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| - | POSSIBLE TITLES | + | Amidst public anger at big tech, there' |
| - | * Building | + | For example, Coop Cloud aims to help small organisations host open source software, providing a software stack based on container technologies and open standards. Powered by volunteers and supported by a federation of community groups, they offer (some examples). However, Coop Cloud illustrates the challenges that non-profit organisations experience with maintaining momentum |
| + | This provides a valuable case study to explore the challenges of community-based approaches to building, | ||
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| + | In this talk, we aim to start a conversation about how we can build the structures, continuity and skills, drawing in people who have strengths in building coops and volunteer-run groups. We look to models such as community gardens, landcare groups, maker communities and tool libraries, considering what we can learn and how their approaches might be adapted for community run digital services. We explore foundational practices of listening with discomfort, interdisciplinarity, | ||
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| * Community-run digital services: what will it take? | * Community-run digital services: what will it take? | ||
| - | * what will it take to build a digital commons. | ||
| OUTLINE | OUTLINE | ||
| * As momentum grows to build alternatives to big tech and cloud-based digital services, | * As momentum grows to build alternatives to big tech and cloud-based digital services, | ||
| - | * We’re seeing growth in initiatives for community-run, | + | * We’re seeing growth in initiatives for community-run, |
| * We’ll need new approaches to build, operate and sustain these forms of infrastructure and services: | * We’ll need new approaches to build, operate and sustain these forms of infrastructure and services: | ||
| - | * continuity and stability while relying on volunteers (rapid turnover and intermittent levels of involvement) rather than ongoing | + | * creating |
| * coordination for commonsing and shared governance | * coordination for commonsing and shared governance | ||
| * negotiating shared ownership and shared responsibilities | * 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 | * 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 | + | * This talk discusses possible approaches to organising, developing and sharing: |
| * individual skills and roles for network infrastructure, | * individual skills and roles for network infrastructure, | ||
| * cooperative responsibility and governance | * cooperative responsibility and governance | ||
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| * for equitable access, not just well-off neighbourhoods | * 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; | * We’ll discuss our own efforts at Merri-bek Tech through the node steward and community partnerships; | ||
| - | * Audience participation??? | + | * Audience participation??? |