2020 Setting up Dreams platform + process
At the kick off meeting we did some group work on how to improve the Dreamer process compared to the experience from last year. This thread is just to share the protocoll from this process to the future Art grant organisers. :) Feel free to change everything in this thread, while we move forward in organising :*
NEWS: First Dream Guiding Meeting 11.02.20
The first Dream Guide Meeting will be held 11.02.20 at Burner Embassy
Meeting link: https://talk.kiezburn.org/d/wF8Ufxc7/-meeting-dreamguiding-kiez-burn-kickoff-meeting-
Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/186370885800817/
Meeting minutes: TBP
Background info
Links
old dreams: dreams.2019.kiezburn.org
clean dreams platform: dreams.kiezburn.org
Why Dreams platform
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It did away with an art grant committee, which had these issues:
it was a secret decision that people felt disconnected from (lack of transparency)
There was a lot of burden on the central organization to facilitate these discussions, which were often contentious (who gets to be on that team?) and caused friction within the community
participation & community: people engaged more with art & budget discussions (62% participation rate in voting!)
inclusion: there were more projects and a lot of smaller workshops that happened
co-operation: there was more collaboration between camps & art + it also made the whole Kiez Burn backend go much smoother in collaborating with power, placement, finance,...
Why it matters
The Dream process lead(s) will in large part decide the color of the event. How do you design the rules so that a nice balance between art installations/big art/camps/sound/experiences/workshops/... is achieved, is something that gets baked into the Dreams process.
For example, last year's Dreams process had the following implications:
we did not see a lot of big art funded due to the inherent structure of Dreams (a 10€ dream gets the same visibility as a 600€ dream)
camps get a lot of advantages, particularly big sound camps
Infrastructure projects: people did not realize these projects already got minimum funding
Energy-draining discussions on token redistribution
Dream budgets were separate instead of on the platform (people had to provide a spreadsheet, that was impractical, would be better to have that budget on Dreams, so participants can also check out what it is being spent on)
data: token redistribution discussion
A future lead of the Dreams process, could make some serious changes to address some of the concerns, or choose to leave it as is... :)
How we did it last year
we organized a Design-thinking day, here is the documentation
we had Dream leads that evolved from that process
They started making Dream manuals and we finalized the tech part of it.
much more happened, the event, then refunds and stuff
More documentation:
public Dreams group: https://talk.kiezburn.org/g/SAqXnukc/2019-archive-2019-dreams-includes-art-grants-
A private group for Dream Guides to discuss dreams approval process: https://talk.kiezburn.org/g/8hxEYbTu/2019-archive-2019-dream-whispers-dream-guide-collaboration-thread
Some ideas
How could the Dreams platform facilitate all of the above, while favoring more art? (e.g. separate tokens for the categories, different sorting on the platform, providing ticket holders more transparency on what is Kiez, what is art, what is infrastructure,...)
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How could we have a (parallel) process of allocating more funding towards big art in a transparent and inclusive process? This could take the form of:
an "art" general assembly with online access where everyone can vote to allocate a certain amount of €€ to certain projects
Allowing art to be be uploaded to the Dreams platform now and allowing everyone to vote for art (e.g. everyone who had a ticket in 2019, everyone who registers somewhere, people who buy a 2020 ticket through a ticket sale that happens in February,...)
Divide Dreams into categories, like Art, Structures, Camps,..
Divide the tokens into these categories, so everyone gets some tokens just for structures/art/etc. The point being no one needs to decide between having nice toilets or amazing art.
Having strict deadlines, including a period to submit the dreams with the intention of having all the dreams online at the same time.
Alina, also known as Universe Thu 23 Jan 2020 10:29AM
@verocarsala @cristinaolano - would there be a Dreams post-mortem and when? In case you are still planning to do this (does it mean you speaking with @remyschneider?) I would like to know the status, maybe join if possible - and perhaps assist with setting the vision for 2020. We should be doing this now-ish, right?
Saskia Sun 2 Feb 2020 12:14PM
@Alina, also known as Milda! - the discussion started by Benjamin is not connected to the dreams process other than potentially taking away money from the dreams budget (as the suggested 'take leftover money' will not work).
If the Art department happens, it will be a seperated construct from the dreams process.
I would like to focus this thread on the dreams process per se.
In any case, if you strongly feel this thread should be linked above, please format the initial post and insert the link yourself where you see it fits and with an explanation why it belongs into the original post. :)
Alina, also known as Universe Sun 2 Feb 2020 8:19PM
Interesting take on it @Saskia (The Fuzzy Facilitator) . I would disagree as I see it this way - money de-routed from Dreams affects the Dreams process enormously. Potentially because we would have 0 $ left for Dreams if we decide to go this route (as an extreme outcome). The scale of dreams Benjamin is thinking of is bigger that the whole Dreams budget from 2019.
Secondarily, what he is talking about could influence the way we play with Dreams platform - in the form of pre-selection of Dreams or establishing categories, for example. It's all connected! It's the Universe! 😜
Alina, also known as Universe Fri 24 Jan 2020 2:43PM
Thank you @verocarsala I would love to see the post-mortem from 2019 before engaging, so that I am engaging informed. Please would you ping us all here once you have the report?
walto Mon 3 Feb 2020 6:36AM
@Alina, also known as Milda! threads are wikis: everyone can edit it. I edited this thread to give background on Dreams and edited the title of this thread. You can see the edit history and see who made the edits. The people who started threads are not necessarily the owners of said topics. So I would encourage you to change things you see fit
Saskia Thu 30 Jan 2020 6:16AM
@Veroca R. Sala - The document has been put in a google doc you have access to via the emails. A lot of the parts are filled out. I also sent out a reminder to the dream guides to have a look again and fill it out.
Veroca R. Sala Sat 25 Jan 2020 2:00PM
Will do
Purzel · Sat 1 Feb 2020 11:42AM
I don´t know :)
I wasn´t involved in last years dream and don´t plan on beeing involved this year. (I don´t think I would have a talent for this field ;) )
I only started the thread because I was the one keeping the notes when we worked on the topic at the kick off meeting and wanted to share it with the future Dreamteam. So whoever feels like taking it on can adjust it however they see fit :)