POSSIBLE TITLES  
  * Community-run digital services: what will it take?

OUTLINE
  * As momentum grows to build alternatives to big tech and cloud-based digital services, 
  * We’re seeing growth in initiatives for community-run, cooperative and local infrastructure and tech services. Initiatives such as Coop Cloud and other 
  * We’ll need new approaches to build, operate and sustain these forms of infrastructure and services: 
    * creating continuity and stability while relying on volunteers (rapid turnover and intermittent levels of involvement) rather than ongoing professionals and responsibilities tied to a salary
    * coordination for commonsing and shared governance
    * negotiating shared ownership and shared responsibilities
    * financial models for continuity and payment structures that reflect community values, contributions and what people / groups can afford, ensuring equitable access to essential services
  * This talk discusses possible approaches to organising, developing and sharing: 
    * individual skills and roles for network infrastructure, hardware, administration
    * cooperative responsibility and governance
    * models of alliances between organisations (formal and informal)
    * spaces, places, resources and financial security 
    * for equitable access, not just well-off neighbourhoods
  * We’ll discuss our own efforts at Merri-bek Tech through the node steward and community partnerships; challenges, how we might overcome them - and the broader benefits for communities. 
  * Audience participation??? - would be so interesting to get people's input on models, and how we might partner with other orgs to build these capabilities.