Onboarding Process

New participants are supported through a largely self-directed onboarding process, this includes:

Talking through the Context Checklist with an onboarding supporter and asking for help to gain relevant context as needed

This process is intended to both help those in support roles remember areas where new participants may need support to feel confident in co-creating our collective practices going forward,. The check-list can also function as a check-list for each new participant to identify the areas of support they need to actively engage in our collective practices. Talking through this checklist may need to occur over multiple sessions depending on a new participant’s existing forms of context.

Sharing relevant context for collaborating

As you gather context about participating in the Brassica Collective, please share anything you feel is relevant about your approach to collaborative projects as needed (e.g., your style of leadership, types of tasks you tend to avoid, how much experience you have at navigating conflict well together, etc.,)

Sharing your statement of confidence in participating

When ready, please share each of the following statements with the collective to indicate how confident you are in participating in the collective (on-boarding is considered complete when all statements are shared):

I feel confident that

• I understand the foundational context of the RAD housing project
• I can use each of the Brassica communication channels appropriately
• I can regularly attend assemblies
• I can reliably contribute to our online discussion forums
• I can act in alignment with existing collective agreements
• I can contribute to the processes for updating and co-creating collective agreements going forward

Context Check-list

Foundational Context

See the RAD Housing website, and discuss with on-boarding supporters the ‘what’, ‘why’, and ‘how’ questions around how the Collective is incorporating:

• Climate-adaptation processes
• Decommodification principles
• Collective practices for commoning
• Solidarity actions for connecting our collective to broader movements for justice.
• Transformative Justice approaches to navigating conflict well
• The RAD Housing Transition to Stewardship pathway

Current Agreements and Processes

See other how to guidelines and our agreements sections of this Handbook:

• Assembly facilitation guidelines
• Interim decision-making processes
• Interim Transitional Equity fund
• Delegation of decisions to the PAS crew
  • Delegation to RAD Crew
  • Splitting the PAS Crew from the RAD project
• Delegation of decision to Seedling Crew

Ways of working together

Draft Agreements and Emerging Proposals (see our Loomio forum for the latest), inclduing:

• Draft Participation Agreements
• Crew Ways of Working

Communication channels

On- boarding steps:

• Meet with a support person to discuss when/how/why to use each of the different communication channels
• Accept invitations to all relevant communication tools (listed below)
• Ask for IT support to set up apps on mobiles/computers if needed
• Meet with a support person to walk-through current ways-of-working for each app relevant to participation intentions

Software for Minimum participation

• Chat groups (Matrix)
• Discussion forum and decision-making software (Loomio)

Software for Crew participation

• Project-management (Taiga)
• Document management & collaboration space (tbc)

Software for IT support participation

• Handbook Website updates (Github, Hugo)
• Communication tools admin & maintenance (Matrix, Loomio, etc.,)