Join DeFlock Metro Detroit
Start with your community.
Membership lives in our private Element/Matrix community, where we share updates, coordinate events and organize useful local work without building a public member list.
How membership works
One private community instead of another mailing list.
Members use a private, invite-only Matrix community through Element. It works in a browser, on desktop and on mobile.
That gives us one place for general updates, event rooms, local organizing, text chat and online voice/video events instead of trying to keep several email lists and chat apps in sync.
A Matrix ID is required to become a member. We recommend using Element X on your phone for day-to-day access, although Element Web and Element Desktop work too.
If you do not have a Matrix ID yet, open the setup guide in a new tab ↗, create your account, then come back here and paste in the full Matrix ID.
Submitting this form does not automatically open the private community. We review join requests and invite the Matrix ID you provide after approval.
Event signup received
One quick step left.
Your event signup was sent successfully. Complete this Join form so we can review your membership request and, if approved, send the private event details through the member community.
We already filled in your name and email from the event form. A Matrix ID is required for membership, so add that and the remaining required details, then submit.
If you do not have a Matrix ID yet, open the Element/Matrix setup guide in a new tab ↗. We recommend Element X on mobile.
Join
Tell us enough to coordinate with you.
Your form contents are encrypted in your browser with our public OpenPGP key before submission.
We do not use the form to build a public profile about you. How our encrypted forms work ↗
What happens to your information: project coordinators use the decrypted fields to review the request, invite the Matrix ID you provide if approved, and coordinate the participation you requested. Member information may remain useful while you participate; we remove or update it when it is no longer reasonably needed, subject to project-history, security or legal needs. Delivery, Matrix and security providers keep their own technical records. Read the full privacy and retention policy →
Required before you can join
You need a Matrix ID.
The private member community is on Matrix, so we need your full Matrix ID before we can approve and invite you.
Recommended: use Element X on your phone. Element Web and Element Desktop also work if you prefer them.
Get a Matrix ID: setup guide ↗What happens next?
No accidental second job.
1. We review the encrypted Join request.
2. If approved, we invite your Matrix ID. Accept the invitation in Element to enter the private member community.
3. You choose your level of involvement. Maybe you mainly read updates. Maybe there is an event, a missing record or a local meeting you want to help with.
4. If you take on a task, report back. Found it, attended it, contacted them, cannot finish it - all are useful updates.
Start small
You can change how you participate later.
There is no prize for checking every box.
If all you want is to stay informed in the private community, that is fine.
If a major vote comes up six months from now and you decide to speak, great.
If life gets busy, step back.
The campaign should fit around real life, not replace it.
Privacy
We do not need a profile of your life.
We collect only what is useful for membership, coordination and communication. Your Matrix ID is used so we can invite the right account into the private community.
Matrix and Element are separate services with their own privacy practices. A Matrix ID and display name are visible to people who share rooms with you, so use a name you are comfortable using with other members.
Some outside activities, including Michigan FOIA requests or certain public-government processes, may require legal identifying information. We explain that distinction where it matters.