This does look like a really good fit for PlaceCal. The "operating with a team of 4 or more full time paid employees" may be an issue though. I guess it's worth presenting our situation and ask if there is a way around that? It's complicated by having just scaled back and the fact that PHT has never employed 4 full time people, even though we could argue that GFSC had probably equivalent of 4 ft employees, it would be difficult to argue that they were working on PHT stuff all of that time. It doesn't look like they'd flex on it, but worth asking because I think we can prove that 1- we know how to manage a team and 2- we have people who are invested in the project ready to work on it, should we figure out a way to fund that and 3- we are trying to shift the model to voluntary labour to make it sustainable.

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On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 3:29 PM Kim Foale <kim@gfsc.studio> wrote:
Yeah I can do! This is my first week on my own after starting the year with 11 staff so just getting my ducks in a row.

I wonder if a really solid pitch here would be to focus on our existing successful placecal networks but kinda do it 1,2,3:

1 - TransDim will have expanded to Manchester by then and thats the "proof"
2 - Tipping Point have done a really successful pilot in the NE but now need their own custom frontend
3 - 1 more site that's just starting needs some help doing Y and isnt quite there yet (norwich?)

We could even do 1 and 2 only but i think itd make sense to it this way? Does that make sense?

I am not sure when I'm gonna find the time to write the application tho. Can anyone find the questions without signing up?

kim

On Wed, 6 Nov 2024 at 18:00, Joe Irving <joe@tippingpointuk.org> wrote:
Hey Kim,

Are you still thinking you might go for this one? If you are needing stats for scalability we could see if we could do a Tipping Point regional work + PlaceCal as a opportunity to scale across the UK?

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On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 at 16:04, Jan Baykara <jan@commonknowledge.coop> wrote:
I think PlaceCal are a good candidate for this, and potentially so is Solidarity Tech who I'm speaking to later today. I'd argue Zetkin too, but I feel they've been quite conservative about how fast they want to roll out and not necessarily interested in mass usage — which is fine.

I feel like Mapped is still in the 'seeking product-market fit' stage with a lot of fruitful avenues to explore, but not firm enough yet to approach this kind of fund.

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On October 17, 2024 at 3:54 PM, Kim Foale (kim@gfsc.studio) wrote:
I might put in a bid for PlaceCal yeah and would be happy to look into a group one nearer the time?

Was also wondering if anyone else had anything this close to market?

Kim

On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 at 15:36, Joe Irving <joe@tippingpointuk.org> wrote:
This looks interesting, are you thinking of a bid just for PlaceCal as is or as a collaboration between groups?

Solidarity,

Joe

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On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 at 12:40, Kim Foale <kim@gfsc.studio> wrote:

i may go for this for PlaceCal depending on how i feel later in the year - deadline is 6th jan

main confusing one for us is what they count as an end user

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