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Media Enterprise Design Lab
University of Colorado Boulder


In this handbook, we document our own processes, to support our own work and for transparency with our stakeholders.

Purpose

MEDLab is a think tank for community ownership and governance in media organizations. See more information on programs and personnel on the website's About page.

Governance

  • CommunityRule link: merge Circles and BD
  • Code of Conduct: Contributor Covenant?
  • Tips for getting involved

Process

  • Chat
  • Weekly standups
  • Occasional circle and all-hands meetings

Technology

MEDLab hosts its own software in order to participate in the free/open-source software commons, and in order to protect our practices from surveillance-based business models. We host the following tools on a Digital Ocean droplet:

  • Cloudron [my.medlab.host] - Manages the various apps we use, as well as user accounts.
  • NextCloud [cloud.medlab.host] - The primary tool we use to manage files. It includes
    • Deck - A kanban-style tool for managing workflows.
    • Element - see information on Matrix below.
  • Matrix [cloud.medlab.host/riotchat] - Our main communication tool. Access it through the Element client from within NextCloud, or using a Matrix-compatible mobile app (such as Element). The server is hosted on Cloudron at matrix.medlab.host.

[Divide the above info into “What it is” and “how to use it” for each tool.]

Additionally, for the MEDLab website we use the Drupal-based system maintained by the university.

On-boarding

TKTK the steps for creating accounts

Economics

Processes for managing budgeting, etc.

On-boarding

How to set up payment, submit invoices, etc.