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Announcing GFSC Community Drop-ins!

GFSC is starting four regular monthly drop-ins for: tech developers; artists and freelancers; community organisers; and writers and researchers. They're focussed on developing and supporting people to use open source and community technology, including our own PlaceCal platform.

Announcing GFSC Community Drop-ins!
One type of community get-together.

One of the great business phrases of the 21st Century: this meeting could have been an email. But today I propose the opposite: this blog post could be a drop-in meet-up. Four of them, in fact.

How it works: they are all drop-in peer support sessions. We'll take it in turns to say what we are working on and see if we can give support or encouragement. These are designed to be used as accountability and check in sessions, as well as good places to get tech support and troubleshooting help. We are going to run these for three months (Feb-April) and then see how we are doing, so please do come say hi if this is a thing you want to see in the world.

These are also available to see on our PlaceCal listing.

(All times GMT/UTC)

Regular drop-ins

Writers & Researchers Drop-in

Host: Benjamilian
When: Tue 27th Jan 19.00-20.00 (then fourth Tuesdays)
Where: Discord
For: People writing about community technology, or who want their technology to be written about:

  • Mostly for our blog writers but all are welcome with an interest in writing about technology
  • Suitable for academics and researchers who want to share their work or compare notes
  • Or pitch us what you're working on to get covered on the blog!

Tech Developers and Creators Drop-in

Host: Kim
When: Tue 10th Feb 16:00 - 17:00, then first Tuesdays of the month
Where: Google Meet
For: People who work or want to work on developing community technology and commons infrastructure, specifically those who want to:

  • Volunteer on GFSC's projects (PlaceCal, Trans Dimension)
  • Get peer support and networking for your own tools (see Community Spotlights)
  • Develop technology commons projects together such as creating new public fediverse resources

Artists & Freelancers Drop-in

Host: Olu
When: Weds 11th Feb, 19:00 - 20:00 (then second Wednesdays)
Where: Discord
For: Peer support and encouragement for artists, freelancers, researchers, small community groups and other creatives who want to:

  • Set up and develop artist/creative/freelancer/community websites using open tools and standards (and get tech support...)
  • Develop our reach through non-corporate social media
  • Get support and advice with other things tech can help with: branding, operations, project management...

PlaceCal Community Organisers Drop-in

Host: Katja
When: Weds 18th Feb 12:00-13:00 (then third Wednesdays)
Where: Google Meet
For: Community organisers who want to bring their community together by:

  • Getting started with our PlaceCal platform
  • Improving the quality and quantity of community information near them by supporting local community groups with technology
  • Finding out about and using other tools in the GFSC ecosystem

Special events

PlaceCal x Techfleet: Requirements Gathering Session

Lead: Morgan
When: 9th Feb, 17:00 - 18:00
Where: Google Meet
For: Our kickoff meeting with TechFleet to discuss our requirements for the platform and it's future. TechFleet also welcome volunteers from the GFSC community. All welcome to get involved – but maybe message Kim first to make sure this is the right session for you!

See you soon?

Feel free to come along to any of these and let us know how we can make them useful and fun for you. Join us on the GFSC Discord or sign up to our newsletter to get future announcements as we go. And of course, we know times are lean but if you're able to support us financially or otherwise to make these meetups sustainable please do.

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