Jeff: I'm using this page to jot down some ideas for a proposal on an expanded role for the "team" email list

Proposal:

Team is currently a group of people who "keep PLOTS going" - both staff and volunteer. This page explores the idea of renaming the group "core" and expanding it's role in leading the PLOTS community in a more participatory and representative way.

• Rename "team" to "core"?
  • back it with a google group for moderation etc.
  • (export/backup google groups)
• Post an open invitation to the "core" list
  • vote required to join?
  • requirements? have organized an event?
  • nomination?
• Core gets voting power
• Core can join working groups?
  • some working groups are nonprofit-only, like retail?
  • clear delineation of responsibilities, decisionmaking
• Core is intended to outgrow staff but not to render it obsolete
• Concretize staff support responsibilities:
  • production: retail, print publications
  • infrastructure: archive, software & web hosting
  • legal entity to negotiate with institutions
  • umbrella to raise money for community works and paid positions
  • beholden to community (mandate)?
• Convert one of the staff calls to an open call (friday)

Related

• Change nonprofit titles from "Director of Research" to "Director of Research Coordination" or "Director of Research Practices" or something.
• Reduce private meetings and locked pages, including weekly staff call notes
• "how to start a chapter" page
• in general, "how to become an organizer of PLOTS community/events/projects" info
• more "how to organize X" pages like:
  • http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/host-a-balloon-mapping-workshop