Find out if you have a local #LUG, a !Linux Users Group. In #Waterloo Region we have a great LUG, @KWLUG@sn.jonkman.ca, as well as completely separate groups for #KWNPSA ( #NonProfit #SysAdmin), #KWVoIP (a #VoIP Users Group), different user groups for just about every programming language (and three for #Javascript alone). All are warm and friendly -- I know, 'cos I've been to most. But start by finding a local Linux User Group, where people can point you in as many directions as you're willing to go.
Hello folks! Gibberfish was founded two years ago to bring private, decentralized services to people who need them. We provide private cloud servers to other nonprofits at no charge. We also run a bunch of free, anonymous, public services, including this pod. While we're very happy to be doing this work, it's expensive to maintain. Since we started, I and my fellow founders have poured thousands of our own dollars into the project. Unfortunately, this is not sustainable. So, here is our ask:
If you use our Diaspora* pod, our chat server, our anonymous search engine, or any of our other services, please reflect on their value to you and to the online community. If you feel that it's worth $1 per month, please consider supporting us on an ongoing basis on Patreon.
If you're already a Patreon user, it's only a couple of clicks. If you don't wish to use Patreon, please visit our website for other ways to donate. If we can reach a level where we can reliably cover our monthly operating costs, we will be able to add extra capacity to improve our existing services, as well as offer new ones. Please feel free to make suggestions.
Thank you for being awesome. Please share this post.
Sincerely,
@[Brian Ó 🐟](/u/blacksam)
Executive Director @ Gibberfish
Heads up #SocialCoop - #Liberapay (the #FLOSS and #nonprofit recurrent donations platform) is in trouble, loosing its payment provider and in need of new ways to operate.
They are considering a #cooperative alternative, where everyone who receives money on the platform would be a member of the Liberapay legal entity, and that all the collected funds would legally belong to that entity instead of to each individual user.
"Moxie and I share a belief that the best way to continue to ensure the universal availability of high-security and low-cost communications services like Signal is to do so through a foundation structure that is free of the inherent limitations of a for-profit company."
We're now officially a #nonprofit organisation (registered in Estonia, thanks to the ease of e-Residency) and would welcome contributions from volunteers (#educators, curators, designers, developers, etc) and donors.
Please spread the word, and get in touch if you can help in some way!
- motivating devs. behind (still) isolated #nonprofit plattforms dedicated to maintain a great userbase dedicated to sharing
- elaborating how the fediverse could benefit from integrating those alreadys existing communites/plattforms
- elaborating how the plattforms could benefit from being integrated into the fediverse
- converting this towards developer of (still) isolated plattforms
- creating a showcase specific for a plattform maybe #trustroots? (I'm just @paulfree14 a user) it's a +28.000 members large traveler community, sharing free accommodation and connecting people via an #opensource nonprofit plattform