[HacktionLab] Web/tech support for activist groups?

Sun Mar 18 11:25:41 UTC 2018

Hi

Thanks for the replies. Yes I suppose I'm thinking more ongoing
first-line-type support for such groups, and probably with general
technology management, than hosting specifically (although thanks for
suggestions, and disroot looks to have a good suite). There seems to be a
gap here given the limits of DIY. Maybe some kind of co-operative 'agency
combo consultancy' ultimately, or at least building some kind of techie
network interim, mentoring options perhaps. Hope this makes some sense-
just think groups can not put enough focus on their tech, too much reliance
on too few 'techies', and it's just too shoestring.. Guess this is a big
longer-term project.

The specific group/site is https://risingtide.org.uk/ but this blurs into
email, mailing lists, other websites, general IT support, etc. I'm sure
this isn't an unusual thing?

Thanks
b

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> Hi
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> Hope you all good!
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> I wanted to get some thoughts on activist tech support options.
>
> There's a group with a struggling website hosting setup, looking to move
> hosts, which there's options available and can be done. My question/issue
> is then going ahead, how could the ongoing tech supporty side work. It
> would be great if there was some kind of group offering activist-friendly
> and affordable tech support, or perhaps a matching-up with likely workers.
> Anybody know of such a thing? Something sustainable y'know.
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> Cheers,
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> From: Marcus Valentine <marcus at marcusv.org>
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> Morning
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> https://xtreamlab.net/ run by Mike and myself can do the hosting at a
> reasonable price, though generally our users are tech-savvy enough not
> to need too much support from us.
>
> Best
>
> Marcus
>
> On 14/03/2018 13:22, Brent wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Hope you all good!?
> >
> > I wanted to get some thoughts on activist tech support options.?
> >
> > There's a group with a struggling website hosting setup, looking to move
> > hosts, which there's options available and can be done. My
> > question/issue is then going ahead, how could the ongoing tech supporty
> > side work. It would be great if there was some kind of group offering
> > activist-friendly and affordable tech support, or perhaps a matching-up
> > with likely workers. Anybody know of such a thing? Something sustainable
> > y'know.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > brent
>
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> Hey
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> Would be useful to know a little more about the group themselves, perhaps a
> link to their existing website?
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> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Brent <thebrentc at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi
> >
> > Hope you all good!
> >
> > I wanted to get some thoughts on activist tech support options.
> >
> > There's a group with a struggling website hosting setup, looking to move
> > hosts, which there's options available and can be done. My question/issue
> > is then going ahead, how could the ongoing tech supporty side work. It
> > would be great if there was some kind of group offering activist-friendly
> > and affordable tech support, or perhaps a matching-up with likely
> workers.
> > Anybody know of such a thing? Something sustainable y'know.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > brent
> >
> >
> >
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> From: sam at bristolwireless.net
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> Hi all
>
> For services beyond hosting, email, pads etc I've been enjoying
> https://disroot.org/en#_white-bar recently.
>
> They provide support for their own services here:
> https://forum.disroot.org/c/disroot/support
>
> If there was an appetite to provide more general activist tech support
> then it might be worth approaching them to see if they could host a
> subforum for it here: https://forum.disroot.org/ there is already an
> active tech-savvy community who might help do the support
> https://forum.disroot.org/about
>
> For reliable hosting, I'd recommend
> > https://xtreamlab.net/
>
> Another option to consider is https://network23.org/ which offers free
> Wordpress blogs, but is a volunteer-run best-effort with limited
> resources.
>
> 2p
>
> Sam
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>
>
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> run by Mike and myself can do the hosting at a
> > reasonable price, though generally our users are tech-savvy enough not
> > to need too much support from us.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Marcus
> >
> > On 14/03/2018 13:22, Brent wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Hope you all good!?
> >>
> >> I wanted to get some thoughts on activist tech support options.?
> >>
> >> There's a group with a struggling website hosting setup, looking to move
> >> hosts, which there's options available and can be done. My
> >> question/issue is then going ahead, how could the ongoing tech supporty
> >> side work. It would be great if there was some kind of group offering
> >> activist-friendly and affordable tech support, or perhaps a matching-up
> >> with likely workers. Anybody know of such a thing? Something sustainable
> >> y'know.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> brent
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