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

These groups exemplify our primary target user organisations. These can shape our evaluation and comparison of alternative platforms.

• 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