Hey, everybody! We're getting it done! Modest, small steps, making sure we're heading in the right direction, building community software infrastructure. At this point we have the basic platform for platforms, the online equivalent of a blank slate:
Beyond that we're looking at establishing our own cloud, email, and git code repository services! We have opportunities to partner with Civic.Social civic software and Love Computing for decentralized, hardware-based cloud... and we haven't even ramped up! The vision is for a portfolio of community apps everyone can use and private apps for customer members and their guests, behind a firewall for additional security.
There are so many options it's a bit crazy! All of these apps represent collaborative networks, too.
Our challenge is how to communicate effectively about the coop, the why as well as the how. The list of cool stuff above means digital autonomy for personal, community, and business purposes. We also need to create on ramps folks who want to pursue tech career and stepping stones for those who just want to minimize their digital footprint.
I'm working on getting data into administrative systems while thinking about how to do outreach and draft organizational documents.