This is a directory of projects in active development as part of Runrig's Open Design Workshops, including design documents, event schedules, meeting notes and general information.
With these workshops, we seek to promote an open culture of design, where knowledge is produced and shared in collaboration among practitioners from every level and realm of expertise. Ideally, this should include diverse members of the broader technological ecosystem, persons involved at all stages of the supply chain, and the totality of subjects that make up a given foodshed or bioregion, human and otherwise.
Central to Runrig's design methodology are the social relations and communities that develop in tandem with the development of any particular technology. Priority should be given to these relationships over all other performance indicators or engagement metrics. This is all part of the principle of "ecology over architecture", as outlined in the Runrig Plan.
To get involved or learn more about the Runrig community, please visit runrig.org or sign up for our newsletter.
Workshops will often be devoted to the specific projects above, but we can always form breakout rooms to discuss more general topics or hack on something totally new!
Three 1-hour workshops are held each month at varied times of day and days of the week to provide more opportunities to participate for people coming from different timezones or who have a recurring obligation that might conflict with a single time and day of the week.
| Nth Day of the Month | Office Hours | Workshop |
|---|---|---|
| First Friday | 7:30 - 8am ET | 8am - 9am ET |
| Second Sunday | 1:30 - 2pm ET | 2pm - 3pm ET |
| Third Thursday | 5:30 - 6pm ET | 6pm - 7pm ET |
Specific dates & times for upcoming events will be posted on the GOAT Community Calendar (via Google Calendar). You can also find all workshops posted in the Runrig Workshops Group, which is an instance of the ActivityPub-based Mobilizon social event planner made by Framasoft and hosted by NixNix.
Unless otherwise noted, workshops and other scheduled events will be held in the following Jitsi room hosted by May First Movement Technology:
https://meet.mayfirst.org/runrig-open-design-workshop
We would like to encourage multilingual events in the future, for which May First provides a special Simultaneous Translation service, so let us know if you would like us to find a translator for any languages other than English and we'll try our hardest to arrange that!
Each workshop session will also be live-streamed and posted afterwards to the Runrig YouTube Channel so people can watch later if they miss it or want to catch up.
- Developing a mockup and first functional prototype for the Early Warning System.
- First Open Design Workshop to develop the Early Warning System for Richland Gro-Op.
- Interview with Jess Hudson of Richland Gro-Op to discuss a crop plan auditing system. See Richland Gro-Op Crop Plan Auditing System.