Groups in Opasnet

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Groups in Opasnet describe different ways of organising activities in Opasnet. There are different kinds of groups with different objectives, tasks, and nomination procedures. The most important groups are called teams, flocks, squads, reserves, swarms, and tribes.

Scope

In what kinds of groups should Opasnet activities be organised? How are the groups organised?

Result

Terms for different groups in open assessment.

Description of group	Name in English	Name in Finnish	How is organised
A group of people nominated or selected by one or more organisations and involved in the same activity. The group has a leader.	Team	Työryhmä	Nominated, no self-selected members
Unorganised group of people interested in a topic and following it. The group is aware of the situation with the topic. The group includes also those who actively participate in the topic.	Flock	Parvi	Mark the page of the topic as watched. Then, you can follow the progress with your watchlist.
An organised (possibly self-organised) group that has a leader and an explicit objective. Members are not nominated by any organisation.	Squad	Iskuryhmä	Add your name to the participant list of the assessment you are interested in.
A group of people who are willing to be involved in activities related to an explicit topic if need be. The group does not have a leader but there must be a way to contact the group when there is a need to activate it.	Muster, reserve	Vahvuus, reservi, valmiusjoukko	The reserve for a specific topic makes an own page. The page contains information about tasks and activities related to the topic. People interested in the topic can mark the page as watched.
A very active self-organised group that forms around an acute topic. Does not have a leader but some parts of it may be organised by one or more squads.	Swarm	Kuhina, lauma	Add your name to the participant list of the assessment you are interested in.
A group of people belonging to reserves of different topics and sharing the sense of belonging to the society of reserves.	Tribe	Heimo	A tribe can make an own page in the Opasnet namespace. The page may contain group news and group activities.

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