Hey friends,
Happy new year! Hope you had some proper rest over December.
I'm getting back into the swing of GFSC stuff and wanted to see if there's
still an appetite for the tech partners catch-ups. Quick reminder of the
mission which we have now refined over the last few months: *GFSC are a
collective helping communities use technology to do community stuff*. The
original aim of these meetings was to clarify what we're all offering to
local groups and how our work fits together and how we might collectively
promote it - I think that's what we've been doing on the blog, it's still
valuable, and I'd love to pick it back up with you.
The original aim of these meetings was to clarify what we're all offering
to local groups and how our work fits together. I think it's worth picking
back up because *the more community groups we can get using and
commissioning open source/FLOSS tools, the more work there is for all of us*.
Right now community orgs default to big tech or expensive proprietary
systems because there isnt' enough advocacy or support for alternatives,
but right now there is an increasing appetite to get off corporate services
and a big communications gap with using community-led tech. If we can build
that demand together it creates leads and opportunities for all of us and
hopfully takes some small steps towards our overall goal of post billionare
technology :)
I've got funding from the Disrupt Foundation to work on this more
proactively now, so I can actually lead on things rather than it being
another thing we're all squeezing in around the edges. Part of what I'm
working on is putting together a new National Lottery Community Fund bid to
fund this work properly going forward, and I'd love your input on how that
shapes up.
Cabbage.gay here for availability:
https://cabbage.gay/meeting/3HfoKDLGqp#34ed064d94900ebe8172f8d07c3f00565ca2…
Here's the full Disrupt application for context if you want to see where my
head's at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xY8VPHg5QOsxJGEYI8osgPrJ_1lv2S48h97QmmZ…
No pressure if capacity isn't there right now - feel free to let me know
what you need directly.
PS - if anyones in Manchester at any point I would love to meet up and have
these chats IRL!
Kim
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Dr Kim Foale (she/they <https://name.pn/kim-foale>)
*Working hours: Mon-Wed 10-5pm.*
Learn more about Geeks for Social Change Community <https://gfsc.community/>,
a collective building post-billionaire technology for a survivable world.
See work by Geeks for Social Change Studio <https://gfsc.studio/>, my
community technology consultancy.
If anything about this email is confusing or unclear please let me know. I
am happy to provide information in different ways such as clearer language,
over a phone call, with a voice note, or in plain text. Please don't feel
the need to ever apologise for responding to my emails at your own pace.
*Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.*
Heya all,
I'm beavering away on the next bid with Nikki and Kerry (the latter I don't
think you've met). I'll share the whole bid when it's more done but the
title right now is: "The Ally Project: Enabling Collaboration. Building
emotionally, technically and economically sustainable networks, that
address the specific health inequity challenges communities face,
positively influencing the future of communities and address the specific
challenges communities face.". The title comes from the three strands of
making things technologically, economically and socially sustainable.
I'm trying to get the narrative for the GFSC bit together. I've outlined
below what I think this group is. Does this sound right?
Comment/suggestions/additions/praise?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CusU83kCjBT3O0ZJEsVgJF1rXwV5knTh8pqOtYN…
I'll send another email about it but if anyone's able to take over
convening this meeting please do get in touch - I'm just out of capacity
for anything non-essential.
Kim
--
Dr Kim Foale (she/they <https://name.pn/kim-foale>)
*Working hours: Mon-Wed 10-5pm.*
Learn more about Geeks for Social Change Community <https://gfsc.community/>,
a collective building post-billionaire technology for a survivable world.
See work by Geeks for Social Change Studio <https://gfsc.studio/>, my
community technology consultancy.
If anything about this email is confusing or unclear please let me know. I
am happy to provide information in different ways such as clearer language,
over a phone call, with a voice note, or in plain text. Please don't feel
the need to ever apologise for responding to my emails at your own pace.
*Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.*
