OGM Community Patterns
Coalescing a New Community
- a couple of people in conversation realize that there is a latent community of practice that could come together
- come up with a good and descriptive name!
- a mattermost channel is created with a few obvious initial participants
- additional participants continue to join the channel, either from invites (direct and indirect), or just because the name is attractive
- the participants keep adding content (the more the better) and discussion they think is relevant to the topic
- at some point, critical mass is achieved, and the participants deeper and richer interactions both here and elsewhere (zoom calls, working sessions, etc.)
Everything Is A Project
When we work together, we need a shared understanding of the goals and action plan. Copy the Template for Project to a new page and fill it out.
Handles
- how do you identify yourself? how do we know you?
- real name, nickname, obscure name (not obviously connected to other names), pseudonymity, anonymity