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 |image=[[File:The-portal-group-icon-flat-dark.png]]
 |topic=The Portal Community<br>[[The Portal Podcast]]
-|leader=[https://twitter.com/brookedallas Brooke] Brooke (pyrope#5830)]<br>[https://twitter.com/LBStone Brandon (Beefsandwich27#0143)]
+|leader=[https://twitter.com/brookedallas Brooke (pyrope#5830)]<br>[https://twitter.com/LBStone Brandon (Beefsandwich27#0143)]
 |startdate=6 February 2020
 |customlabel1=The Portal Discords
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 |link4=[https://discord.gg/TDbpwzz Invite]
 }}
-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] to keep track of the community's skills and interests, and we use [https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/16RkHA5OS1tYmsoQ4ldFzWGidZzDiUX26 Google Drive] to store files.
+<!--
-<!-- Telos -->
+== Telos ==
+-->
 == Getting Involved ==
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      <div class="grid-column">
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-|header='''FAQ'''
+|header=
+===FAQ===
 |content={{:The Portal Group Onboarding}}
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 {{GenericBox
-|header='''Who are Brooke and Brandon?'''
+|header=
-|content= ===Brooke===
+===Who are Brooke, Brandon and Tim?===
-<!-- 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====
+[[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.
-===Brandon===
+====Tim====
-<!-- IT guy, knows shit. Manages day to day operations. Does a lot of dev. -->
+[[File:Tim Profile.png|100px|right]]
+Tim is an Australian mathematics student who spends much of his time studying various topics in Differential Geometry and Algebraic Topology with guidance from Eric.
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
 }}
      </div>
 </div>
 == Information ==
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      <div class="grid-column">
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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/.
 * [https://twitter.com/brookedallas Brooke] (pyrope#5830) - Leader, Proxy for [[Eric Weinstein|Eric]], [https://theportal.group/blog/ Blog]
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-|header='''Resources'''
+|header=
+===Resources===
 |content=Resources the community has developed are available in the places listed.
 * [https://discord.gg/TDbpwzz Discord]
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      </div>
 </div>
+== Roles and Commands ==
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      <div class="grid-column">
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-|header='''Discord Server Roles'''
+|header=
-|content=Roles on the Discord server identify users' project interests and capabilities. <!-- They are granted by those with the "Roller" or "High Roller" roles or by users reacting to certain messages. -->
+===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
+* Newb - Every new user gets this role. It will be removed once you start contributing to the community.
-* Announcements
+* 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
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-|header='''Discord Bot Commands'''
+|header=
+===Discord Bot Commands===
 |content=We've configured a bot with several helpful commands. Also, several less-than-helpful commands.
 * '''!commands''' - Shows a link to this wiki page listing all the commands.
+* '''!faq''' - Questions that have been frequently asked, here are.
 * '''!rules''' - Lists our extensive set of strict and burdensome rules.
 * '''!show''' - Provides an animated GIF kindly asking you to share your work.
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-|header='''Other Commands'''
+|header=
+===Other Commands===
 |content=Our bot also has several less-than-helpful commands.
 * !coffee