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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 ==


* '''Join our [[How to use Discord|Discord]] server!''' This is where we do almost all of our discussion outside of meetings!
* [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.
* '''[[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.


* [https://www.bostondsa.org/ Boston DSA website]
== How-to Guides ==
* [[Chapter Updates]]
* [[Chapter Communications]]
* [[Chapter Policies]]
* [[How-to Guides]]
* [[Propaganda Resources]]
* [[National DSA|Information about National DSA]]


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


=== Officers ===
== Chapter Policies ==


* [[Steering Committee]]
* [https://www.bostondsa.org/bylaws/ Chapter Bylaws]
* [[Harrassment/Grievance Officers]]
* [[Chapter Resolutions Archive]]
* [[Resolutions Team]]
* [[Chapter Policies]]: Links to chapter bylaws, guidelines and policies regarding member data, security, financials, and other sensitive topics.


=== Working Groups ===
== Chapter Communications and Technology Platforms ==
Working groups carry out our political work.


* [[Eco-Socialism Working Group]]
* 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].
* [[Electoral Working Group‎]]
* Email: We send regular events emails to our membership, and each Working Group has their own email list.
* [[Healthcare Working Group]]
* Zoom: [[How to set up a Zoom call]]
* [[Housing Justice Working Group]]
* Social Media: [https://www.facebook.com/BostonDSA/ Facebook], [https://www.instagram.com/boston_dsa/ Instagram], [https://x.com/Boston_DSA Twitter]
* [[Immigration Working Group]]
* Google Drive: for leadership to share files with membership - for more detail, see [[Boston DSA Member Drive]]
* [[Internationalism Working Group]]
* ActionNetwork: to manage member data - for more detail, see [[ActionNetwork]]
* [[Labor Working Group]]
* Spoke: for sending out mass texts - for more detail, see [[Spoke]]
* [[Mental Health Working Group]]
* [[Political Education Working Group]]
* [[Prison Abolition Working Group]]
* [[Socialist Feminist Working Group]]
* [[Tech Working Group‎‎]]


=== Committees ===
== Chapter Structure ==
Committees help the chapter function.


* [[Mobilizer Committee]]
=== Officers ===
* [[Direct Action/De-escalation/Security (DADS)]]
* [[Communications Committee]]
* [[General Meeting Planning Committee]]
* [[Childwatch Committee]]
* [[Elections Committee]]
* [[Priorities Committee]]


=== Identity Caucuses ===
* [[Coordinating Committee]]
** [[Co-chairs]]
** [[Membership Coordinators]]
** [[Communications Coordinator]]
* [[Harassment and Grievance Officers]]


* [[Women's and Non-Binary Caucus]]
=== Working Groups ===
* [[People of Color Caucus]]
[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].


=== Informal Groups ===
* [https://bostondsa.org/our-work/cambridge/ Cambridge Working Group]
* [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]


* [[Musicians' Caucus]]
=== Committees ===
* [[DemSox Softball Team]]
[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.
 
== How to contribute to this wiki ==
 
This wiki can be used to coordinate standards, increase organization transparency and share useful information. To contribute, you must:
 
# If you're a member of Boston DSA in good standing, you can [[Special:RequestAccount|request an account]]. Make sure to use the email address you used to join DSA. If you're not a member of DSA, [https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ join here!]
# Abide by these rules:
## Don't write other people's personal information besides first names (and last initials; think Rosa L) and non-personal email addresses (like tech@bostondsa.org or other emails they made for this purpose). No home addresses, workplace information, last names, personal email addresses, or work email addresses without explicit consent.
## Don't write anything about sensitive direct actions.
## Don't write anything that might compromise coalition partners or their members, or other vulnerable people.
## These rules apply to Google Docs that you link to in the wiki as well. If a Google Doc has sensitive information in it, it should not have link sharing on (so that when people click on the link, they will only see the content if they have been granted permission to see it).
# Pitch in!
## If you see something incorrect or out of date, don't hesitate to fix it.
## If you have extra information that abides by our rules, add it!
## If an edit is getting changed back and forth multiple times, there's an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring edit war], and we like no war but class war. If you see an edit war, try resolving it through communication or tell an admin and we will take care of it.
## If you see information that violates our rules or is clearly inappropriate, undo the edit AND tell an admin.
 
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Latest revision as of 04:20, 15 August 2024

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[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Chapter Communications and Technology Platforms[edit | edit source]

  • 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
  • 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[edit | edit source]

Officers[edit | edit source]

Working Groups[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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.