====== Eco Hacker Farm Monthly Meeting ======

Date 10th January 2020 20:30 - 21:30

Abbreviation used in this document: [[ecohackerfarm:EHF|EHF]], [[ecohackerfarm:PMS|PMS]]

===== Attendees =====

Aimee, Anton, Franz

===== Agenda / Minutes =====

===Go round - how are we all feeling===

     * Aimee: anxious about meeting regarding doocracy

     * Anton: Splendid!

     * Franz: demotivated about how slow the process of doing something that is easy is 

===Review of 2019===
== what did we do well ==
    * consultation services to people who asked for it - 3 projects not yet started
    * 2 good media interviews
    * have stickers, people liked them
    * made new connections at events we presented ourselves to
    * don't have immediate real money problems
    * CCC Camp 19 + Congress
    * First AirB&B booking

== what can we do better ==
    * fixing the nextcloud issue
    * making more money
    * offer hosting for nextcloud
    * evaluating what is effective and what is not
      * creating process of doing that
    * improve methods to rise motviation
    * improve powerplant engagement and onboarding of new developers
      * if there is funding it would be easier to move forward with powerplant
      * Consider using alternatives to powerplant?
      * Franz does not want to be involved in powerplant anymore
    * define criteria for failed projects
    * Allocate time to spend on EHF projects
      * more low hanging fruits
    
    == we shouldn't do at all==

    * take on more projects than we can handle

===New connections / renewed connections===

      * These are documented in the [[:outreach|outreach page]] on the wiki

===Vision for 2020===
   
===Does EHF as umbrella make any sense?===
    * why?
      * positive
         * we provide guidance to people who want to start their own projects
         * people see us as open to collaborate more ie a collective rather than individual project
         * EHF projects are portable, can be used for multiple projects
         * It leaves the door open for more locations and groups to join in without being on site
         * If Kuckucksmuehle stops existing the EHF name still can continue as all the projects relating to it are not bound to a location
         * accounts are easier to separate allowing for funding to be made available to other projects if needed and people to donate to different projects as they wish - Has this been done, or is there a risk of this happening?
      * negative
        * confusing - singular name multiple of local projects - The name EHF implies a single location
        * There are not any other projects related, just the Mill
        * The EHF logo is way better
        * There is nothing EHF provides that the mill could not do operating as EHF
        * EHF is not location-dependant, the mill can move and still be EHF
        * there is no reason for now and soonish why somebody should adopt the "brand"
        * nobody wanted money ever from us even if we offer it .. also we selling it with there is not much money
        * it makes more sense to join specific
      * umbrella gets removed - agreed by all attendants
      * why should I join: point 1 now reads connect and expand a network of communities...
    * relating number of members or local projects over time? - No
    * why should you join? - already listed on the wiki
    * what are failure characteristics? - no active members
  
  TODO: email the community to ask for feedback, what we did right, what we can do better...

- How often should we meet?
    * Monthly - publish agenda 3 days before, send email reminder, send reminder on irc
  
=== What events do we want to go to in 2020?===
    * FOSDEM
    * 37C3
    * Emergent Berlin

    * Metanook? - Aimee maybe


===Do we want / need a new logo?===
    * Franz paid money for a new logo to be designed, once there are some logos to choose from it will be voted on before changing anything, we dont need a meeting for a decision a simple signal convo will suffice

===Do-ocracy proposal===
    * https://hackerspace.design/
      * why?
        * increases motivation on single tasks
        * we don't need agreement for everything
        * agreement for infrastructure/habitability/big changes consent
          * what are big changes? define this
          * anything costing more than €20?
    example of where this could work:

    * can be a model for projects, we can create a link to this from one of our wiki pages

  
===Other decision making process that we can use===
       - [[projects:inclusive_decision_making_process|Inclusive Decision Making Process]]
    example of where this could work:

    * can be a model for projects, we can create a link to this from one of our wiki pages

  
===Status with the nextcloud set up===
    * RL are still waiting to transfer sensitive information from gdrive to nextcloud - can we provide a timeframe from when this will be possible?
    * ongoing says Franz, hopefully this weekend
     
=== Eco Hacker Farm blueprint - target for 2020===
         - an index page with links for relevant pages?
    * more thought needed on this - how it should look like and what it should include