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Guilds are self-organized groups that maintain Resources and organize Events at Noisebridge — each a self-governing "mini Noisebridge," free to operate according to its own conditions and best practices.

If you have questions about space use or items owned by a guild, see Guilds/Contact.

Hacking, it's more than just electronics

How to Join a Guild

If you use a guild's tools or space regularly, you may already be part of a guild!

What makes a guild different from just using a resource? Intention.

A guild is a group of people who've decided, explicitly, that they're responsible for keeping that resource alive for the next person.

The next step is making that explicit: showing up to help, asking what needs doing, and getting to know the people who keep things running.

Most Guilds have a regular meeting time. Make it your business to come to that meeting sometimes so you can meet people, share knowledge, and learn what the Guild needs and how you can help.

All guilds have a Discord channel (listed below). That's the fastest way to find out when people are around and what's happening.

The Guild concept is a home-grown Noisebridge cultural structure based on anarcho-syndicalism.

For philosophy, guidance, and patterns to follow, see MetaGuild.

Infrastructure Guilds

SecWG: Maintains the access system.
Rack: Maintains the servers infrastructure and network.
Fundraising Guild: Works on fundraisers for NB.
MetaGuild: Helps develop patterns for other guilds.
Accessibility: Works on accessibility culture, streaming event support, layout. bathrooms, and planning elevator.

Currently Active Guilds

Games

Games Guild: Encompasses multiple game groups and resources.
- Gamebridge Classes: Runs weekly classes.
- Noisebridge Gaming Archivists

Fabrication

Sewing | #sewingstation on Slack, Sewing Channel on Discord
Electronics: Maintains electronics shop and Circuit Hacking Mondays event.
3D Printing
Wood Shop
Laser Cutter

Art & Creativity

Music Guild: Claims the music room and all its resources. Hosts a songwriting class on Sundays (time TBD).
Rubber Ducky Guild

Tech & Learning

AI/ML Meetup: Hosts regular discussion and MooC co-working learning.

Culture

Philosophy: Ongoing discussion of philosophy, ethics, and ideas.
MetaGuild: Patterns and guidance for starting and sustaining guilds.

Unknown Status

Proposed guilds

Art : Start improving NB art resources, classes and decorations by meeting for Artbridge.

Guild Checklist

The goal of a guild isn't just to keep the lights on — it's to Create More Masters: a growing group of people at varying levels of skill and commitment, where the more experienced are constantly training and upskilling others.

START SOMEWHERE: A guild needs at least one person willing to show up consistently and invite others in.
GROW THE PIPELINE: Invite people to learn, not just to show up. Look for interested people on Discord and in the space. Acknowledge every level of contribution — the person who sweeps up is as important as the person who fixes the machine.
GIVE CREDIT GENEROUSLY: Credit is how we distribute trust. Name people who help. Celebrate skill publicly.
TELL PEOPLE WHEN: Post current meeting times and events somewhere people can find them.
TELL PEOPLE HOW TO FIND YOU: Discord channel, wiki page, something.
TAKE NOTES: Written notes mean the guild's knowledge outlives any one person.
POST PHOTOS: At least one photo of your resources in their current state. Update it when things change.
NO SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE: If the guild would collapse when you leave, that's the next problem to solve. See MetaGuild.

MAINTENANCE

HISTORY SECTION: Outdated info moved to History sections at bottom of pages or entirely old pages marked { { historic } } if they won't be updated or { { outdated } } if they need updating.

Group Patterns

For patterns and guidance on running a healthy guild, see MetaGuild.

Style Guide For Guild Pages

The two best examples of well-formatted guild pages so far are games and sewing. Emulate those or improve further.

Use the guild template on top

Put the { {guilds} } template on top of the page. (View source to see how this is done with double curly braces around guild).

{{guilds}}

List Maintainers and add recruiting template if it is below 2

Put a list of maintainers at the very top of the page with 0 if there are none signed up. Add the { { recruitnig } } template to include a volunteers needed infobox:

{{recruiting}}

To use in future

Wikipedia Editable Templates

Example on Wikipedia: Infobox_country

{{ManualPage}}

Past Organizational Models

FractalWorkingGroup: The pre-existing informal group creation model.

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-<span style="font-size:200%">Guilds are a proposed way to organize groups within Noisebridge with multiple maintainers collaborating to improve the group's resources.</span>
+{{guilds}}
+[[Category:Guild]]
+[[Category:WG]]
+[[Category:WikiWG]]
+[[Category:Ontology]]
-== Protoguilds ==
+{{boxstart}}'''Guilds''' are self-organized groups that maintain [[Resources]] and organize [[Events]] at Noisebridge — each a self-governing "mini Noisebridge," free to operate according to its own conditions and best practices.
-Protoype guilds to experiment with how guilds could work.
+{{boxend}}
-*[[games|Games Guild]]
+If you have questions about space use or items owned by a guild, see [[Guilds/Contact]].
-**[[Gamebridge|Gamebridge Tuesdays]]
-**[[vr|VRBridge]]
+[[Image:Skittlevodka.jpg|thumb|right|Hacking, it's more than just electronics]]
+[[Image:Starfive - q's noisebridge project.jpg|thumb|right|Craft hacking]]
+[[Image:VideoEditing.jpg|thumb|right|Video editing]]
+== How to Join a Guild ==
+If you use a guild's tools or space regularly, you may already be part of a guild!
+What makes a guild different from just using a resource? Intention.
+A guild is a group of people who've decided, explicitly, that they're responsible for keeping that resource alive for the next person.
+The next step is making that explicit: showing up to help, asking what needs doing, and getting to know the people who keep things running.
+Most Guilds have a regular meeting time.  Make it your business to come to that meeting sometimes so you can meet people, share knowledge, and learn what the Guild needs and how you can help.
+All guilds have a Discord channel (listed below). That's the fastest way to find out when people are around and what's happening.
+The Guild concept is a home-grown Noisebridge cultural structure based on anarcho-syndicalism.
+For philosophy, guidance, and patterns to follow, see [[MetaGuild]].
+==Infrastructure Guilds==
+* [[SecWG]]: Maintains the [[access]] system.
+* [[Rack]]: Maintains the [[servers]] infrastructure and [[network]].
+*[[Fundraising Guild]]: Works on fundraisers for NB.
+*[[MetaGuild]]: Helps develop patterns for other guilds.
+*[[Accessibility]]: Works on accessibility culture, [[streaming]] event support, [[layout]]. [[bathrooms]], and planning [[elevator]].
+== Currently Active Guilds ==
+=== Games ===
+*[[games|Games Guild]]: Encompasses multiple game groups and resources.
+**[[Gamebridge|Gamebridge Classes]]: Runs weekly classes.
 **[[nga|Noisebridge Gaming Archivists]]
-*[https://discuss.noisebridge.info/t/sewing-guild/171 Sewing Guild]
+=== Fabrication ===
-**[[Sewing]]
+*[[Sewing]] | #sewingstation on [[Slack]], [https://discord.gg/VzQPXCmW Sewing Channel on Discord]
-**[[Crypto]]
+*[[Electronics]]: Maintains electronics shop and [[Circuit Hacking Mondays]] event.
+*[[3D Printing]]
+*[[Wood Shop]]
+*[[Laser Manual|Laser Cutter]]
+=== Art & Creativity ===
+*[[Music Guild]]: Claims the music room and all its resources. Hosts a songwriting class on Sundays (time TBD).
+*[[Rubber Ducky Guild]]
+=== Tech & Learning ===
+*[[AI/ML Meetup]]: Hosts regular discussion and MooC co-working learning.
+=== Culture ===
+*[[Philosophy]]: Ongoing discussion of philosophy, ethics, and ideas.
+*[[MetaGuild]]: Patterns and guidance for starting and sustaining guilds.
+== Unknown Status==
+*[[Essential Infrastructure Guild]]
+*[[Crypto]]
+*[[space|Out of Space]]
+*[[Simbridge]]
+*[[Yak Shaving Guild]]
+*[[vr|VRBridge]]
+== Proposed guilds ==
+*[[Art]] : Start improving NB art resources, classes and decorations by meeting for [[Artbridge]].
+== Guild Checklist ==
+The goal of a guild isn't just to keep the lights on — it's to '''Create More Masters''': a growing group of people at varying levels of skill and commitment, where the more experienced are constantly training and upskilling others.
+* '''START SOMEWHERE:''' A guild needs at least one person willing to show up consistently and invite others in.
+* '''GROW THE PIPELINE:''' Invite people to learn, not just to show up. Look for interested people on [[Discord]] and in the space. Acknowledge every level of contribution — the person who sweeps up is as important as the person who fixes the machine.
+* '''GIVE CREDIT GENEROUSLY:''' Credit is how we distribute trust. Name people who help. Celebrate skill publicly.
+* '''TELL PEOPLE WHEN:''' Post current meeting times and events somewhere people can find them.
+* '''TELL PEOPLE HOW TO FIND YOU:''' Discord channel, wiki page, something.
+* '''TAKE NOTES:''' Written notes mean the guild's knowledge outlives any one person.
+* '''POST PHOTOS:''' At least one photo of your resources in their current state. Update it when things change.
+* '''NO SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE:''' If the guild would collapse when you leave, that's the next problem to solve. See [[MetaGuild]].
+== MAINTENANCE ==
+* '''HISTORY SECTION:''' Outdated info moved to History sections at bottom of pages or entirely old pages marked { { historic } } if they won't be updated or { { outdated } } if they need updating.
 == Group Patterns ==
-There are a number of patterns groups have used that are reusable. If you are interested in starting a group or improving a group's effectiveness.
+For patterns and guidance on running a healthy guild, see [[MetaGuild]].
-=== Groups as maintainers of multiple resources, events and subgroups ===
-Groups can play a role in maintaining multiple things of interest to the group such as resources, events and classes.
-Many resources such as tools exist at Noisebridge without groups that maintain them, relying on a single volunteer or two who takes an interest in maintaining them. Sometimes those unofficial maintainers change focus or leave and resources go without any maintainers or events and classes go without organizers and teachers.
+= Style Guide For Guild Pages =
-By adopting things and encouraging group members to become maintainers, groups can help keep things they care about functioning.
+The two best examples of well-formatted guild pages so far are [[games]] and [[sewing]]. Emulate those or improve further.
-=== Multiple Maintainers For Things ===
+== Use the guild template on top ==
-Groups that establish multiple maintainers for things make them more resilient and usable over time.
+Put the { {guilds} } template on top of the page. (View source to see how this is done with double curly braces around guild).
+<pre>{{guilds}}</pre>
-=== Multiple Maintainers For Groups ===
+== List Maintainers and add recruiting template if it is below 2 ==
-Groups themselves can benefit from having organizer maintainers who develop the group's membership and activities.
+Put a list of maintainers at the very top of the page with 0 if there are none signed up. Add the { { recruitnig } } template to include a volunteers needed infobox:
-=== Group Development Communications Channels ===
-Groups can facilitate communication amongst members by having channels on Slack/Discourse.
-=== Resource Discovery & Networking ===
+<pre>
-Guilds might discover a way to leverage resources outside of Noisebridge in a way that befits their interests.
+{{recruiting}}
-In so doing, we’d generate linkages between Noisebridge and other communities that is organic, that will help us cross-pollinate and generate more funds when we need them.
+</pre>
-=== Growing Into Their Own Things ===
+== To use in future ==
-It could also be that an individual Guild outgrows Noisebridge and decides to fill another space somewhere.
-== Related Links ==
+=== Wikipedia Editable Templates ===
-[https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?search=guilds&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go Guild-related pages]
+Example on Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_country Infobox_country]
+<pre>{{ManualPage}}
+</pre>
-{{ManualPage}}
+= Past Organizational Models =
+* [[FractalWorkingGroup]]: The pre-existing informal group creation model.

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