[sudo-discuss] [BAPS-Organizing] Re: [omni-discuss] Replacing the term "bottom-liner" with..?

[Anca Mosoiu]

Is there a specific list of tasks/responsibilities that the "bottom-liner"
has to do?

Matt's list of terms suggest a number of different, specific
responsibilities that a person with that title might have.  Semantics are
important here.

Here's a (partial) list of many of the things that are done as part of an
event. I like to split them along content-oriented tasks, and
organizational tasks.

*Content Tasks:*
* Come up with an event name, descriptive text, pictures for putting on the
website and on social media
* Create workshop, or presentation, or performance for the event
* Facilitate / teach / perform at the event

*Organizational/Administrative/Marketing/Financial Tasks:*
* Make sure the event doesn't conflict with other events in the space at
that time
* Post the event on the website
* Create event registration webpage if needed
* Post the event on social media sites.  Promote the event.
* Secure sponsorships for events
* Create flyers and collateral for promoting the event
* Keep a list of contact information for all people participating in the
event
* Keep people informed of ongoing changes or things they need to do to get
ready
* Confirm that the event is still happening X days before the event (so we
can clear out the calendar if not)
* Buy / provide food and drink for event
* Make sure the space is ready at the right time, including unlocking doors
if needed
* Make sure all needed equipment is available and in working order
* Direct people to the event in the space
* Help set up for the event
* Clean up after the event.  Lock up the space if necessary.
* Collect payment or donations for use of the space
* Send payments to performers or event partners

What are some of the other things?

If people don't feel comfortable with the explicit or implicit list of
responsibilities associated with being a bottom-liner, we can re-define
them.  As well as the term.

Cheers,

Anca.




On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com>
wrote:

> some more hopefully-less-hierarchical-terms:
>
> * responsibili-buddy
> * point-of-contact
> * liaison
> * ambassador
> * confidant
> * advocate
> * messenger
> * intermediary
> * connection
> * fixer
> * agent
> * emissary
> * promoter
> * producer
>
> Perhaps "producer" is subtly honest, "responsibili-buddy" is most fun to
> pronounce, and "coordinator" is the closest practical analog to the current
> "bottom-liner"?
>
> // Matt
>
> p.s. "Advocate" goes in a totally different direction, maybe worth some
> consideration...
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 11:06 AM, niki <niki.shelley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't know who you are, Ed Rippy, but I can't wait to meet you IRL!
>>
>> Love these thoughts and hope we can expand on them / work to develop
>> actionable solutions / experiments.
>>
>> <3
>>
>> Niki
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Ed Rippy <ed.rippy at mindspring.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 01/11/2015 10:17 PM, Michael Nicoloff wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know on the BAPS side of things there's been on-and-off problems with
>>>> finding enough people to bottom-line classes, and that often the duties of
>>>> bottom-lining have unevenly fallen on a few key people, so that even if the
>>>> name bottom-liner hasn't struck me as a problem, the organizing practice
>>>> has at times felt built on shaky ground. What in theory is a non-coercive,
>>>> equal, from-each-to-each kind of horizontalism becomes not so much that in
>>>> practice, with responsibility (and power) concentrating/burdening a small
>>>> number of folks.
>>>>
>>>
>>> -- This always happens. Democracy is a great ideal, & it wd be even
>>> greater if our fundamental equality as human beans translated into equality
>>> of work output. It doesn't for a lot of reasons. This is the toughest part
>>> of the whole process.
>>>
>>>    The only way to reduce this problem is for more people to step up.
>>> This is very tough, because pretty much all of us are overextended anyway,
>>> but it's still crucial. We all grow up in a society where just about
>>> everything happens because someone gets paid to bottomline it. If we want
>>> to create an alternative we need to deprogram ourselves & realize that
>>> there ain't no-one else to do it. Many of us are also programmed to feel
>>> that we aren't good enough and can't be 'leaders.' This is what we have to
>>> transform if sudo room or omni is gonna survive. Unfortunately I can't
>>> offer a whole lot myself, but I'll think of something. One thing I've
>>> learned is that little things add up.
>>>
>>>    We need to know ea. other & trust ea. other if we're really going to
>>> work together. And we need to believe that our efforts will actually pay
>>> off -- that they'll be well received & help create some great experience.
>>>
>>>
>>>> So I feel like lurking under concerns about the name are questions of
>>>> organization, of how to ensure a horizontalism not just in name but also in
>>>> reality, and so it seems like any discussion of renaming the bottom-liner
>>>> task is also going to have to take a real look at our practices as
>>>> collectives. Maybe I'm getting a little far afield here, but it seems like
>>>> pulling on the thread of what to call what we're calling a bottom-liner
>>>> pulls a lot of other issues with it.
>>>>
>>> -- Me 2. The term "bottom-liner" has gotten pretty traditional, & I
>>> can't think of any great alternatives. "Project Manager?" Gack. We can
>>> change the name if we like, but IMO it's more important to talk about what
>>> the bottlenecks are & how we can be creative working together so more
>>> people feel like getting involved. I'm a newb here so I don't know the
>>> issues/specifics, but I've been an activist long enough to know the
>>> pattern. We need to hack our mindsets so that we all see a little bit of
>>> organizing/bottomlining here & there as part of a fun life.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ed Rippy
>>>
>>>
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