Wranglers
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MozFest Wrangler Program | ||
| Owner: Tyler Munyua | Years Active: 2010-present | Updated: 2023-11-14 | |
| Information about the Wrangler experience | |||
About MozFest Wranglers & this Wiki
The Wrangler programme is our foundational anchor of the federated design strategy in practice. A small cohort of our community, called Wranglers, help us co-design and co curate MozFest. Wranglers are a large, diverse group of contributors who collaborate with a small group of Mozilla staff and others to produce a truly unique event. For more background, see this blog post on the Making of MozFest.
Wranglers are practitioners, activists, academics, and artists across geographies who collaborate to create an arc that ties together the festival narrative and festival themes (aka Spaces) to bring attention to pressing issues in the TAI space. They share an invitation to participate at the festival that convenes diverse communities through community-led sessions and hands-on experiences.
These wiki pages document and inform the Wrangler experience, gathering resources, materials, and work by Wrangler teams.
The Wrangling experience is divided into phases, as documented below.
PHASE 1 - Cohort-building and topic exploration
MISSIONS in this phase:
- Meet other Wranglers
- Share and explore new ideas, perspectives and insights
- Begin to generate SPACE and EXPERIENCE ideas, which are thematic groupings for topics at MozFest
PHASE 2 - September 2021 - Teams, Narratives & Community Engagement
MISSIONS in this phase:
- Agree on collaborative practices & approaches
- Define and select MozFest 2022 Spaces & teams to produce those spaces
- Begin to engage communities around Space concepts & ideas
Week of August 30/Sept 1st : Space brainstorm & "the big picture" for MozFest!
- Space/Themes Brainstorming Session Sept 1st at 4pm UTC
- Discussion with Mozilla Staff, Sept 2nd at 2pm UTC
Week of Sept 6: Synchronous all-wrangler meetings.
Topics: Principles/ways of working for MozFest co-creation. Understanding production schedule and timelines. Defining Themes & Spaces. Please try to attend ALL meetings this week!
- Sept 7, 1pm to 3pm UTC
- Sept 8, 2pm to 4pm UTC
- Sept 9, 3pm to 4pm UTC
Week of Sept 13: Synchronous all-wrangler meetings
Topics: Finalizing themes and spaces. Teams & Roles. Planning for community outreach. Please try to attend ALL meetings this week!
- Sept 13, 2pm to 3pm UTC
- Sept 14, 1pm to 3pm UTC
- Sept 15, 3pm to 4pm UTC
- >>>MILESTONE: by Sept 17, Wranglers choose spaces & organize teams!<<<
Week of Sept 20. Synchronous one-hour opt-in calls to support teams
ALL OPTIONAL, but you are encouraged to join one!
- Coaching/Help Session: Develop your Space Narratives * Time/date TBD
- Coaching/Help Session: Make a Plan for Community Outreach * Time/date TBD
Week of Sept 27. Finalize Space Narratives!
- All-Wrangler Call Sept 29
- >>>MILESTONE: Final Space narratives due Sept 29<<<
PHASE 3- October 2021 - Outreach & Call for Proposals & ROLLING Curation
- Wrangler-led Community-Facing Space Calls early October
- CFP OPENS October 11
- Rolling curation throughout October
PHASE 4- November 2021 - Curation Continues
- CFP CLOSES November 5
- CURATION DECISIONS DUE November 29
- Wrangler-led Community-Facing Space Calls as needed
PHASE 5- December 2021-Early January 2022 - Confirmation & Scheduling
- Blog or 1st storytelling element due December 13
- Facilitators CONFIRM by January 3rd
- Wrangler-led Community-Facing Space Calls continue
PHASE 6- January & February 2022 - Storytelling, Facilitator Support, Community Engagement
- SCHEDULE RELEASE January 10
- Blog or 2nd storytelling element due January 17
- Blog or 3rd storytelling element due February 14
- Wrangler-led Community-Facing Space Calls continue
PHASE 7 March 2022 - FESTIVAL(s)
- MozFest from March 7, 4 days
- Possible "on the ground" event from March 28