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|image=[[File:The-portal-group-icon-flat-dark.png]]
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|topic=The Portal Community<br>[[The Portal Podcast]]
|topic=The Portal Community<br>[[The Portal Podcast]]
|leader=Brooke (pyrope#5830)<br>Beefsandwich27#0143
|leader=[https://twitter.com/brookedallas Brooke (pyrope#5830)]<br>[https://twitter.com/LBStone Brandon (Beefsandwich27#0143)]
|startdate=6 February 2020
|startdate=6 February 2020
|customlabel1=The Portal Discords
|customlabel1=The Portal Discords
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The Portal Group exists to facilitate community projects in service to the ideas expressed by [[Eric Weinstein]] on [[The Portal Podcast]] and elsewhere. We use [https://discord.gg/TDbpwzz Discord] to organize and communicate, and we track projects on <!-- [https://www.google.com/ a custom database] and --> [[Projects|the wiki]]. We have also developed a [https://users.theportal.wiki/ user database] (by cam#4507) to keep track of the community's skills and interests, while also using [https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/16RkHA5OS1tYmsoQ4ldFzWGidZzDiUX26 Google Drive] to store files.
The Portal Group exists to facilitate community projects in service to the ideas expressed by [[Eric Weinstein]] on [[The Portal Podcast]] and elsewhere. We use [https://discord.gg/TDbpwzz Discord] to organize and communicate, and we track projects on <!-- [https://www.google.com/ a custom database] and --> [[Projects|the wiki]]. We have also developed a [https://users.theportal.wiki/ user database] (by cam#4507) to keep track of the community's skills and interests, while also using [https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/16RkHA5OS1tYmsoQ4ldFzWGidZzDiUX26 Google Drive] to store files.


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== Getting Involved ==
== Getting Involved ==
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|header=Who are Brooke and Brandon?
|header='''Who are Brooke, Brandon and Tim?'''
|content=<!-- Brooke: In very frequent contact with Eric. Best judge for whether projects match the values of the Portal. Proxy for Eric's brain/thinking. Bother her when you have something good to show.
|content=Tim, Brandon, and Brooke coordinate closely to manage The Portal Group and plan for its future.
===Brooke===
[[File:Brooke Profile.jpg|100px|right]]
Brooke works closely with Eric. Through developing [https://theportal.group/blog/ The Portal Blog], transcribing all content featuring [[Eric Weinstein]] and her frequent conversations with him, she is the best judge for how projects match up to the values of the Portal. If you have a high value project, it is worth showing her.


Brandon: IT guy, knows shit. Manages day to day operations. -->
===Brandon===
[[File:Brandon Profile.jpg|100px|right]]
Brandon is a professional web developer and consultant. He runs the Discord server, built the [https://theportal.group website] and projects databases, and set up the [[Portal Wiki|wiki]]. He coordinates day to day management when he isn't deep in dev projects.
 
===Tim===
[[File:Tim Profile.png|100px|right]]
Tim is a university student who in a short time has studied much of the math Eric talks about. He and Eric regularly discuss MATHS.
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|header=Members
|header='''Members'''
|content=This is the list of core members who keep the ship running. For a full list of participants in Portal projects, see https://users.theportal.wiki/.
|content=This is the list of core members who keep the ship running. For a full list of participants in Portal projects, see https://users.theportal.wiki/.
* [https://twitter.com/brookedallas Brooke] (pyrope#5830) - Leader, Proxy for [[Eric Weinstein|Eric]], [https://theportal.group/blog/ Blog]
* [https://twitter.com/brookedallas Brooke] (pyrope#5830) - Leader, Proxy for [[Eric Weinstein|Eric]], [https://theportal.group/blog/ Blog]
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|header='''Resources'''
|content=Resources the community has developed are available in the places listed.
|content=Resources the community has developed are available in the places listed.
* [https://discord.gg/TDbpwzz Discord]
* [https://discord.gg/TDbpwzz Discord]
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|header='''Discord Server Roles'''
|content=Roles on the Discord server identify users' project interests and capabilities, and also restrict or enable permissions. <!-- They are granted by those with the "Roller" or "High Roller" roles or by users reacting to certain messages. -->
===Moderation Roles===
* Newb - Every new user gets this role. It will be removed once you start contributing to the community.
* Announcements - If you'd like to be notified of Announcements or Office Hours sessions, this is a good role to give yourself. (This is one of the few roles that users can add and remove themselves.)
* Welcoming Committee
* Acting Spammy
* A Bit Too Much
* Squeaky Wheel
* Lobby
===Project Roles===
* Climbing the Cliff
* Convex Hull
* GWT
* Mobile App
* Portal Blog
* Portal Book Club Organizers
* Portal Clips
* Portal Merch
* Portal Visualizations
* Riffs to Animate
* Russell Conjugation
* Transcripts
* Wiki Maintenance
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|content=We've configured a bot with several helpful commands. Also, several less-than-helpful commands.
|content=We've configured a bot with several helpful commands. Also, several less-than-helpful commands.


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|header=Other Commands
|header='''Other Commands'''
|content=Our bot also has several less-than-helpful commands.
|content=Our bot also has several less-than-helpful commands.
* !coffee
* !coffee