[ctp-tech] Re: Updated CTP diagram

I like it! A few points/questions/thoughts: - How much is it intended to represent "what happens now" vs what a community-centred tech ecosystem could be? (there is the "Existing ecosystem" part on it, but not clear exactly what it refers to) - if I understand it correctly, how we work in Karrot largely merges the Curator with the designer/developer boxes - and I personally like this model, to have a long term "in-house" team that understands and is responsible for the core infrastructure (in our case product development), and can still have a network/suite of agencies/studios/collectives that can be called on for other things - accountability is a big topic to me, how to ensure accountability to the community, rather than the funder/curator/others? it is present there in that the community steers the research and design process, but wonder if there is space/interest for a stronger sense of accountability? - I was looking at the tech4good south west theory of change (https://tech4goodsouthwest.org/theory-of-change), and in some way the CTP model could be a theory of change in itself, at the network level, and I could see a space for gfsc to be present in the CTP model itself too, as a guide for how to enact the model, and learn from other CTPs - although that might get more and more complex diagram! so, perhaps this point is more about "who is this diagram for, and what is the role of you/gfsc in the model?" Generally though, I think it could be extremely useful for a community/network organiser who is trying to understand how to "deploy some tech" to support the community, especially if for each part you can then go and find actual people/orgs/tools/resources in alignment with the model. I also wonder about some easy "low hanging fruit" steps for people trying to enact it, like "how do I just get a website with a list of things/events/orgs in the community?" as a first step... I met up with a local community co-ordinator in bath, who had heard of Karrot, but I thought it was pointless just to try and use it without understanding these needs, ... and they ended up with a normal kind of website from some agency, but perhaps not rooted in this deeper model. Cheers, Nick On Wednesday, 19 March 2025 at 15:47, Kim Foale <kim(a)gfsc.studio> wrote: