Modern Poly Community Meeting

November 17, 2010

Overview

Introducing the Modern Poly team

Project scope to-date E-Zine Community site Group directory

Future directions/projects Partnerships & Collaboration Poly House Party (2011)

Support needed

Modern Poly “Movers & Shakers”

Current Admins: Jessica (Tech) Mai Li

(Media/Publications) Randy (Business)

Former Admins: Ashe David Ranger

@ Loving More Philadelphia – Feb 2010

Project: E-zine

Project: E-Zine

MAIN SECTION(HOSTED CONTENT)

Writer submits (article / review) to Modern Poly editing team

Editors review article and work with author to revise post

Writer is credited as volunteer staff for Modern Poly

Great for occasional writers that don’t want to keep own website

THE COMMONS(SYNDICATED CONTENT)

Content hosted on author’s site (or 3rd party location)

Syndicated to Modern Poly via. RSS Feed

Original author credited – links back to their site

Diverse content for us / more traffic for them (win-win)

Community Site

Started with Elgg in November 2009 Transition to Drupal in Summer 2010

Massive (& frustrating) database transfer Learning curve for new (but easier to

use) platform

Need to re-assess needs/usability of site

Goals for community site

Bridge between “brick and mortar” poly groups and online community

Discussion boards Personal profiles Event Calendar (iCal feeds in/out?) Photo albums File shares (documents / brochures) Skill-share (?)

Poly Group Registry (polygroups.com)

Lack of up-to-date directory of poly groups Several resources with overlapping lists Updated sporadically Changes in info dependant on site owner

Need for site with Information updated in near-real-time Visitors able to contribute info on their own

groups Ability to collect additional data (research before

visiting)

Poly Group Registry

Version 1.0 Collecting group data▪ Contact information (email / website)▪ Demographics▪ History▪ Membership Requirements

Geographic map Text directory

Poly Group Registry

Version 2.0 (in early development) iCal feeds from group calendars (no RSVP

system) RSS feeds from group blogs Easy to navigate layout Group/region statistics more accessible Regional Liasions

Version 3.0 (dreaming) Tools / Community for local organization

leaders

Partnerships and Collaboration

Poly House Party Result of Poly Leadership Network

Summit Joint project with Loving More Foster camaraderie in local communities Build awareness about polyamory Raise funds to support organizations Spring 2011 (Weekend dates TBD)

Support needed

Volunteers Writers Coders /Developers (PHP/MySQL, Drupal) Marketing (community liaisons)

Funds Hosting/registration costs Administrative costs (P.O. box, licenses) Travel to conferences “Outsourcing” projects and tasks

(writers, coders, etc.)

Follow-up (from call discussion)Topics brought up by participants

Revise/upload existing poly group resources(some of us have “Poly 101” brochures or guides on starting/upkeeping poly groups)

For e-zine “Commons” section, find a way to tag content so readers know if source site may have more explicit content (vs. “family/teen friendly”

Emphasize that polygroups.com is about identifying local polyamory groups/resources

Follow-ups (from call discussions)

(Continued) In development of community site, separate “experience share”

(here’s how I live my life as poly) from “skill share” (here’s how I do x, y, and z)

Find alternative options for event management/notification (for next Town Hall)

Follow-up with participants regarding options for gathering resources (volunteers and funds)

Consider developing a 501(c)(3) – One participant commented that having another polyamory based nonprofit doesn’t necessarily pull potential funds away from existing organizations – it allows individuals who may not identify with existing org’s to have another outlet to donate to.