Blading organizers

This page provides a detailed overview of the Toronto Rollerblading Organizers Group, outlining its purpose, structure, guidelines, and the significant role it plays in unifying and coordinating the rollerblading community in Toronto.

The Toronto Rollerblading Organizers Group is a private, invitation-only forum dedicated exclusively to the leaders of the rollerblading community in Toronto but may extend to GTA and other provinces. This group serves as a central hub for coordination and information sharing among the most influential and experienced organizers of rollerblading events in the city.

Membership and Structure

• Exclusive Membership: Entry into the group is by invitation only, targeting inline skating organizers with a strong record of hosting rollerblading.
• Organizer Representation: In cases where a group has multiple organizers, at the moment only one is chosen to represent in the chat.
• Leadership: Members are prominent figures in the rollerblading community, each leading a well-established and active group.
• Group Leader and Manager: The group is managed by Fred, known for his role in the Toronto Bladers.
• Support Platform: The Canada Bladers serves as the base support platform for the group.

Operational Guidelines

• Event Coordination: The primary function of the group is to facilitate the sharing of information about upcoming rollerblading events, including dates and venues. This coordination aims to prevent the overlap of events from different groups, thus avoiding forced choices and potential animosity among skaters and groups.
• Content Restriction: Discussions within the chat are strictly confined to rollerblading events relevant to the organizers' locations.
• Autonomy of Groups: Each organizer retains full autonomy over their group. The organizing forum does not serve as a medium for interference in how individual groups are managed.
• Political Neutrality: The group is committed to maintaining a politically neutral space in the organizing forum, free from activism, activists and focused solely on rollerblading.

Code of Conduct

• Commitment to Inline Skating: Members agree to use the group solely for purposes related to inline skating, avoiding any ulterior motives including political activism, identity politics, protests, discrimination, and other inline skating unrelated social causes.
• Information Dissemination: Leaders are the ones who relay pertinent information from the group to their respective group members as they see fit.

Mission

The overarching goal of this organizing group is to unite inline skaters, ensuring a cohesive and conflict-free environment for rollerblading enthusiasts.

Joining the Group

Invitations to join the group are extended to individuals who have a track of conducting themselves in our society in a respectable manner and have demonstrated a significant contribution to the rollerblading scene. Prospective members must be recognized for their long-standing involvement in organizing and hosting rollerblading events.

Group platform

The group forum app is chosen by being backed by several advantages that align well with the group's operational needs and privacy concerns. Below is a list of these advantages that justify the use the app for the group's communications.

The app is, a social media-independent app, for secure, private communication with strong end-to-end encryption that safeguards all messages and calls, crucial for confidential group discussions. Focused on privacy and unlinked from social media platforms, using minimal data, essential for a discreet group. Being open-source, it allows for scrutiny of its security features. Ideal for coordination, supporting group chats and self-destructing messages for extra privacy. Widely respected for its reliability and cross-platform availability (iOS, Android, desktop), it ensures smooth communication for all members. It is also ad-free and maintains a focused communication environment enabling identity verification, critical for a trust-based group. Additionally, it supports various attachments and is free, suiting community-based groups like this.

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