An uncommittee is a group of people with a shared goal, interest or cause, who meet up to collaborate, as needed, in an informal but effective way. A collective that deliberately avoids the hierarchical and bureaucratic aspects of traditional committees, such as rigid roles, red tape, and top-down decision-making. Coined by Orna Ross, novelist poet and founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors, who based it on the idea of the “unconference” that’s widespread in the self-publishing sector, to eschew hierarchical structures, and foster a more egalitarian experience that thrives on spontaneity and serendipity.