Keybase Channel Structure and Onboarding
Extinction Rebellion NYC uses Keybase to communicate between members either individually or in groups and is our preferred chat platform for the Extinction Rebellion NYC community.
Related Resources
General Keybase documentation for general help onboarding onto Keybase
SOS Working Group’s Information Flows in XR NY for an overview of all platforms used for communication and transparency
Keybase Channel Directory
Note: for all working/community/interest group channels we will be using the Arts working group as the example. For all other working groups replace “Arts” with the working/community/interest group name. Visit our Working Group Directory, Communities, and Interest Groups for a full list of all our available groups and their descriptions.
Announcements
Example Name: Announce_Arts
Access Level: read-only access for rebels and write access for working/community/interest group members.
Purpose:
Announcements about the group’s decisions, projects, or information to interested community members.
Discussion
Example Name: Discussion_Arts
Access Level: write access for everyone
Purpose:
Discussions within a working/community/interest group’s domain as well as questions, comments, concerns, and suggestions. Also a space to ask for help or offer assistance with tasks and projects.
Working/Community/Interest Group
Example Name: WG_Arts
Access Level: private team, write access for working/community/interest group members
Purpose:
A private team for active group members. While we want to promote transparency, by the nature of our work group members need a private channel for internal group discussions. Anyone who is actively doing work for a working/community/interest group will be added to this team.
Please note: this can be on Keybase but doesn’t need to be. Many of our working groups have private teams on Basecamp or other platforms which is fine, as long as the working group maintains their private space.
Announcements
Name: Announcements
Access Level: write access for all coordinators, read only access by members
Purpose:
Extinction Rebellion NYC wide announcements.
Welcome
Name: Welcome
Access Level: write access for moderators, read only access by all members
Purpose:
Contains a link to this onboarding documentation and our moderation policy. This is for new rebels to be able to quickly onboard and get started!
General
Name: General
Access Level: write access for all members
Purpose:
For general discussion among all of Extinction Rebellion NYC.
411
Name: 411
Access Level: write access for all members
Purpose:
Questions such as where to find something, who to contact, what a group is for, or what a policy is. This is the place to ask any and all questions for more senior rebels to answer.
How to Use Channels
Signup for the channels that you are interested in. To decide which announcement and discussion channels to sign-up for, refer to our Working Group Directory, Communities, and Interest Groups for a full list of all our available groups and their descriptions.
To sign-up for a channel go to xrnyc settings > manage chat channels
Then search and select your channel
Set up your notifications. We recommend changing your settings to only notify you on @mentions instead of all activity.
To set up notifications to go to the channel > information > settings and select “Only when @mentioned”.
Best Practices
Do not use @channel unless it is an emergency. That will notify people even if they are currently not active. Instead use @here which will only notify people when and if they are currently active.
Think before you type. Try to consolidate your thoughts into a single message rather than several short messages one right after another.
Use the search bar in the top left corner for keywords and files before asking a question to see if it’s been answered before.
If you see any behavior that is violating our moderation policy please don’t hesitate to reach out to anyone with a crown next to their username like this:
Or reach out directly to our moderators: @erindepew and @felixboehme . We want to keep the XRNYC keybase a safe place with healthy discussion and free from toxic or abusive behavior.
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