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community_partners [2026/10/20 10:51] – [What we would like from you] sarahcommunity_partners [2026/10/20 11:00] (current) – sarah
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 We aim to provide local partner organisations with community-run, open source digital services for their ICT needs, as alternatives to commercial tech platforms. We aim to provide local partner organisations with community-run, open source digital services for their ICT needs, as alternatives to commercial tech platforms.
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 +This document aims to provide a cheatsheet for conversations with community groups, with the aim of challenging, exploring, testing, refining and elaborating the points below, over time. 
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 +Updated 20 Oct 2026.
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 ===== Digital services that communities want ===== ===== Digital services that communities want =====
    
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 =====Local partner organisations would need to:===== =====Local partner organisations would need to:=====
   * Allocate at least two people to look after your digital services   * Allocate at least two people to look after your digital services
-  * Migrate, set up users and permissions, initial folder structures,  +  * Migrate data, set up users and permissions, initial folder structures, with our support 
-  * Manage user accounts, permissions, storage (e.g. delete unwanted files)+  * Manage user accounts, permissions, storage (e.g. delete unwanted files) ongoing.
   * Content moderation; decide on and enforce rules for online conduct   * Content moderation; decide on and enforce rules for online conduct
 ===== What we would like from our community partners ===== ===== What we would like from our community partners =====
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 ===== Participatory Action Research project ===== ===== Participatory Action Research project =====
 We would like local non-profit organisations to join a research project, which will be led by what a community wants, to create social change as well as academic knowledge.  We would like local non-profit organisations to join a research project, which will be led by what a community wants, to create social change as well as academic knowledge. 
-  * Participate in a stakeholder workshop in early December 2027  +  * Participate in a stakeholder workshop in early December 2026 to envision and explore community tech futures 
-  * Help us identify the assets / resources, strengths and barriers+  * Help us identify the assets / resources, strengths and barriers within the community
   * Help us co-design the roles for non-technical contributions as well as technical roles   * Help us co-design the roles for non-technical contributions as well as technical roles
-  * Identify priority digital services and supporting community processes. +  * Identify priority digital services and supporting community processes 
-  * Valuable contributions do not require technical expertise.  +  
 +**Valuable contributions do not require technical expertise. ** 
  

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