# TechComms Meeting Notes 08/04/2025

### Agenda

Two streams of work

1. bootstrapping new space in a low-friction way that allow us to interface with each other and the outside world and continue to survive

2. transitioning culture and practices for the future 
    - doing working group outreach to understands: 
        - what is currently working for individuals / groups
        - what wants and needs exist
        - how disruptive and in what way potential changes would be
    - external outreach and research into alternative tools & infrastructure

Near-future needs:

- website 
    - starting with a simpler static self-hosted site feels reasonable to me
- email & calendar 
    - Vanessa set up a gmail account for email & calendar
- mailing list
- donor platform
- social media tech
- document store

## Notes

- bookstack is totally public as it is. we had to redact contact info from the charters
- llama bought the .nyc domain
  - last meeting we talked about full domain for external facing and commons.nyc for experimental stating, link-shortening, and 
- desire for semantic emails. info

- p cm: most pressing action items seem to me to be
  - static landing page (or just a linktree) and audience capture
    - mailing list 
      - mvp could be just setting up subscribe@ridgewoodcommons.nyc
      - could be a simple as a mailto link on a linktree (but this could be confusing for less techy / younger people)
      - how many people are actually on the current mailing list?
        - there are many list and we don't know how many people are subbed and where they are or if they are paying any attention

        - we can use riseup for free, or pay electric embers- this would allow our org to create a bunch of WG- or task-specific email lists

        - micro: we need to disclose guarantees for any services we provide

        - LP willing to do due dilligence on mailing list providers

      - MVP is a mailtolink and/or contact form

    - social media
    - donors
    
    instagram annoucement:
        - dual post on IG between the WB and RC
        - next steps, set up business for IG-- gives us analytics api access which would let us use tooling like buffer, zapier etc
        - who even controls that account
    
    next action items:
    
        - lp: do due diligence on mailing list providers, write or collect blurbs for working groups
    
        - micro: set up landing page with links to
    
            - donation platform
    
            - email list signup
    
            - social links
    
            - blurb for public-facing working groups (question mark)
    
          - p cm: figure out current situation with domain, who owns the ig account, reach out to advisors on capturing social media, donors