GftW Deliverables Status Summary

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Overview

This page displays an ongoing assessment of the status which Grant for the Web project deliverables. Check out the other GftW pages (all listed under the GftW Category)

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Status of Deliverables

1: Completed Deliverables

These deliverables are considered to be complete. Many of the actions around them are still active and ready for further development, refinement and iterations.


2: Ongoing/In Progress Deliverables

Note than some of this are ongoing procedures needed for DisCO's development, regardless of GftW. Their continuation however is predicated on further funding so the team can dedicate themselves to their development and, in certain cases, completion.


  • Development of Self-hosted DisCO Mothership and Guerrilla Media Collective Wikis (ongoing)
  • Structuring of content for DisCO Ball: Knowledge Base (based on Mothership Wiki) (ongoing). Includes:
    • Co-creation of content for DisCO Mothership Wiki (to be repurposed for DisCO Ball: Knowledge Base) (ongoing)
  • Writing new stories and content for DisCO Stories (ongoing). Includes:
    • Curating External articles and Research for inclusion
    • Formatting all new content in Wordpress
    • Advocating and publicizing
  • Videos (ongoing). Includes:
  • Translation and Localization (ongoing). Includes:
    • Spanish translation of Manifesto and Website (pending 5,000€ non-GftW financing)
  • Mutual learning and co-development with DisCO LABS. Ongoing. Includes:
  • DisCO_Glossary#Dating_Phase Dating DisCO LABS:
  • Development and creation of [| DisCO Mothership/NP Governance model] (completion dependent on further funding)
  • Technical specifications for development of Fluid Funding (FLUFUN) protocol. (completion dependent on further funding). See Slide Deck here.
  • Creation of an Ethical Business Plan
  • Development and and customization of workflow tools (ongoing)
  • Documentation and upkeep own knowledge-base/wiki (Ongoing)
  • Storytelling (Ongoing)
  • Participation in developing Intra-DisCO value flows (Ongoing)
  • Events and Outreach (Ongoing)
  • DisCO LAB Development
  • Webinars and AMAs
  • Fundraising for further development (ongoing)

3: Deliverables in Planning, Groundwork and Pre-design Stages

Please note that many of these deliverables were predicated on an open and transparent collaboration with Geeks Without Bounds. Since their abandonment of the project and disenfranchisement and lack of payment towards our tech partners, they have been on hold and are now dependent on GftW Rescope proposal acceptance.


DisCO Ball

The DisCO BALL knowledge base will feature a visually engaging design, powered by semantic wiki software. Showcasing best pattern practices for DisCO development and management, the knowledge base will provide semantic categories linking to further resources and examples (from the various individual, self-hosted wikis of each DisCO LAB).

  • Transfer and adaption of DisCO Mothership wiki to DisCO Ball:
    • Front end Webflow mockups
    • MediaWiki implementation of designs
    • Semantic Wiki functionality
    • User manual for DisCO FLOOR, BALL and DECK
    • Video Tutorials - with embedded GIF short demos for software documentation
    • Implement and promote Web Monetization
    • Advocate community care and partnerships

DisCO FLOOR

The DisCO FLOOR is a portal within the redesigned DisCO.coop homepage (see mockup here) leading to other DisCO educational resources and subdomains. All subdomains incorporate Web Monetization.

  • Visual and UX design for FLOOR Homepage and Subdomain, planning for future models/blocks
    • Implementation of design on Wordpress.
    • Narrative and branding
    • Visual mapping of all DisCO resources and subdomains, incl. infographic
    • Implement and promote WM
    • Search for funding for further development

The DisCO Trilogy

Three downloadable multi-format publications covering various aspects of DisCO. Also to be published as Audiobooks (more about audiobooks here)

  • DisCO Trilogy:
    • Trilogy Homepage @ DisCO.coop with previews and description of all three papers and links to each paper's homepage
    • Manifesto V.1.2 changes and additional formatting, with menu page in disco.coop with access to individual chapters
    • Update DisCO.coop Manifesto Landing Page
    • Serialize Elements (Hackernoon)
    • Conceptualize PinkPaper (Postponed due to DisCO DECK situation)
    • Search for funding for further development

Infographics

Graphic adaptations of DisCO resources and materials extracted from the DisCO Manifesto, DisCO Elements and Mothership Wiki

  • Text/Design/Format What is DisCO?
  • Text/Design/Format DisCO CAT intro
  • Text/Design/Format DisCO ValueFlows
  • Text/Design/Format Web Monetization and Interledger in DisCO

General Advocacy and Diffusion

  • DisCO Stories:
    • Conduct original interviews
    • Conceptualize Research section
    • Include stories on WM and Interledger
    • Formatting improvements to Stories landing page and posts
  • Videos:
    • What is DisCO?
    • DisCO Governance and DisCO Economics explained
    • DisCO Ball: Overview and Features
    • Recordings of DisCO Community Calls

Unplaced/Revise

  • DisCO LABS:
    • Dating LABS:
      • Cooperation Jackson
      • Laneras
    • LABS Co-development:
      • Multi-constituent membership layers
      • Value accounting ratios and methods
      • Decision making
      • Customize DisCO CAT
      • Develop repository for commons-creating pro-bono work
  • Research Lines:
    • Distributed Cooperativism in Action
    • Designing whole-community governance
    • Intra-DisCO value flows
    • Feminist Economic theory and practice
    • DisCOin: Cryptocurrencies
    • Commons-public partnerships
  • Events and Outreach:
    • Video/audio documentation of Introductory talks and workshops
    • DisCOThons: structure design, graphics and video/audio documentaiton
    • AMAs - set up Reddit user/sub
    • Video/audio documentation
    • Web Monetization: Campaign for progressive creators to get of patreon and us WM with DisCO Characteristics

4: Deliverables postponed for further funding rounds

As above, many of these deliverables have become no viable due to the lack of communication, involvement and support with our prior tech partner, Geeks Without Bounds and the lack of any code for the DisCO DECK.


DisCO DECK

  • Configurable modules for value accounting with adjustable ratios and characteristics:
    • Pro-bono love work, market Livelihood work and reproductive care work metrics - with the possibility of varying rates and modes of tokenization *Ongoing Development
    • Conceptualization of further stages (SSB, IPFS and Blockchain)
    • Search for funding for further development

DisCO BLOCKS

The DisCO BLOCKS will be an interactive platform for groups to easily learn and create their own DisCO Governance Model.

  • DisCO Blocks (Interactive base DisCO Model):
    • Structure content, incl. Q&A format, prompts, etc.
    • Front end Figma mockups
    • Governance Model v.4
      • Compile LAB Modules
    • Search for funding for further development

DisCO Journey

The DisCO learning journey will feature interactive materials to explain DisCOs in plain language over a series of short, didactic articles, complemented by pop-up vocabulary definitions, infographics and videos (see below), TL/DRs, quizzes and games. With a pop-science approach, it will be based on our previous work in the Commons Transition Primer

  • DisCO Journey (Interactive materials)
    • Structure content

DisCO Handbook

The DisCO Handbook will be an electronic downloadable handbook curating the most relevant content from the wikis into a linear, narrative format for general DisCO use and with various practical examples sourced from all DisCO LABS.

  • DisCO Handbook:
    • Structuring Handbook Materials
    • Compile examples from LABs A/B Handbook vs. Wiki (Must include stories on WM and Interledger)
    • Write content (and draw from DisCO Ball. Include stories on WM and Interledger)
    • Select Art
    • Design and Format (PDF, Epub, Html) Handbook
    • Advocate/publicize

DisCO STACK

  • Mixed FLOSS/Propietary working Stack (basic tools for collaboration)
    • Mentoring, usage, documentation and mutual learning of the Mixed Stack
      • Time tracking categorization and Get Thing GNOMES development
      • Research/Testing of NextCloud Capacities
    • Trello Testing and alternative design (possibly SpaceTime)
  • Testing NextCloud
  • DisCO Blocks (literature and mockups):
    • Implement mockups in CommunityRule backend
    • Spit out code for Deck and Ball
    • Add content - including documentation on DisCO Ball
    • User testing
    • Implement and promote WM
    • Video Tutorials
    • Advocate, community care and partnerships
  • DisCO Journey (designs, draft texts)
    • Preliminary sketches
    • Clone Commons Transition Primer Theme
  • The DisCO Trilogy:
    • Research/critique of WhitePapers
    • Writing, Format and Design of the DisCO PinkPaper (PDF, Epub, Html, including page in disco.coop with access to individual chapters)
    • Advocate/publicize
  • Infographics:
    • Assess/produce additional infographics for PinkPaper
    • Future Infographics TBD/planned for as needed
  • Videos:
    • DisCO Blocks: Overview and features
    • The 7 DisCO Principles
    • DisCO Governance Explained
  • Translation and Localization:
    • DisCO Manifesto and DisCO.coop website ES translation
    • DisCO Elements
    • DisCO PinkPaper
  • Configurable modules for value accounting with adjustable ratios and characteristics:
    • Metrics programmed through DisCO Blocks
  • Interactive real time visualizations:
    • Economic projections and budgeting tools, including reproductive vs productive work balances and readjustments, as well as optimal invested/divested credit ratios - including WM option visualization for LoveWork
    • Legislation-appropriate tax ratios, regular expenses and individual member expenses (deducted from individual allocations)
    • US: GWOB and EU: DisCO Foundation, GMC
  • Financial tools:
    • Monetary flow between consumers and producer coops as well as between collaborating organizations using a) ValueFlows vocabulary through CommonsPub, b) Interledger, and c) Web Monetization
    • Conversion of credits to designated fiat currencies, with bank transfers to:
      • DisCO members (i.e., monthly payments)
      • Suppliers
      • Organizations
    • Conversion of credits to various cryptocurrencies and individual, permissioned access to wallets
    • Automated invoicing and payment tools, both via bank transfer and/or cryptocurrency wallets
    • Legislation specific (Country/legal structure) community developed plugins, validated by cryptographic notary signature for taxation and State financial reporting
    • All components will allow for granular customization of how many of these processes are:
      1. Automatically executed by the CAT
      2. Automatically displayed by the CAT but only executed via customizable governance-model determined permissions and votes by the members
      3. Individually permissioned
  • Mixed FLOSS/Propietary working Stack:
    • Installation/testing of BBB
    • Research dialogues with Jetpad
    • Bridges between DisCO Stack, Deck and Blocks to:
      • Automatize Value Tracking according to consent-based protocols
      • Assess the health of the collective and its needs for carework, with clear displays of needs, imbalances and red flags