# TechComms Meeting notes 07/26/25

Attendance: LP, P, J----

## Agenda

No agenda

## Notes

What is the history of communications in space, challenges?

> Mailing lists, moved to signal groups (30+ groups)
> 
> Groups are mixture of open/closed, some groups developed 2nd chats: Pantry/Pantry regulars, Kitchen/Kitchen 2
> 
> Operations chat

Comms issues:

> Signal to noise  
> Shared culture  
> "Missability" / ease of missing notifications in groups  
> Discoverability / Invitationality / Lack of way-finding / sense of place

Mention of previous comms work being done by Ella/LP via operations group, inspired by Spanish squat with plaques per group.

Review of gym operations and culture

585 has no...  
..bulletin board  
..community chat  
.."democratic" or aggregation-based broadcast system

Issue: Information isolated in DMs

<span style="background-color:rgb(251,238,184);">Interview groups re: comms problems, within group, with other groups, with greater org?</span>

<span style="background-color:rgb(251,238,184);">Why would groups want to talk to each other?</span>

<span style="background-color:rgb(191,237,210);">"Comms towards collective culture"</span>

<span style="background-color:rgb(191,237,210);">Desire to cultivate vibe sharing &amp; a sense of care about other groups, even without involvement</span>

### Minimum set of projects/services to support RC

- Website
- Calendar
- Email
- Mailing-lists
- Donor platform
- Social media tech (registration, credentials, documentation, "workflow")
- Doc store (if only for core spokes functionality)

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- Strategy
- Outside communication

<span style="background-color:rgb(251,238,184);">What is actually needed in intra-group comms?</span>

#### Website

- Explain the space
- Code of conduct
- Calendar
- Onboarding
- Group list / who uses the space / entry points

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- Forms: General contact form, rental inquiries, issue reports (facilities, tech).

####   
Calendar  


- Rental booking
- Public event listing
- Program scheduling
- Meeting schedules

<span style="background-color:rgb(251,238,184);">What does calendar represent? Main space, gym, basement?</span>

#### Email

- Connection point for financial and contractual issues
- Variety of emails for specific functionality
- No personal emails

<span style="background-color:rgb(251,238,184);">Transparency?</span>  
<span style="background-color:rgb(251,238,184);">Hosting?</span>

#### Domain

ridgewoodcommons.nyc 3/3 votes  
commons.nyc - experimental staging and link shortening

#### Mailing Lists

- Rise-up
- Hosted via electric embers ([https://electricembers.coop/services/sign-up/](https://electricembers.coop/services/sign-up/))

#### Donor platform  


- Pact (open collective)
- Camraderie
- Patreon
- Withfriends

<span style="background-color:rgb(251,238,184);">Donor strategy? Presence on many platforms with seasonal push to preferred platform? Single platform? Use of actual Patron features re: perks?</span>

#### Social Media

As above, this group should be limited to tech aspects, not directly involved in content.

#### Doc Store

<span style="background-color:rgb(251,238,184);">When is shared docs useful, when is it not?</span>

Some obvious stronger intra-group comms, e.g. finance with rentals

### Action items