### 15:00-15:30 _presentation on Varia and our ecosystem_
### 15:00-15:30 - _presentation on Varia and our ecosystem_
[Varia](http://varia.zone/en/) is a collective-space [^1] in Rotterdam focused on everyday technologies. We keep a [trail of photographs](https://vvvvvvaria.org/archive/) of what we've done.
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Working on our own digital infrastructure allows us to adapt the tools to our own needs and behaviours; meaning that these bots make sense to us, but they may not make sense to someone else.
Currently, we use:
* [Streambot](https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/xmpp.streambot): a bot that saves the images sent to the main Varia group chat and creates an [html page](https://vvvvvvaria.org/stream/) for them.
* [Logbot](https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/logbot): a bot that [logs](https://vvvvvvaria.org/logs/) the quotes that are sent to it.
* [Streambot](https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/xmpp.streambot): a bot that saves the images sent to the main Varia group chat and creates an [html page](https://vvvvvvaria.org/stream/) for them.
* [Logbot](https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/logbot): a bot that [logs](https://vvvvvvaria.org/logs/) the quotes that are sent to it.
* You can find a genealogy of the bots around Varia in this footnote[^2]
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### 15:30-15:45 _Bot as conductor or bot as conductive_
### 15:30-15:45 - _bot as conductor or bot as conductive_
_Conducting: "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conducting]. There are many roles as conductors [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conductor] Also, in connection to the enviroment: "a substance, body, or device that readily conducts heat, electricity, sound"._
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**_name:_** cross.py;
**_action mode:_** enter and leave the room;
**_action mode:_**
**_situation:_** making your presence felt otherwise;
**_situation:_**
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**_name:_** gather.py;
**_action mode:_** generating a share language; it creates a collective document;
**_action mode:_**
**_situation:_** a collective discursive setting; a conversational tool;
**_situation:_**
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**_name:_** greet.py;
**_action mode:_** greets the room;
**_action mode:_**
**_situation:_**
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**_name:_** spark.py;
**_action mode:_** replies to a specific word; like a trigger; bring alternatives into the situation; creating new habits and terminlogies;
**_action mode:_**
**_situation:_** collective tries to implement the use of other words; putting a collective decision concerning the use of language into action;
**_situation:_**
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@ -76,28 +78,30 @@ Looking into the bots [examples](https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/ccl/bots-of-conduct)
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### 15:45-16:25: _creating situations_
### 15:45-16:25 — _creating situations_
* split into groups of maximum 5 (mixed interest in code)
* split into groups of maximum 5 (mixed interest in code)
* imagine you are a collective-space with your group peers and you have been active for 2 years
* imagine you are a collective-space with your group peers and you have been active for 2 years
* **create a name for the chatroom:**
* **create a name for the chatroom:**
* to open up the imagination (rooms /sites of action/ environments);
* **imagine a situations:**
* **imagine a situations:**
* from your own experiences working in collaboration, or with a collective, or having read a CoC, try to recall a specific moment which can define an action mode;
* from your own experiences working in collaboration, or with a collective, or having read a CoC, try to recall a specific moment which can define an action mode;
* which situation to think through? / if a code of conduct would exist for a situation?
* **embody the situation through a conductor / conductive bot:**
* **embody the situation through a conductor / conductive bot:**
* in relation to the situation, does your bot act as conductor or as conductive?
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* other possibilities for bot behaviour:
* iteration, repetition;
* lack of memory
* other temporalities (duration / tempo);
* will your bot perform in other space extensions? speaking to other (chat)rooms? to other spatial formats (file systems, like the glossary and the txt file);
* will your bot be a channel between private to public? semi-public to semi-public? semi-public to private? private to private?
* will your bot relate to other bots?
* thinking of distance and proximities between members and bots: is it listening to a specific member? is it listening to other bots?
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### 16:25-16:40 _five minutes per group round of ideas-sharing_
### 16:25-16:40 - _five minutes per group round of ideas-sharing_
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### 16:40-17:10 _installing_
### 16:40-17:10 - _installing_
* create an account and choose nickname on converse: https://conversejs.org/fullscreen.html#converse/register
* create an account and choose nickname on converse: https://conversejs.org/fullscreen.html#converse/register
* make sure everyone is on Conversejs and in the group tuwazap@muc.vvvvvvaria.org
* make sure everyone is on Conversejs and in the group tuwazap@muc.vvvvvvaria.org
_optional_: for anyone who would like to install and run the bots:
