Do we want to use Coactivate to collate information at a national level
Hannah Mackintosh
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There were a lot of discussion at the hui around the best way to collaborate at a national level.
One suggestion was that we use coactivate to replace the current forum on the TBANZ site.
You can have a look at the Dunedin one here: http://www.coactivate.org/projects/dunedin-timebank/summary
Paul Smith
Thu 6 Dec 2012 9:11PM
I'm all for this idea in principle but haven't investigated co-activate enough to recommend it as a tool.
Joybells
Fri 7 Dec 2012 1:55AM
Joy Waikanae Timebank i am keen for us to start using coactivate for internal discussion and collaboration on documents at a national level as soon as possible, if it works and serves our needs then thats fabulous and if not we can try something else
Joybells
Fri 7 Dec 2012 2:16AM
Joy Waikanae Timebank I am keen for us to start using coactivate for internal discussion and collaboration on documents at a national level as soon as possible, if it works and serves our needs then thats fabulous and if not we can try something else
Benedict McHugo
Fri 7 Dec 2012 5:36PM
Yes lets do it, hope it does not require lots of work for one or two interested techies.
Danyl Strype
Sat 8 Dec 2012 12:47AM
CoActivate, like Loomio, is designed for use by community groups who aren't geeks. It's a non-profit service. It runs on free code (or "open source" software), with a one-click option to copy all your data out of it in standard formats (no lock-in).
Rosemarie Smith Fri 30 Nov 2012 1:40AM
TBANZ was a bit clunky didnt have much take up so I'm happy to try something else.
Emma McGuirk Fri 30 Nov 2012 2:15AM
I'm excited to go ahead with using CoActivate as a tool for national collaboration on documents, and for creating wiki pages
On CoActivate it is easy for all members of the group to upload documents and edit the wiki pages. On timebank.org.nz it is more difficult, and this work consequently fell to a small team that was not always able to keep up (especially when there were technical problems, that made it impossible to upload to the site). However I totally agree that timebank.org.nz could be a great information website for the media and general public.
So yes, I fully support this proposal.
Emma McGuirk Mon 3 Dec 2012 10:22AM
Just added a small point in another discussion about how the term TBANZ was defined at the 2011 hui - We, the active members and developers of Time Banking in Aotearoa NZ, are TBANZ (TimeBank Aotearoa New Zealand). The website timebank.org.nz is not 'TBANZ'. Let's just refer to it as timebank.org.nz.
Danyl Strype Sat 8 Dec 2012 12:41AM
@benedictmchugo
CoActivate doesn't require any techies at all. It is free code software designed to be used by community groups who don't have any geeks involved. Like Loomio, or any web tool, it requires a bit of time to get familiar with the way it works, but it's much easier to learn (and harder to break) than websites which use an out-of-the-box Content Management System (CMS) like Drupal (used by timebank.org.nz), WordPress, Joomla etc.
Miles Thompson · Fri 30 Nov 2012 1:29AM
As it turns out we can't just 'auto-add' everyone to the coactivate site, so folks are going to have to be 'invited' then agree to the invite, which is a shame. I think its totally worthwhile nevertheless