Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

2018-06-20 Thread carlo von lynX
I support Moritz' invitation anytime and would feel more inclined to invest energy into libtech if it cuddles up under his umbrella of related projects. On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 01:43:06PM -0700, Yosem Companys wrote: > > If it ain't broken, don't touch the thing. "Stick with mailman" is what

Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

2018-06-19 Thread grarpamp
On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 3:13 PM, Yosem Companys wrote: > Determine whether to maintain LT's mailing lists on Mailman or to transition > them to a content management system (e.g., Discourse.org). And whenever such centralized systems shutdown, move on, deploy software again, crash, get bought,

Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

2018-06-18 Thread Kate Krauss
On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 5:10 PM, Doug Schuler < doug...@publicsphereproject.org> wrote: > Moritz' suggestions seem very sound. > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 8:56 AM, Moritz Bartl > wrote: > >> Hi Yosem, >> On 14.06.2018 21:13, Yosem Companys wrote: >> > Recently, the decision was made to spin off

Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

2018-06-15 Thread Doug Schuler
Moritz' suggestions seem very sound. The Public Sphere Project is a non-profit 501.c.3 organization that's very aligned with the LT mission and would seem to be a good fit. Other org's probably have better tech and deeper pockets however! If I saw any changes I'd like to see the list expand its

Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

2018-06-15 Thread Steven Clift
Fyi - E-Democracy is also exploring how Discourse might be used YET still fully function like a mailing list for all of our users. Let's trade notes. We have the domain name opengroups.org. Also in terms of fiscal agency, if someone out there would put up 100K you'd have a lot more options. Or

Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

2018-06-15 Thread Moritz Bartl
Hi Yosem, On 14.06.2018 21:13, Yosem Companys wrote: > Recently, the decision was made to spin off LT as an independent entity. Have you considered fiscal sponsorship instead, meaning to partner with an existing non-profit instead of creating your own? I can for example see us at Renewable

Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

2018-06-14 Thread Tanja Aitamurto
Happy to help in designing and developing the website, and also with the other stuff the best I can Thanks, all, for your continuous valuable work in the LT space best, Tanja Aitamurto, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Management Science & Engineering Stanford www.tanjaaitamurto.com On Thu, Jun 14,

Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

2018-06-14 Thread Yosem Companys
> > Ping me off line to chat about how I can help. > Will do, Thomas. Thanks for the offer. > >- Determine whether to maintain LT's mailing lists on Mailman > > or to > >transition them to a content management system

Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

2018-06-14 Thread Thomas Delrue
On 06/14/2018 03:13 PM, Yosem Companys wrote: > Here are LT's major needs: > >- Recruit people to develop a new website, logo, and graphics. Ping me off line to chat about how I can help. >- Identify a legal jurisdiction with strong security and privacy laws >and regulations and a

[liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

2018-06-14 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi All, The Program on Liberation Technologies at Stanford University (LT) has been going strong since circa 2006. Since then, LT has helped thousands design, use, and research technologies that foster the public good. Recently, the decision was made to