Fall Equinox Unconference

22nd September 2021

Equinox

A time when the Earth day is equally divided between night and day.

At this significant point in time we synchronize to celebrate our place in life amidst the natural forces which move our outer world as much as our inner. In the eternal search for balance we embrace paradox to leverage a potential inherent in our polarities. As light casts a shadow, so order breeds chaos. As the sun welcomes us, the night subsides. And, once more, the yin meets the yang.

Unconference

a participant-driven gathering to Play, Learn, Teach, and Share

Unconferences are loosely structured and coordinated by participants who abide by the 'law of two feet'; go wherever you feel like going! If you feel lost, perhaps you might seek somebody. If you can't find a space, create one! Our themes are open in ethos and non-prescribed, anyone can get involved in ways of their own choosing. This is a participatory meeting of hands, heads, and hearts in an open space to build collective capacity, embrace diversity, and manifest our resonant potential. Play the way you feel it.

We are practising self-organisation where no-one and everyone is a facilitator.
Please share in the richness and responsibility of co-facilitating and join us this Equinox in a game of artful participation!

Happening Now

Check where the conversation is at on discord!

Programme

During Equinox you can add your topic and time live by typing "!schedule [time] [topic]" in a participating discord server (eg: "!schedule 10:00 Yoga"). If you made a mistake, you can always use "!cancel" to remove your entry!

Status

Here you can see where the conversation is at across the participating communities. Click on the "Join" button and navigate to the right voice channel to join the conversation

Teach

Share an experience of open space with a diverse and interesting group who are co-creating and organising our selves around some intractable sensation of shared interest.

Feel welcome to interact during informal sessions and contribute to each other's journey by sharing stories, ideas, experiences or whatever together. Otherwise, simply jump in and start your own session. All kinds of contributions are welcome.

Learn

Want to experience what a self-organising participatory space feels like? Let's gather around a digital bonfire together! Hopefully, the discussion will warm you up enough to participate. There is no agenda, but a co-created and unfolding exploration. Get a taste of themes that were discussed at the 2020 autumn event.

Grab a spade and come community gardening; your help is most welcome! Volunteering to share your intentions and attention is much appreciated. We've also thought of a variety of ways that the uninitiated may contribute.

In that spirit, please feel welcome to drop in to a Discord channel if you're up for planting a few holes with us! Exercise your judgment and please invite kin whom you feel would contribute generatively to our shared experiences.

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Details

🌕 Where is the Equinox Unconference happening? It will happen on Discord. New to Discord? Find out more about it here.

🌕 How to join Discord? This magic link will take you straight to a Discord channel. Don't get confused by the name, as everyone is an admin, it can be changed by anyone, anytime!

🌕 Where are the rooms? The rooms are on the left-hand side under the 'Equinox' category heading. You will see an icon of a loudspeaker next to the channel name if it's a voice channel with active participant avatars the name (if there's anyone in the room).

🌕 We are having a parallel event on our own server, can we also join the Unconference? Sure! You just need install the disconference bot in your server. Your programme, voice channels and participation will appear together with the other communities! If you wish you can also use that information to create your own map and programme on your website, by accessing the information at disconference.hackalong.io

Self-facilitating flow

Un-Programme

This track has no agenda; channel names change as "dynamic signals" calling your attention. Gather in small groups based on shared purpose and interest.

Dynamic channel names: Channels can easily be created in Discord for new conversations. As conversations drift and topics change, rename them by right-clicking and selecting "edit channel" to update them and let others know. This is a very easy way to signal what is going on in your little nook of the internet.

Purpose

To create safe spaces for human connection and exploration
Getting to know each other
Meet old and new friends
Spark curiosity
To question
To explore

Format guided by open space principles

Whoever comes are the right people
Whatever happens, is the only thing that could have
When it starts it's the right time
When it’s over it’s over.

Themes

Themes are emergent. Check out what happened during the 2021 spring equinox.

Hand signals

The non-verbal etiquette of the digital space

Feel

I resonate with what you are saying

Got it

No further explanation needed.

Let's move on

..and share the time with others.