An alternative to Facebook Groups that can be used by specific local organisations and collectives, and offered to others, to support existing and emergent groups

Example groups To shape our - Brunswick Tool Library - Good Karma Network - Gig Guide - Radical Socialist Base - Muslim Women’s association - Radicle Roots - Balam Balam - Library services Additional critical uses: Community emergency announcements 2 What we need from the system for successful launch and uptake - Discoverability: pathways to find things (and the groups and people users are interested in) o Ability to manage multiple overlapping circles of community, e.g. micro-locality, specific interests etc. - Onboarding plan and functionality - Options for verification and account management o Systems people know (email, mobile) o And ability to provision accounts, reset accounts without these o - Initial user experience and visual appearance: - Target users and user - Needs to be FOSS/ Standards based / interoperable, - Robust