<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Actually, I DID mean the Co-Op:<div><br><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15w7UqCHGmgNUwCtFUABX-X-kdihhLyjirj8zEaQRjt8">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15w7UqCHGmgNUwCtFUABX-X-kdihhLyjirj8zEaQRjt8</a></div><div><br></div><div>I thought about BuddyPress as an option. But it seems overbuilt — I want something simpler, if possible.</div><div><br></div><div>And yes, I am all about the collaboration, and I greatly appreciate you asking around! Everyone needs things like this right now and there’s no need to reinvent the wheel, or build a department store when you need a bodega.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, Rich.<br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bram Moreinis</span></div><div>845-750-2412 (txt)</div></div>- - - -<br><div>This email was composed on a mobile device and may have been dictated.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bram Moreinis</span></div><div>845-750-2412 (txt)</div></div>- - - -<br><div>This email was composed on a mobile device and may have been dictated.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 20, 2020, at 10:05 PM, Rich@OTN via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Generally agreed, however</span><br><span></span><br><span>1) I think this is what you mean:</span><br><span>not Franklin Coop</span><br><span>https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/03/mutual-aid-networks-for-350-mass-during.html</span><br><span></span><br><span>2) Wordpress already has all the tools built into do this, including the database.</span><br><span>A much quicker approach is to use this: https://buddypress.org/</span><br><span>I think it already does what you are suggesting - it's a WP plugin</span><br><span>I've used it and it's pretty easy to install and does have a measure of security.</span><br><span></span><br><span>3) The real question would be how to get some collaboration instead of lots of different systems.</span><br><span>I'll point to the FRCOG - Franklin Regional Council of Governments whose charter just that.</span><br><span>and they have been working on various emergency planning efforts.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I'll send this their way and see if there is something that we all can contribute to.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Rich</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 3/20/2020 7:22 PM, Bram Moreinis via Hidden-discuss wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Franklin community co-op has shared a Google sheet as a mutual aid system, which allows people to enter their contact information and ask and offer things.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Obviously this is not a very secure solution, nor an elegant one.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I know how to do a WordPress site, or a JavaScript page that accesses an airtable database. Something with react native and firebase would be ever so much better.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>What ideas do you have for a mutual aid system? I want to provide Alternatives by Sunday evening. It turns out there are many groups that want a thing like this; i’m using the co-op as a pilot.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Bram</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>--</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Bram Moreinis</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>845-750-2412 (txt)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>- - - -</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This email was composed on a mobile device and may have been dictated.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>page on the Hidden Tech Web site.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>http://www.hidden-tech.net/members</span><br></blockquote><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net</span><br><span>Hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</span><br><span></span><br><span>You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list.</span><br><span>If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members</span><br><span>page on the Hidden Tech Web site.</span><br><span>http://www.hidden-tech.net/members</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>