2020 Action: Radically Regular Radically Do-ocratic KB newsletter

Just trying to understand a bit closer what is meant, I believe we have 3 newsletters:

• e.V. member newsletter

• people who bought a ticket newsletter

• ppl who signed up for general Kiez Burn newsletter

Except for the e.V. newsletter, I do not think the board needs to give consent for this initiative.

Totally agree with you that the newsletter is super important (census)

Looking forward to what will come out. Maybe an interesting tip: I had a chat recently with a befriended organization who do a bi-weekly collective email that is ugly but almost everyone reads it (because it is so easy to read). Their secret: they have a spreadsheet where everyone can add stuff. And then every 2 weeks, they just copy the spreadsheet content and send it out as a newsletter. Also, their advice was: give it a name (they named it "fruit of the week")

❤️🎉 great initiative!

Calling @Remy Schneider @Erin Jeavons-Fellows for advice and input (because involved in general comms and newsletter is part of big picture and more specifically @clement and @loomikate mentioned as newsletter co-creators in the Communicorns chapter of Talk - but the handles are not working?

1. Do you see this approach as a good way forward?

2. Do we have a Communicorns 2019 post-mortem I could read?

3. Is there anyone else I should be reaching out to?

4. Would you consent to respond to a few questions I have about the past victories and troubles (with the newsletter) and legal sides (access to Mailchimp account, access to email lists) that are necessary for trying this out?

@Alina, also known as Milda! check out on the deliberations of Realities. let me know if you have any issues to open the file.

Thank you @Veroca R. Sala ! Is this the place I should be looking: https://realities.kiezburn.org/e3470f41-1963-4c24-bf1d-a53b959e1ecc ? The last link there is not working - also I do not see a post-mortem in there? Am I in the right place?

yes, is there on the Deliberations ( links ) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tdASCjiw_VeFBu89iVmOYA_KjwGbnqS6/view

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ppI-DL7FZpKV9q9YPabRHS1MNKdkn4R0f4xxO3DV_0U/edit#heading=h.1dsjttduku8p

Hei @Alina, also known as Milda! -

you do have my personal consent for setting up this document. I think it might be a good idea. I could also see you realizing the whole newsletter-need. Are you interested in that at all?
In fact, I already have some ideas I'd add to the newsletter (such as a 'LOOKING FOR' section with links to open positions).

EDITED FOR CLARITY + UPDATED WITH SCHEDULE

Roughly, imagine there are 4 sections:

In 2020, each edition of Kiez Burn newsletter is created by a different individual/group of/Kiez.

The schedule is predetermined. See the Talk thread here: https://talk.kiezburn.org/d/9TuN3ohs/-proposal-radically-regular-radically-co-created-kb-newsletter

The content is up to you.

The skeleton format proposed is:

1. News from Event Coordination Team

• Choose the 3 burning topics that need to be shared. You can collect these by being present at the Event Coordination/Realizer meeting, scrolling through Talk or reaching out individually.

2. News from the Board (optional)

• 1 topic. Nice if it's not too serious.

3. TALK thread on the month

• 1 thread chosen by newsletter maker(s) - let's keep promoting Talk for good steady burner traffic

4. The Wacky Window: Radical Self Expression Podium for the Newsletter Realizer. Show your colours!

• This is for radical self expression of the individual(s), group or Kieze doing the newsletter. And some radical fun. Do something silly, something useful, share a hot mess of a Kiez selfie and a background hot mess of a story - it's up to you. Make this awesome for those who read and a total pedestal moment for yourself. This is like your Cabaret moment condensed into one Newsletter!

IMPORTANT POINT

It is also up to the maker(s) to get in touch with the Event Team and/or to select what THEY feel should be the 3 things that go into the newsletter about the Event. Radical empowerment. That means that if they happen to choose something else over "Looking For ", it's their prerogative. This is supposed to make this a bit scary, fun, radical and promote communication between all parties :)

Outstanding things to work out:

1. how to get access to Mailchimp for those doing the newsletter. If it's changing/rotating people?

   👀IDEA: change password every time; one password holder responsible

2. perhaps find a pool of editors/proofreaders who can help with the final version, but ideally I want the maker(s) to do this themselves. If it's a mess, so be it - a colourful, imperfect mess! 😉

I was wondering what the timeline of this newsletter proposal is? As linked above, the newsletter is crucial in getting more engagement with the community. Last year we sent out the first newsletter on the 1st of March.

Hola Hola @Alina, also known as Milda! I have posted on Facebook but no results yet. You could announce in your first edition that you seek for a fella to work on the newsletter! many people don't use Facebook but for now, it is what we have... there is a 2nd Leads Meeting on the 9th. if we extend the invite through the newsletter more ppl will be included and perhaps someone jumps in. Here is the FB event of the Leads meeting.

Given the urgency of sending out a newsletter, I have just followed the process as it was before: https://talk.kiezburn.org/d/Q0BCyfEK/-collaborative-2nd-newsletter-6th-of-march

This does not need to interact in any way with your proposal. A second newsletter in March would not be a bad idea...