Working Groups

The Working Groups were established to create a space where volunteers and staff could meet together to plan and develop services provided by Oblong

The working groups fed in to the Oblong Assembly

The groups are:

IT Working Group – what we do
Looking after Oblong’s computers, including:

• Maintaining IT equipment
• Training users
• Adding/editing users to the system
• Fundraising for equipment
• Helping with printers and photocopier
• Photocopier usage
• Helping user with the software

Member Projects Working Group – what we do
Responsible for supporting the community groups that use Oblong, including:

• Updating the members’ section of the website
• Giving funding advice to groups
• Giving advice to groups to help them set up and manage their projects
• Helping groups to network with each other
• Confidence building with groups
• Nurturing and developing peoples’ ideas

Centre Co-ordination Working Group - What we do
Responsible for the smooth day-to-day running of the centre, including:

• Opening up/closing up
• Tidying up
• Post and phone
• Taking money for the till use
• Room bookings
• Equipment hire
• Update database
• Administer email
• Purchasing tea/coffee
• Recruiting and inducting volunteers and users
• Joining new members
• Developing policies and procedures
• Developing support and training for volunteers
• Ensuring that records of volunteers are kept up to date
• Developing volunteer roles

Communications Working Group – What we do
Responsible for:

• Maintaining the Oblong and Design Collective websites
• External communication including advertising and promotion for Oblong
• E-mailing information to members
• Internal communication to volunteers, member projects, centre users and members. Examples include day to day communication, the newsletter, posters up on the walls and the ‘interactive room’ downstairs