STO.DOC Circle

Purpose and work

What are the key responsibilities and main areas of work of the STO.DOC Working Circle?

• Documenting DisCO’s development, internal processes, governance, etc.
• Creating educational materials for other DisCOs and organizations to use and adapt
• Telling the story of DisCO through blog posts, articles and other literature such as the DisCO Trilogy
• Writing content for DisCO’s wiki and website and for DisCO LABS

Membership

Who is in this circle? Who are the stewards?

• Stewards: Ann Marie, Timothy
• Members:Sara, Stacco, Silvia, Lisha, Felipe, Lara, Maro, Brian

Operation

What procedures, protocols, processes does this circle need? What templates are needed?

• Regular maintenance and updating of DisCO’s wiki and website
• Regular contributions to the DisCO Newsletter, DisCO LABS and social media
• Close communication with other circles to understand the content needs in different areas of the collective

Tools

What workflow tools does this circle need?

• Mattermost for synchronous communication and coordinating of projects
• Next Cloud for storing and sharing documents related to/for Labs
• Trello for keeping track of deadlines, wiki content

Connections

How and where does STO.DOC connect with other circles?

• COMMUNITY to reflect life inside the collective and understand what the content needs of every circle are
• NET.LABS to assist DisCO LABS in creating content of their own or adapting ours to suit their needs
• DAT.MENT to understand what educational materials are needed for mentoring
• VISUAL to keep our language and semantics in line with our visual esthetics
• TECH to create the language and written content needed within DisCO’s software, digital platforms, etc.

Rhythms

What rhythms are needed and how do they relate to our other rhythms?

• Daily: Trello check to keep all materials updated
• Weekly: Circle Check-In, Trello housekeeping and Sprint Meeting
• Periodically: Release the DisCO Newsletter