Initiatives

⚠️ Warning: Initiatives are still being set up, they replace working groups. Expect this space to change. ⚠️

Initiatives are mission-oriented projects that are executed by a self-organising team of 2-4 Hypha members who have the skills and tools to design, build, gather feedback or test, and finalize/release on the project. These include both internal and external-facing projects and tend to be reviewed on a quarterly basis.

Below we have the list of active initiatives as of 2021 Q3 and we keep a full archive of our projects.

projects: https://github.com/hyphacoop/organizing-private/tree/master/initiatives-internal 🔒.

Call me Chrysalis

Initiative for undertaking an organizational transformation to become more cross-functional and open to new styles of collaboration while supporting members' learning, growth, and livelihoods.

⏲️ Status: Launched
📑 Timeline: February - August 2021
📈 Scale and Est. Hours: Medium
📅 Calls: As needed
👪 Members: [@][t- ] dc
✅ Tasks: GitHub board > init-chrysalis label

Complete Migration and Deprecation

Initiative for completing migration of core Hypha services to new Server (Passbolt, BBB) and deprecate unneeded ones (Jitsi).

⏲️ Status: Launched
📑 Timeline: June - July 2021
📈 Scale and Est. Hours: Small
📅 Calls: ? 📝
👪 Members: [@][t- ] el (lead), yj
✅ Tasks: GitHub board > init-migration label

Dripline

Initiative for developing Hypha’s writing practice by publishing bi-monthly public facing articles on our website.

⏲️ Status: Launched
📑 Timeline: Ongoing
📈 Scale and Est. Hours: Large
📅 Calls: Monthly
👪 Members: @ dc (lead), uv, ep, el
✅ Tasks: GitHub board > [init-drip label][l-drip]

Hello Hypha

Initiative for meeting neighbours, potential collaborators, and the co-op curious to deepen our relationships through 2-3 calls per month.

⏲️ Status: Launched
📑 Timeline: Ongoing
📈 Scale and Est. Hours: Small
📅 Calls: Weekly
👪 Members: @ uv (lead), dc, bl, yj
✅ Tasks: GitHub board > init-hello label

Improving Tech Stack

Initiative for addressing members' ongoing workflow issues with current technical stack (e.g., Calendar, Email, and varying clients).

⏲️ Status: Launched
📑 Timeline: June - July 2021
📈 Scale and Est. Hours: Medium
📅 Calls: Monthly
👪 Members: [@][t- ] yj (lead), el
✅ Tasks: GitHub board > init-improvetech label

Organisation Homeostasis

Initiative for leading the creation and execution of strategy and governance, including quarterly planning meetings and AGM.

⏲️ Status: Launched
📑 Timeline: Ongoing
📈 Scale and Est. Hours: Medium
📅 Calls: As needed
👪 Members: [@][t- ] uv (lead), bl, dc
✅ Tasks: GitHub board > init-homeostatis label

Open Collective Fiscal Host

Initiative for operating as a fiscal host using Open Collective to aid small projects and informal groups aligned with our mission-work.

⏲️ Status: Soft-launched
📑 Timeline: Ongoing
📈 Scale and Est. Hours: Medium
📅 Calls: Biweekly
👪 Members: [@][t- ] bl (lead), dc
✅ Tasks: GitHub board > init-ochost label

Radical Co-op Development

Initiative for being active in co-operative spaces (e.g., CIU, CWCF, etc.) and growing other co-operatives. Principle 6.

⏲️ Status: Launched
📑 Timeline: Ongoing
📈 Scale and Est. Hours: Medium
📅 Calls: Monthly
👪 Members: @ uv (lead), dc
✅ Tasks: GitHub board > init-radcoops label

Social Spaces

Initiative for maintaining Hypha's social media accounts (e.g., Dripline, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn) and other platforms we use that have a social element (e.g., OpenCollective, Arena, GitHub).

⏲️ Status: Launched
📑 Timeline: Ongoing
📈 Scale and Est. Hours: Medium
📅 Calls: Weekly
👪 Members: @ dc (lead), uv, ep
✅ Tasks: GitHub board > init-socials label

Back office

Contains the are the core business activities for sustaining Hypha's virtual office, these are not set up in the same way as the above initiatives:

Finance

Initiative for stewarding the financial sustainability of the organization, this includes establishing accounting practices, maintaining financial accounts, processing invoices, expenses, and payroll, and creating reports on our financial statements and tax obligations.

📅 Calls: As needed
👪 Members: @finance
✅ Tasks: GitHub board > finance label

Infrastructure

Initiative for providing support and maintaining our "virtual office" and public services.

📅 Calls: Monthly
👪 Members: @infrastructure
✅ Tasks: GitHub board > infrastructure label

Operations

Initiative for stewarding our shared practices and policies for effective remote collaboration.

📅 Calls: As needed
👪 Members: @operations
✅ Tasks: GitHub board > operations label

Opportunities

Initiative for pursuing business opportunities.

📅 Calls: As needed
👪 Members: @opportunities
✅ Tasks: GitHub board > opportunities label