Heya all, hope you had a refreshing NYE break. For me I'm feeling like this is the most unrefreshed I've ever been into new year just due to state of the world so hope you're all faring better. Big update from me: I have now boiled down all the future direction of GFSC into an a draft announcement blogpost. The password is "future". I'd love everyone's feedback: https://ghost.gfsc.community/the-future-of-geeks-for-social-change/ I've obviously name checked you all in there so please do let me know if this is ok to mention you like this and I will check in with you all about it before it goes live. If anyone would like to be a contributor please shout as well. We are looking for people who can give a regular 1-3 hours a month and can do a min 3 month run initially -- vibe is "getting a band together" for the time being and we can open up to guest or one-off spots later. We're coordinating this on discord currently. I hope this sounds good as I will be bugging you all soon individually to support us financially to the tune of something like an hour's consultancy rate for your org every month very soon -- gfsc is currently losing money and we need to at least start covering our expenses :) I'll start working on a followup lottery bid next month - I am confident we can nail it this time. A bit of a timeline for this project: * this week im gonna finish up that draft blog post and check in with the tech partners mentioned in the article above * next week ill work on the static pages and stuff like that (i.e. about page, work out what we need to tell people about volunteering, what needs migrating from the current site still) * last week of jan hopefully ill work on themeing for some value of that and getting live * then into feb - i'm taking a hol first week of feb * after im back lets get going * possible formal launch spring equinox? if anyone wants to help with any of this do let me know. the big stuff is: * naming the sponsorship tiers, tying down the amounts, and making them sound sexy and writing out the benefits (id like to streamline all direct donations through this but i might be trying to do too much here) - a lot of this is wood for trees stuff writing up what we already do so other peoples input really helpful * reviewing my placeholder copy and helping improve it or giving suggestions * implementing a theme when its done (olu is down for this but the more the merrier) * tell me what features youd like to be a part of or if you can help with production * making a feature wishlist and seeing if there's anyting else tech wise we need to get going (one thing i notice is it only has X and Facebook integrations, it would be nice to have bsky and mastodon) Thanks all, reminder we have a meeting next tuesday 21st at 12:30 where we can go over this together. Kim -- Dr Kim Foale (they/she <https://name.pn/kim-foale>) *Working hours: Mon-Wed 10-5pm.* Geeks For Social Change <https://gfsc.studio/> 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.* _______________________________________________ CTP Tech Partners mailing list -- tech-partners(a)lists.gfsc.studio To unsubscribe send an email to tech-partners-leave(a)lists.gfsc.studio

Hey Oliver and Kim, I like that pricing tier (and I think a "what you get from it" simple page would be great). I am going to chat to the TP tech team to see if this is something we can put into next year's budget. Around these meetings, would it be helpful to rotate facilitation & note taking in them? Solidarity, Joe -- Joe Irving (he/they) *Tech @ Tipping Point UK* Bringing powerful digital tools <https://actionnetwork.org/forms/tech> to grassroots groups, in the fight for climate justice. I work 2.5 days a week, so may not always be able to get back promptly. Feel free to book a meeting with me <https://cal.com/joeirving/tp>. *Support Tipping Point UK* We organise with grassroots groups in the UK for climate, migrant and social justice. Can you help fund this work? <https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/climate-justice-tipping-point?source=joe_email_signature&recurring=true&period=recurring_monthly&amount=5> Please give £5 per month, or whatever you can afford, to help us build the movement. On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 at 14:10, Oliver Bates &lt;oliver(a)fractals.coop&gt; wrote: > Thanks for the call today Kim, it helped me immersive myself in what > the collective is, and isn't, and what the offer is. > > I wonder if there's: > - one tier for out of pocket individuals - £25 a year, > - one tier for organisations that's somewhere between £50-150 a year, > - an option for big bastard corpos to "pay what you like". > > > > *Pop corn brain here: *Joe mentioned a Zine on the call, I wonder if > there's a way to sell a GFSC zine, that's super cheap to produce, but we > could charge £10 for. People could buy the zine to support, or they get the > annual zine if they pay £25 a year or above. It loops into some of the > design work some of the collective like doing, and gets a tangible thing > into people's hands. > > > *Content Design Brain on*I would consider making the > subscriber/member offer more clear, the "why sign up" and perhaps bring it > to the start of the article as currently it's buried in the "How you can > support us" section currently. I'm thinking bold bullets communicating what > members get. This is also the bit I'd want to shout about when promoting > the collective in networks and various spaces. > > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 at 16:35, Kim Foale &lt;kim(a)gfsc.studio&gt; wrote: > >> Heya all, hope you had a refreshing NYE break. For me I'm feeling >> like this is the most unrefreshed I've ever been into new year just due to >> state of the world so hope you're all faring better. >> >> Big update from me: I have now boiled down all the future direction >> of GFSC into an a draft announcement blogpost. The password is "future". >> I'd love everyone's feedback: >> >> https://ghost.gfsc.community/the-future-of-geeks-for-social-change/ >> >> I've obviously name checked you all in there so please do let me know >> if this is ok to mention you like this and I will check in with you all >> about it before it goes live. >> >> If anyone would like to be a contributor please shout as well. We are >> looking for people who can give a regular 1-3 hours a month and can do a >> min 3 month run initially -- vibe is "getting a band together" for the time >> being and we can open up to guest or one-off spots later. We're >> coordinating this on discord currently. >> >> I hope this sounds good as I will be bugging you all soon >> individually to support us financially to the tune of something like an >> hour's consultancy rate for your org every month very soon -- gfsc is >> currently losing money and we need to at least start covering our expenses >> :) >> >> I'll start working on a followup lottery bid next month - I am >> confident we can nail it this time. >> >> A bit of a timeline for this project: >> >> * this week im gonna finish up that draft blog post and check in with >> the tech partners mentioned in the article above >> * next week ill work on the static pages and stuff like that (i.e. >> about page, work out what we need to tell people about volunteering, what >> needs migrating from the current site still) >> * last week of jan hopefully ill work on themeing for some value of >> that and getting live >> * then into feb - i'm taking a hol first week of feb >> * after im back lets get going >> * possible formal launch spring equinox? >> >> if anyone wants to help with any of this do let me know. the big >> stuff is: >> >> * naming the sponsorship tiers, tying down the amounts, and making >> them sound sexy and writing out the benefits (id like to streamline all >> direct donations through this but i might be trying to do too much here) - >> a lot of this is wood for trees stuff writing up what we already do so >> other peoples input really helpful >> * reviewing my placeholder copy and helping improve it or giving >> suggestions >> * implementing a theme when its done (olu is down for this but the >> more the merrier) >> * tell me what features youd like to be a part of or if you can help >> with production >> * making a feature wishlist and seeing if there's anyting else tech >> wise we need to get going (one thing i notice is it only has X and Facebook >> integrations, it would be nice to have bsky and mastodon) >> >> Thanks all, reminder we have a meeting next tuesday 21st at 12:30 >> where we can go over this together. >> >> Kim >> >> -- >> Dr Kim Foale (they/she <https://name.pn/kim-foale>) >> >> *Working hours: Mon-Wed 10-5pm.* >> >> Geeks For Social Change <https://gfsc.studio/> >> >> 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.* >> _______________________________________________ >> CTP Tech Partners mailing list -- tech-partners(a)lists.gfsc.studio >> To unsubscribe send an email to tech-partners-leave(a)lists.gfsc.studio >> > _______________________________________________ > CTP Tech Partners mailing list -- tech-partners(a)lists.gfsc.studio > To unsubscribe send an email to tech-partners-leave(a)lists.gfsc.studio > _______________________________________________