Berlin Supper Recap & Reflection

[jon]

It’s wonderful to hear about the vibrant Supper Club you all had! Absolutely love to see Cabin Citizens meeting up around the world and then writing forum posts about it with feedback : ) Looks like it was quite the crew.

A few thoughts on the insightful comments you all shared:

1. “What’s next?”

The biggest thing that jumped out to me from your posts was a desire to answer the question of “What’s next?” @camlindsay said it well:

@camlindsay

“What’s the next step after Tilman hosts?” What’re we building towards and what do we do with the momentum and connections created at Suppers? …

What purposes do the Suppers serve? Is it to have dinners and meet new people? It feels like ideally these suppers are leading to something, but none of us knew exactly what it was.

Is it Suppers → Network City? Feels unlikely, but what are the steps in between?

We left this intentionally open-ended with the first set of Supper Clubs so that we could co-create answers together—it’s awesome to see that you all talked about this and had ideas to share.

I do believe it’s “Suppers → Network City”. As for what comes in betwee—lots of relationship building that leads to village building. As @tilmannb said:

@tilmannb

we can all agree … that building a thriving community and network takes time and personal connections.

During our discussion at supper club, I expressed my desire to have a place in or around Berlin that we can transform into an outpost over the coming years. Let’s dive deeper into this topic during our next gathering and discuss the key properties such a space should have.

I think this is the right approach. Get together for dinner, discuss desires and dreams to build a neighborhood in your local area, and then start taking concrete steps to make it happen with the people you’ve met.

My question for you all: how can Cabin better facilitate this?

2. Product direction

I thought @AliceSitar did a nice job summarizing what makes Cabin special:

@AliceSitar

But what I need, and I don’t see it exist so much, and I felt is also special in Cabin, is the possibility to live closer to nature, could be just outside of the city, in a community, with people who also love technology & nature and the combination of them both …

it’s so rare to me at the moment to find communities of let’s say digital people who actually share their lives together, emotionally, spiritually, energetically etc.

I still believe there is a business model for it. Even if coliving’s didn’t work.
I also have some ideas/directions I’d be happy to explore together.

This is exactly why we are building Cabin and what we want in the world : ) We are a “community of people who also love technology and nature” and our people & places reflect that.

@AliceSitar please share your ideas! You could write a new thread in Memos or send some quick thoughts as a reply here.

@camlindsay

I think this leads to a topic I think is worth considering: does skill and knowledge-sharing have a place in the Cabin Citizenship profile?

Pregnancy is a great example of the power of communal knowledge and resources. Can Cabin help connect it’s citizens in areas of life where community support and experience is most helpful in navigating?

Yes, one area we are focused on with Citizenship is connecting Citizens to each other around shared topics, needs, etc. Love the idea of skill and knowledge sharing in profiles—we considered some of this in the original designs and ended up simplifying them.

3. Supper Club logistics

@tilmannb

From an organizational perspective, there were a few hiccups at the beginning. It took some time to get the event listed on the cabin lu.ma calendar, but once it was up there, the marketing was excellent!

@Matai wanted to make sure you saw this feedback re: Supper Club logistics & marketing