How should we launch & use Loomio?
The experiment begins
We currently seek to build a base of active users feeding into an array of broad and focussed conversations.
Much later - if we were to reach a stage where we had 100s of active users and this had become our primary communication platform, we could perhaps start to think about ways to integrate this platform within our constitutional decision-making processes.
How can you help?
If you've taken on a position at Nest, why not launch a discussion focussed on your area? You can describe how things have worked in the past and invite specific feedback or may suggest something new you would like to get feedback on?
Or maybe you've been to Nest or similar events before and you can launch a thread about an idea you think should have a platform?
And/Or - get involved in the discussions currently taking place!
Tom Allen Wed 5 Jun 2019 6:32PM
it's worth noting that loomio is actually free to use if you host it on your own server, which i can help with if nest doesn't have one already. https://github.com/loomio/loomio-deploy they also offer a totally free hosted version to not for profit organisations but it's not clear if nest would qualify without asking them
Case · Sat 11 May 2019 9:58PM
As one of the early naysayers of Loomio (not able to participate on a core level due to energy commitment, didn't understand the need for a separate platform, critical of the poor advertising) I have got to say I am pleasantly impressed. I am finding it easier to navigate than fb groups and far easier than slack. I signed up for ordering wood (in hindsight I didn't need to), but am not actually sad that I did.
I am wondering what will happen when it reaches its critical membership mass (as the facebook group appears to have done) whether interactions won't stay civil, but i suspect looking to other large users may answer that question (there are other large users, right? A quick google gave me the occupy movement which must be bigger than us).
I think that the next step is to work out if and how to expand, and to find out if it falls over at a critical mass.
As for me, it makes me feel better as a non-Londoner (community meetings are not accessible to me) (the desire to get more involved with core direction is a new one this year). And there will be a few threads started after the event by me.