it. For the sake of proposing something and because Drew is hosting the meeting, how about "hornbein"? :)