<div dir="ltr">Hi<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the replies. Yes I suppose I'm thinking more ongoing first-line-type support <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">for such groups</span>, 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.</div><div><br></div><div>The specific group/site is <a href="https://risingtide.org.uk/">https://risingtide.org.uk/</a> but this blurs into email, mailing lists, other websites, general IT support, etc. I'm sure this isn't an unusual thing?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>b</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 March 2018 at 12:01, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hacktionlab-request@lists.aktivix.org" target="_blank">hacktionlab-request@lists.aktivix.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Send HacktionLab mailing list submissions to<br>
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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:22:45 +0000<br>
From: Brent <<a href="mailto:thebrentc@gmail.com">thebrentc@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Hi<br>
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Hope you all good!<br>
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I wanted to get some thoughts on activist tech support options.<br>
<br>
There's a group with a struggling website hosting setup, looking to move<br>
hosts, which there's options available and can be done. My question/issue<br>
is then going ahead, how could the ongoing tech supporty side work. It<br>
would be great if there was some kind of group offering activist-friendly<br>
and affordable tech support, or perhaps a matching-up with likely workers.<br>
Anybody know of such a thing? Something sustainable y'know.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
brent<br>
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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:01:47 +0000<br>
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Morning<br>
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<a href="https://xtreamlab.net/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xtreamlab.net/</a> run by Mike and myself can do the hosting at a<br>
reasonable price, though generally our users are tech-savvy enough not<br>
to need too much support from us.<br>
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Best<br>
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Marcus<br>
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On 14/03/2018 13:22, Brent wrote:<br>
> Hi<br>
><br>
> Hope you all good!?<br>
><br>
> I wanted to get some thoughts on activist tech support options.?<br>
><br>
> There's a group with a struggling website hosting setup, looking to move<br>
> hosts, which there's options available and can be done. My<br>
> question/issue is then going ahead, how could the ongoing tech supporty<br>
> side work. It would be great if there was some kind of group offering<br>
> activist-friendly and affordable tech support, or perhaps a matching-up<br>
> with likely workers. Anybody know of such a thing? Something sustainable<br>
> y'know.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> brent<br>
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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:17:50 +0000<br>
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Hey<br>
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Would be useful to know a little more about the group themselves, perhaps a<br>
link to their existing website?<br>
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Brent <<a href="mailto:thebrentc@gmail.com">thebrentc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hi<br>
><br>
> Hope you all good!<br>
><br>
> I wanted to get some thoughts on activist tech support options.<br>
><br>
> There's a group with a struggling website hosting setup, looking to move<br>
> hosts, which there's options available and can be done. My question/issue<br>
> is then going ahead, how could the ongoing tech supporty side work. It<br>
> would be great if there was some kind of group offering activist-friendly<br>
> and affordable tech support, or perhaps a matching-up with likely workers.<br>
> Anybody know of such a thing? Something sustainable y'know.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> brent<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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Hi all<br>
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For services beyond hosting, email, pads etc I've been enjoying<br>
<a href="https://disroot.org/en#_white-bar" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://disroot.org/en#_white-<wbr>bar</a> recently.<br>
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They provide support for their own services here:<br>
<a href="https://forum.disroot.org/c/disroot/support" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forum.disroot.org/c/<wbr>disroot/support</a><br>
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If there was an appetite to provide more general activist tech support<br>
then it might be worth approaching them to see if they could host a<br>
subforum for it here: <a href="https://forum.disroot.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forum.disroot.org/</a> there is already an<br>
active tech-savvy community who might help do the support<br>
<a href="https://forum.disroot.org/about" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forum.disroot.org/<wbr>about</a><br>
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For reliable hosting, I'd recommend<br>
> <a href="https://xtreamlab.net/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xtreamlab.net/</a><br>
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Another option to consider is <a href="https://network23.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://network23.org/</a> which offers free<br>
Wordpress blogs, but is a volunteer-run best-effort with limited<br>
resources.<br>
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2p<br>
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Sam<br>
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<br>
<br>
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run by Mike and myself can do the hosting at a<br>
> reasonable price, though generally our users are tech-savvy enough not<br>
> to need too much support from us.<br>
><br>
> Best<br>
><br>
> Marcus<br>
><br>
> On 14/03/2018 13:22, Brent wrote:<br>
>> Hi<br>
>><br>
>> Hope you all good!?<br>
>><br>
>> I wanted to get some thoughts on activist tech support options.?<br>
>><br>
>> There's a group with a struggling website hosting setup, looking to move<br>
>> hosts, which there's options available and can be done. My<br>
>> question/issue is then going ahead, how could the ongoing tech supporty<br>
>> side work. It would be great if there was some kind of group offering<br>
>> activist-friendly and affordable tech support, or perhaps a matching-up<br>
>> with likely workers. Anybody know of such a thing? Something sustainable<br>
>> y'know.<br>
>><br>
>> Cheers,<br>
>> brent<br>
><br>
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