Main Page

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.

Chapter Resources

Getting Organized

Making things happen and getting other people involved.

• How-to Guides: This page includes process documents and best practices for a range of activities within the chapter, including events planning and scheduling, graphic design resources, and sharing the Zoom nicely.
• Chapter Policies: Links to chapter bylaws, guidelines and policies regarding member data, security, financials, and other sensitive topics.
• Chapter Communications (and other technical resources): A list of the various media the chapter uses for communications, along with information for use and process guidelines.
  • Importantly, it includes How to set up a Zoom call.
• Online Voting Guidelines: Information about the online voting and discussion system used for absentee voting on resolutions posed at chapter-wide meetings.
• Information about National DSA

Chapter Structure

Officers

• Coordinating Committee
  • Co-chairs
  • Membership Coordinators
  • Communications Coordinator
• Harassment and Grievance 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.

• Cambridge Working Group
• Ecosocialism Working Group
• Electoral Working Group
• Healthcare Working Group
• Housing Working Group
• Internationalism Working Group
• Labor Working Group
• Political Education Working Group
• Socialist Feminism Working Group

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.

Not sure how to do a thing?

These handy how-to Guides include process documents and best practices range of activities within the chapter, such as events planning and scheduling, graphic design resources, and sharing the Zoom nicely. It also includes guides for how to use Action Network and how to get an event on the chapter calendar.