Infrastructure Updates

Join Page We added a “Join” page and added a link to the navbar. This page presently contains links to a Discord server, Matrix space, and Mastodon profile, all of which are quite barebones and should be fleshed out in the coming days. In the future, we should also add information about meatspace meetings and provide clear and transparent information re: onboarding newcomers. CoC and Other Documents A number of documents have been created to set expectations and avoid future conflict.
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Introducing Dice & Distros

There really is a weird intersection between the LGBT+ community, tabletop gaming, and open source. There’s also a shocking lack of community in Jackson, Michigan. My goal in starting this group is to help build sustainable, scaleable, grassroots community infrastructure. I know that sounds lofty, so I won’t dwell on it much. For now, I’ll just say that I hope to create and disseminate standard operating procedures (SOPs), event toolkits, and the like to make it easier for anybody to run similar events and groups without having to replicate quite so much of the logistical work.
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