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Welcome to Boston DSA's wiki! It's here to serve as a reference for how our chapter works, how to organize, and how to get involved in our work.

This wiki is members-only; any DSA member in good standing can request an account here. Make sure to use the email address you used to join DSA. Someone does have to manually check your membership and approve the request on the back end, so if you don't hear anything in a day or two, email tech@bostondsa.org and ask. If you are not yet a member, you can join DSA here!

Getting Started in Boston DSA

Join our Discord server! This is where we do almost all of our discussion outside of meetings!
Boston DSA events calendar: Contains info about all of our upcoming events! Most Working Groups meet every month, we have a General Meeting every two months, and we have an Annual Convention every April.
Request an account for this wiki. Make sure to use the email address you used to join DSA. Someone does have to manually check your membership and approve the request on the back end, so if you don't hear anything in a day or two, email tech@bostondsa.org and ask.

How-to Guides

The How-to Guides cover a wide variety of topics, and serve as the formal documentation for how to do things in the chapter.

Chapter Policies

Chapter Bylaws
Chapter Resolutions Archive
Chapter Policies: Links to chapter bylaws, guidelines and policies regarding member data, security, financials, and other sensitive topics.

Chapter Communications and Technology Platforms

Discord: Where we do almost all of our discussion outside of meetings. To get the invite link, either log in to this wiki and visit the Discord wiki page, or log in to the Member Portal.
Email: We send regular events emails to our membership, and each Working Group has their own email list.
Zoom: How to set up a Zoom call
Signal: The chapter's de facto encrypted messaging app, often used instead of text messages
Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Google Drive: for leadership to share files with membership - for more detail, see Boston DSA Member Drive
ActionNetwork: to manage member data - for more detail, see ActionNetwork
Spoke: for sending out mass texts - for more detail, see Spoke

Chapter Structure

Officers

Working Groups

Working Groups carry out our external political work. Working groups meet regularly, and information about working group meetings can be found on the Events page.

Committees

Committees help the chapter function by carrying out administrative work and other internal organizing. They maintain the various systems we use to do work in the chapter, such as administering elections and maintaining member data.

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-== About the BostonDSA Wiki ==
+Welcome to Boston DSA's wiki! It's here to serve as a reference for how our chapter works, how to organize, and how to get involved in our work.
-Welcome to the BostonDSA's wiki! A wiki is a website that anyone can edit, and our chapter can use to collaborate and keep information. See the [[Main Page#Chapter Resources|Chapter Resources]] below for some existing useful wiki pages. If you would like to contribute this wiki, please read the [[Main Page#How to contribute to this wiki|how to contribute to this wiki]] section below.
+This wiki is members-only; any DSA member in good standing '''can [[Special:RequestAccount|request an account here]]'''. Make sure to use the email address you used to join DSA. Someone does have to manually check your membership and approve the request on the back end, so if you don't hear anything in a day or two, email [mailto:tech@bostondsa.org tech@bostondsa.org] and ask. If you are not yet a member, you can join DSA [https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ here]!
-== Chapter Resources ==
+== Getting Started in Boston DSA ==
-* [[National DSA|Information about National DSA]]
+* '''Join our [[How to use Discord|Discord]] server!''' This is where we do almost all of our discussion outside of meetings!
-* [https://www.bostondsa.org/ Boston DSA website]
+* [https://bostondsa.org/events/ Boston DSA events calendar]: Contains info about all of our upcoming events! Most Working Groups meet every month, we have a General Meeting every two months, and we have an Annual Convention every April.
-* [[Chapter Communications]]
+* '''[[Special:RequestAccount|Request an account for this wiki]]'''. Make sure to use the email address you used to join DSA. Someone does have to manually check your membership and approve the request on the back end, so if you don't hear anything in a day or two, email [mailto:tech@bostondsa.org tech@bostondsa.org] and ask.
-* [[Chapter Policies]]
-* [[How-to Guides]]
-* [[Propaganda Resources]]
-* [[Chapter Updates]]
-== Structure ==
+== How-to Guides ==
-=== Officers ===
+The [[How-to Guides]] cover a wide variety of topics, and serve as the formal documentation for how to do things in the chapter.
-* [[Steering Committee]]
+== Chapter Policies ==
-* [[Harrassment/Grievance Officers]]
-* [[Resolutions Team]]
-=== Working Groups ===
+* [https://www.bostondsa.org/bylaws/ Chapter Bylaws]
-Working groups carry out our political work.
+* [[Chapter Resolutions Archive]]
+* [[Chapter Policies]]: Links to chapter bylaws, guidelines and policies regarding member data, security, financials, and other sensitive topics.
-* [[Eco-Socialism Working Group]]
+== Chapter Communications and Technology Platforms ==
-* [[Electoral Working Group‎]]
-* [[Healthcare Working Group]]
-* [[Housing Justice Working Group]]
-* [[Immigration Working Group]]
-* [[Internationalism Working Group]]
-* [[Labor Working Group]]
-* [[Mental Health Working Group]]
-* [[Political Education Working Group]]
-* [[Prison Abolition Working Group]]
-* [[Socialist Feminist Working Group]]
-* [[Tech Working Group‎‎]]
-=== Committees ===
+* Discord: Where we do almost all of our discussion outside of meetings. To get the invite link, either log in to this wiki and visit the [[How to use Discord|Discord]] wiki page, or log in to the [https://members.bostondsa.org/home Member Portal].
-Committees help the chapter function.
+* Email: We send regular events emails to our membership, and each Working Group has their own email list.
+* Zoom: [[How to set up a Zoom call]]
+* Signal: The chapter's de facto encrypted messaging app, often used instead of text messages
+* Social Media: [https://www.facebook.com/BostonDSA/ Facebook], [https://www.instagram.com/boston_dsa/ Instagram], [https://x.com/Boston_DSA Twitter]
+* Google Drive: for leadership to share files with membership - for more detail, see [[Boston DSA Member Drive]]
+* ActionNetwork: to manage member data - for more detail, see [[ActionNetwork]]
+* Spoke: for sending out mass texts - for more detail, see [[Spoke]]
-* [[Mobilizer Committee]]
+== Chapter Structure ==
-* [[Direct Action/De-escalation/Security (DADS)]]
-* [[Communications Committee]]
-* [[General Meeting Planning Committee]]
-* [[Childwatch Committee]]
-* [[Elections Committee]]
-* [[Priorities Committee]]
-=== Identity Caucuses ===
+=== Officers ===
-* [[Women's and Non-Binary Caucus]]
+* [[Coordinating Committee]]
-* [[People of Color Caucus]]
+** [[Co-chairs]]
+** [[Membership Coordinators]]
+** [[Communications Coordinator]]
+** [[Clerk]]
+** [[Treasurer]]
+** [[At-Large (Coordinating Committee)|At-Large]]
+* [[Harassment and Grievance Officers]]
-=== Informal Groups ===
+=== Working Groups ===
+[https://bostondsa.org/chapter-structure/ Working Groups] carry out our external political work. Working groups meet regularly, and information about working group meetings can be found on the [https://www.bostondsa.org/events/ Events page].
-* [[Musicians' Caucus]]
+* [https://bostondsa.org/our-work/cambridge/ Cambridge Working Group]
-* [[DemSox Softball Team]]
+* [https://bostondsa.org/our-work/ecosocialism/ Ecosocialism Working Group]
+* [https://bostondsa.org/our-work/electoral/ Electoral Working Group]
+* [https://bostondsa.org/our-work/healthcare/ Healthcare Working Group]
+* [https://bostondsa.org/our-work/housing/ Housing Working Group]
+* [https://bostondsa.org/our-work/internationalism/ Internationalism Working Group]
+* [https://bostondsa.org/our-work/labor/ Labor Working Group]
+* [https://bostondsa.org/our-work/political-education/ Political Education Working Group]
+* [https://bostondsa.org/?page_id=580 Socialist Feminism Working Group]
-== How to contribute to this wiki ==
+=== Committees ===
+[https://bostondsa.org/our-work/committees/ Committees] help the chapter function by carrying out administrative work and other internal organizing. They maintain the various systems we use to do work in the chapter, such as administering elections and maintaining member data.
-This wiki can be used to coordinate standards, increase organization transparency and share useful information. To contribute, you must:
-# [[How to make an account|Make an account]]
-# [[Wiki Security Guidelines|Read the security guidelines]]
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