== Synopsis ==
OSE Fellows did not generate enough income to be sustainable. As of Dec 1, 2018, Alex and Sara are switching to working part-time in exchange for profit-sharing based on selling kits. The upside is that we have enough skills and independence to do this mostly independently of Marcin (though obviously in coordination with); however, the downside is that there is not enough income to support machinery development. What follows here is a reflection of the what we did with our 2 months of runway and how things can be better next time.

== OSE Circles ==
We agreed at a governance meeting to organize a strategy for the following circles: OSE, Machinery, Community, Product, and Community. I will briefly reflect on what we did in these areas and how we might have done better.

=== OSE the Org ===
* Focus is on creating livelihoods, even at the cost of not developing community.
* I felt this was the correct line and that in practice we correctly focused on this objective.

=== Machinery ===
* This remains unclear to me. Anecdotally, it's the 8-inch "extras", 12-inch bed, 1m printer, filament maker, grinder, and laser cutter, in that order.
* In my opinion, I think machine development should have stopped completely *except for 8-inch extras IF kit building based on the 8-inch is the priority*, but there was still a remote design jam and as 12-inch bed build that spreads energy out.
* I believe that if possible, Dixon should have collaborated with Marcin to design and complete the 8-inch printer
* I wish that for the screws-based design improvisation, that there was a process in place where the outcome is that we decided to use an existing solution rather that improvising one that ultimately was discarded
* I wish that when it was recommended to use the extruder holder, that there was a process in place to let us know we should print it at 100% and use epoxy
* In the future, we should have an ongoing list of what standard-of-quality must be met before the next product version is launched/released, and that until that product is freezed at that level of quality then only Marcin and one other person should actively be building while the other person works on documentation and traction. This system lets us use our money better team to limited inventory and also frees up energy to handle the critical component of traction. Also when a machine is undergoing rapid change then it wastes a lot of time for many people to suffer through the same struggle

=== Community ===
* We hardly engaged the community. This was basically correct.
* If there were an objective though, it would be to support design jams, that prioritize community-building items, using open source tool chains.
* So if it were possible, asking a volunteer to learn freeCAD and teach it, interview schools & neighborhoods to uncover items that if makeable would be break-even to invest in a microfactory, and finally to organize design jams that, with our work, would ideally just be showing up.

=== Product ===
* This remains unclear to me. We focused on kits after trying workshops that failed because of marketing/selling difficulties.
* With 2 months of runway, and given the state of the machines, I believe we should have tried selling fully completed 3d printers first to OSE fans, where we could verify that something is working 100%, and then work backwards to get to kits, and to setup on the side an option to hold workshops in certain areas WHEN the number of builds = 3 or more.
* Instead, we focused on workshops because that's what had been done in the past and underestimated difficulty of selling given that Marcin was not leading and it's not on the farm and that 3d printers are more of a commodity now vs. 5 years ago.

=== Traction ===
* This remains unclear to me. We tried place-based marketing w/ fliers, social media & newsletter marketing, and google ads.
* Knowing that most startups fail not because the product isn't useful, but because there's nobody who wants to buy it, and that it takes 50% of energy to get traction, I think we should have switched me to a documentation & marketing role that supported Sara in doing the

OSE Fellows Post-Mortem

2018-11-29T18:53:17Z

Alexau: /* Traction */

OSE Fellows Post-Mortem

2018-11-29T18:49:47Z

Alexau: /* Machinery */

2018-11-01T14:21:24Z

Alexau: /* Nov 2018 */

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This is a record of Alex Au's contributions to Open Source Ecology.

== Nov 2018 ==
=== Thu Nov 1, 2018 ===
* [[3D Printer Inventory::Alex]]
=== Wed Oct 31, 2018 ===
* [[Prepping for 1st Kit Building]]. [[Sense-making with Sara]].

== Highlighted Pages ==
=== 18.11 ===

=== 18.10 ===
* [[P:Documentation/Naming Conventions]]
* [[Nview:3D Printer/Workshop::Accessibility Improvements]]
* [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/115RKWY0l3KV33tGhmPhV78nIwHBL-mRYmF8jLb_6vm8/edit#responses P:3D Printer/Workshop/Feedback Loop::Workshop Quality Survey, Per Build Phase]
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OsfsIR_780cZRJ5AYvIpPBenu0_HnW7YVH43tyUk2bQ/edit#slide=id.g454d00ba08_0_111 Ndoc:Onboarding/Email Sequence::Intro to OSE X 18.10]
* [[P:Documentation_Standards::Abbreviated#Instruction:_How_to_do_First_Pass_documentation]]

=== 18.9 X 18.8 X 18.7 ===
* [https://hackmd.io/FhrW0dJmRnmRstGFHImaxw Website Copy]
* [https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/What-if-you-and-the-people-around-you-could-re-design-your-world--ANkuCb~cv1Wxmyu5_N4LMGJxAg-CBKRHs6cbPzdUmzEk7VqH Original Draft of Website Copy]
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wxU4fahWuoyCOdc7zsgX8Hur-aZWGca0Q5tuBizlHt8/edit#slide=id.p 6 Layer Documentation Template]
* [[Alex Au Intro to OSE for Parents]]
* [[Alex Au Process for Persuading Parents to Support OSE Immersion]]
* [[How to Create an OSE Linux USB using Mac Guide by Alex Au 2018]]
* [[Talk Proposal: Climate Change and Open Source Ecology]]

== Archive ==
* [[Nmap:Alex_Au_Log::18.10]]
* [[Nmap:Alex Au Log::18.9 X 18.8 X 18.7]]

== Hours Worked ==
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== Other Helpful Links ==
Alex's Selection:
* [[Priorities]]
* [[Daily Standup Log]]
* [[Venue_Selection_Protocol]]
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Documentation Guidelines:
* [[Documentation_Standards:_Abbreviated]]
* [[Wiki Cheatsheet]]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Mediawiki Formatting Help]
* [[Daily_Log_of_Tasks]]
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Team Logs: [[Development_Team_Log]] : [[Marcin_Log]] : [[Sara Bajor Log]] : [[Dixon Log]] : [[Alex Au Log]]
* [[Development_Team_Log#Active_Developer_Logs]]
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To reach me, send a note to alex at open source ecology dot org (no spaces).

Sense-making with Sara

2018-10-31T23:58:25Z

Alexau: Created page with "Chatted w/ Sara about a few things. ---- * Need more emotional space. Recommend 1-on-1s w/ Marcin 1x/month. * Need more appreciation. Honor work done by all. This is an indivi..."

Chatted w/ Sara about a few things.
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* Need more emotional space. Recommend 1-on-1s w/ Marcin 1x/month.
* Need more appreciation. Honor work done by all. This is an individual responsibility.
* Clarity: need to state why we are doing what we are doing and state assumptions to use time well.
* Need: acknowledgement... a "conclusion" period after sense-making.