Contributors + community · Candidate actor
Group owner or leader
A trusted member or organization responsible for a group's purpose, scope, and continuity. Howie's directive specifies groups and moderators but does not define ownership, creation rights, or whether a member may run one. This is a candidate actor for validation.
Primary goalEstablish a focused community that remains useful and aligned with Backcountry's standards.
A path through the work.
A proposed sequence from the working persona. Access, approvals, and handoffs still need HOL review.
Request or propose a group
define its topic, region, description, and participation rules
obtain HOL approval
appoint or request moderators
seed relevant canonical work
review group health and escalate problems
archive or hand off stewardship when needed.
What could get in the way.
Clear authority, manageable workload, privacy by region rather than precise location, safeguards against abandoned groups, and boundaries between community leadership and commercial promotion.
Role relationship.
Proposed scoped authority distinct from group moderation and platform administration. It is absent from the current permission table.
What this rests on.
Groups and moderators are specified in Howie's directive; the join-and-contribute journey demonstrates a regional group. Ownership is an inference.
Candidate actor; scope, access, and workflow require HOL validation.
What we need to learn.
Whether groups are HOL-created, member-created, partner-created, or some combination; who can appoint moderators; and what happens when an owner leaves.