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
Interview groups re: comms problems, within group, with other groups, with greater org?
Why would groups want to talk to each other?
"Comms towards collective culture"
Desire to cultivate vibe sharing & a sense of care about other groups, even without involvement
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
What is actually needed in intra-group comms?
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
What does calendar represent? Main space, gym, basement?
Email
Connection point for financial and contractual issues
Variety of emails for specific functionality
No personal emails
Transparency?
Hosting?
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/)
Donor platform
Pact (open collective)
Camraderie
Patreon
Withfriends
Donor strategy? Presence on many platforms with seasonal push to preferred platform? Single platform? Use of actual Patron features re: perks?
Social Media
As above, this group should be limited to tech aspects, not directly involved in content.
Doc Store
When is shared docs useful, when is it not?
Some obvious stronger intra-group comms, e.g. finance with rentals
Action items