[OH-Publicity] Ideas for Model-View-Culture

Sat Jun 28 01:04:36 UTC 2014

Okay, here's a first stab at a pitch.  Feedback is welcome!

https://etherpad.mozilla.org/mvc-oh-pitch

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Deb Nicholson <deb at eximiousproductions.com
> wrote:

> That sounds fantastic! It sounds like you have a good sense of where to go
> and I think that the implicit/explicit take will go over well at MVC.
>
> I'm happy to be another pair of eyes or a proofreader, if you need one.
> Cheers,
> Deb
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Deb,
>>
>> In our in-person discussion, we talked about whether or not to aim for a
>> "101" content/theme, given MVC's typical audience. Britta and I are leaning
>> towards an article that talks specifically about implicit knowledge vs
>> explicit knowledge in open source and how the ways implicit knowledge is
>> passed (through social networks) reinforce inequality.  We'd then talk
>> specifically about the things OpenHatch (and other efforts like OPW,
>> Ascend, etc) are doing to make open source knowledge explicit.
>>
>> ~ Shauna
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Deb Nicholson <
>> deb at eximiousproductions.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It seems to me a mix of stats and anecdotes is what works the best in
>>> MVC (and probably other medium format writings.)
>>>
>>> I think we'd want to first identify the large problem we are talking
>>> about (diversity in tech or a more specific aspect) and then delineate a
>>> few inter-related cause of that problem that we address in our work (for
>>> example: actual and/or perceived unwelcomeness, imposter syndrome, not
>>> knowing where to start or go to for help) and then fill in those sections
>>> with some relevant stats and a anecdote each, if possible. Maybe we'd
>>> book-end with an intro about why we started doing this and a conclusion
>>> that somehow talks (either optimistically or pessimistically) about what is
>>> to be done next?
>>>
>>> Just my two cents on a mostly writing day,
>>> Deb
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>>> shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> For context, the pitch email should take the format:
>>>>
>>>> "Email us at modelviewculture at gmail.com with [IDEAS] in the subject
>>>> line, a description of your concept and any relevant information about you
>>>> and your work."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at asheesh.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From the Shauna+Britta+Elana+Susan+Asheesh brainstorm about Model View
>>>>> Culture:
>>>>>
>>>>> <background>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://modelviewculture.com/contribute
>>>>>
>>>>> </background>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <asheeshnotes>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://asheesh.org/note/debian/indians.html
>>>>>
>>>>> </asheeshnotes>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <conversationnotes>
>>>>> mvc
>>>>>
>>>>> - paid labor
>>>>>
>>>>> - vague mental idea that open source was probably a good idea
>>>>>
>>>>> - who are these people who come to open source comes to campus? what
>>>>> state are they in?
>>>>>
>>>>> - "You are invited"
>>>>>   -
>>>>>
>>>>> - hobby thing vs. identity thing vs. useful thing
>>>>>
>>>>> - shauna wants to ... values...
>>>>>   - along the idea of identity, communities arising around shared
>>>>> values
>>>>>   - complicated the values of "open source people" to create a more
>>>>> diverse community
>>>>>   - self-learners...
>>>>>     - that's not the only way you have to be
>>>>>     - it takes people and gives them a little "Here are cultural
>>>>> values about open source"
>>>>>       "check it out, you almost fit here"
>>>>>   - adding imposter syndrome exercises
>>>>>   - demystifies things...
>>>>>   - and now you know the shape of it
>>>>>   - makes that path open in the future
>>>>>   - being able to visualize ... role modeling, representation
>>>>>   - britta took this clas on feminism, and later in her life, realized
>>>>> she could
>>>>>     become a feminist activist
>>>>>
>>>>> setting expectations
>>>>>
>>>>> - openstack
>>>>>
>>>>> - welcomebot
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> the inequalities of leaving knowledge implicit
>>>>> - implicit knowledge is shared through close social relationships
>>>>> - explicit knowledge is freely shareable
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. OSCTC
>>>>>
>>>>> 91.5. Spinachcon/setup sprints
>>>>>
>>>>> expectation of failure
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Merge Stories
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - free software's welcoming committee
>>>>>   -
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - MVC contributors -- julia pagano, presumably
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - ehashman says, Breaking down story the richard stallman image of
>>>>> free software
>>>>>
>>>>> - OPW
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> by handholding people into open source, do we make it worse?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> merge stories
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> what is the typical model view culture reader, and what do we want them
>>>>> to get out of the article?
>>>>>
>>>>> base assumptions:
>>>>>
>>>>> - diversity is good
>>>>>
>>>>> - power structures are important to pay attention to
>>>>>
>>>>> - there are problems in open source
>>>>>
>>>>> - talking about things is part of the solution
>>>>>
>>>>> - stories/anecodotes are useful, perhaps even better than data
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> what have been good?
>>>>>
>>>>> - feminist hackerspace article
>>>>>
>>>>> - shanley's article on tech workers
>>>>>
>>>>> - 5 reasons not to raise venture capital
>>>>>
>>>>> - contrarian-ish
>>>>> </conversationnotes>
>>>>>
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