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Thank you for being part of our team of Revolutionaries building kindness in the context of Coronavirus. There is no doubt in my mind that this Campaign is changing the world. What a beautiful, beautiful revolution to be part of. But please know that the most important thing here ... the most important thing of all, is YOU. Please take care of you and please do not do more that you can. Please tell me or another team member if you are experiencing difficulties. I care about you - and we are so grateful that you are with us on this massive journey.
Be kind to yourself, you matter.
​Thanks Catherine

What's here 

  1. Current campaigns
  2. Guidelines for Admin
  3. Team roles 

1. Campaigns

  • Between now and the end of the year, engagement with the page (and membership) is likely to wane ...
  • What do we need to consider? 
  • What Campaigns do we want to prioritise while we still have members attention?
  • What now works with Campaigns? (what do we know about how to get members attention): first person narratives work (posted by narrator, in written word rather than film, and with pics). Having posts ready for the day the Campaign is launched - preferably posted by the narrator - so that members can follow their lead. Having key stakeholders as partners - they do media release, ensure campaign is spot on and help us recruit posts for the launch  🚀 
  • Volunteer platform: what is most likely good use of this platform? Maybe - reach out to Uni students and people unemployed as 'campaign champions' to promote campaigns and build posts ready for launch - pitched in manner that the roles are valuable for the CV
Current
  1. Family campaigns in one​- 15 May: new mums, gratitude, village purse, families that bend
  2. #MyGrandmother
  3. #LearningTogether
  4. Birthdays (365)
  5. ​Make Kindness Stick: (365)
  6. #PharmacyKindness
  7. Posties
  8. Intergenerational Love Stories
  9. Health Care Workers 
  10. Supermarkets
Proposed
  1. 15 - family
  2. 17 May IDAHOBIT
  3. 18 May - volunteer week /one day
  4. 19 May grief (365)
  5. Cancer
  6. Carers - Carers Foundation 
  7. June 15: Kitchen table 
  8. Bullying (Alanah and Madeleine/Dolly)
  9. Work
  10. Homeless ​
Proposed contd
  1. Mental wellbeing: stronghouse: survivors eg: LGBTI, ATSI, Loudfence, Refugees, disability
  2. Quarantine Hotel 
  3. Aged care workers 
  4. ​Police??/
  5. Transport Workers: PT, garbos, cabbies
  6. Health Care Workers (revisited)
  7. Construction workers
  8. Picnic 
Please note 365 refers to campaigns that are ongoing (we accept posts anytime).
​Across all campaigns: ensure we include LGBTI folk, CALD, ATSI, people with disabilities, 

2. Guidelines for Moderators and Admin

General principles
  • Workload: please only do as much as you can – take breaks and tell us if you are experiencing difficulties. We are here for you
  • Our current Campaign is: #thankapostie till ANZAC Day
  • Posts opening times: 7am – 9pm (unless we get over 10,000 and then we turn off to process)
 
Your privacy
  • Please use the FB profile 'Kindness Pandemic' when posting to the group or messaging a member, this is to protect your privacy. To access profile log into FB with email thekindnesspandemic@gmail.com and use the password Valentine1!
  • The local team will monitor and access the inbox for the Kindness Pandemic Facebook page and will discuss with admin when required. If you have any enquiries about messages from here please let Amelia know via messenger.
  • Merrin and Ayman will monitor the inbox for the Kindness Pandemic Facebook profile every second day. If you have any enquiries please direct them to Merrin or Aymna via messenger.
 
Membership requests
  1. Only approve individual memberships
  2. Membership by groups, services and businesses are not accepted
  3. Where a person has invited friends – send the person the message we are only accepting direct invites and ask to post a link to friends. Let invites sit for 24 hours and if people don’t answer membership question – delete
 
Rules for posts
  1. All posts must conform with Government Guidelines
  2. Posts focusing on our weekly campaign are prioritised
  3. Information about the weekly campaign is provided in a post pinned to the top of the Group Page
  4. Other posts with novel or new context will be posted with maximum of 200 posts a day
  5. Every campaign has its own hashtag – it helps us to find the posts
  6. Group members must be kind in their comments – those that are not will have their comments deleted and person is then blocked
  7. Do not approve posts:
    • Posts that include personal contact details
    • That promote businesses or groups and services
    • That focus on messages of gratitude eg “thanks for the add!”
    • That are media articles
    • That are secondary posts - ie: a post from someone else
    • Are calls to action eg: 'please share' or 'contact me'
    • that solicit or offer money or services
    • from journalists calling for content or people to make contact with them
    • Do not approve posts that are discriminatory (racist, sexist, ageist, LGBTIQphobice will  use of profanity or swear
 
If you are concerned or have a question please contact Catherine at any time at: 0429582237

3. Team roles 

You are invited to take on particular roles if you are interested, this is an option. Some of the roles include:
  1. Catherine: Director/Coordinator
  2. Merrin: Cocordinator
  3. Delsi and Amelia: facebook page and LOCAL program
  4. Ayman: process posts (see below) and polls; supports page
  5. Ripeka and Mo: graphic design Health Care Program
  6. Merrin and Ron: families campaign
  7. Relle: archive media articles
  8. Di: documenting campaign examples for campaign webpages
  9. Em: Twitter account

Process posts 

We will schedule regular updates onto the page to help keep group members on track. The list below will be updated as needed. The red text is words that will sit alongside the image (the image is the black text)
  • Ayman: Thankyou for your posts. Please note we are prioritising posts related to our current Campaign - which is pinned to the top of the page (post this weekly). We love your posts. Please remember we are prioritising posts related to our current campaign. Check out our campaign page for a list of all our launched campaigns: https://www.thekindnesspandemic.org/campaigns.html
  • Ayman: Want a friend or family to join? Please share a link to the Group with them. Do not invite them to the Group as we will not approve through this mechanism (post weekly). We love you spreading the word to family and friends - to help keep our Group Bot free we will NOT accept invitations you have sent to others. Please share the link with them instead https://www.facebook.com/groups/515507852491119/
  • Ayman: We want this to be a supportive group - please report any unkind comments (post this weekly): #TheKindnessPandemic is about promoting acts of kindness during the COVID19 pandemic. Please be kind in your comments. If you see comments that are not kind, please report them - comments will be deleted and the perpetrators blocked
  • Ayman: Did you know you can turn off comments on your post and delete your own post? See three small dots to top right of the page (post this weekly): Did you know you can turn off comments to your posts or delete your post? See instructions below​
The Kindness Pandemic is an initiative of (c) 2020 celebrateageing.com

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to
​land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. 
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