Trump Change

[chernicoff]

About the group

Mobile app for one-touch donation to progressive groups/causes. UI super-simple—two taps to kick in a dollar. Pitch to users is "When Trump makes you mad, don't tweet—act."

Group leaders

@chernicoff

Who we're looking for

Dammit Jim, I'm a strategist not a developer. I just want someone who can build shit and I'll do anything I can to help.

Tools

n/a

Relevant Links

n/a

Communication

This thread, I guess?

Source: "ISSUE_TEMPLATE", Chi Hack Night (http://www.chihacknight.org), https://github.com/chihacknight/breakout-groups/blob/master/ISSUE_TEMPLATE

[chernicoff]

Forgive me if this isn't the right place within this community to try and find folks interested in building a one-touch donation app for progressive causes. I was sent here by a friend and may not know my way around!

[chernicoff]

...Bueller?

[nicholasswanson]

Hey @chernicoff, I'm new here too, but perhaps we can have a conversation openly in this thread?

Quick background: I've been working for and with companies to build mobile experiences for about 7 years now, as a product designer. I've worked on a few compelling, and some not so compelling, products.

I really like the idea of having a way to quickly donate to progressive causes, especially in a lightweight and curated way. As I read news or talk with friends, I find myself wanting to know the best organizations to impact that issue, and usually it's not an easy answer. So I think your idea touches on something important.

As a designer, my first reaction (to many things) is "why?". Why a mobile app? Why call out Trump specifically? There can be good answers to those, I think your perspective on these would help build out this idea for potential collaborators. A few more questions, since I am legitimately interested in this:

• Is the platform important? Could this idea be as effective via SMS, mobile website, email, or other low-tech methods? I ask because native apps are expensive in terms of working hours involved, but they do allow for deeper functionality, so are the tradeoffs worth it in your mind?
• How would you envision tying the donations to topical issues, if at all? As news breaks, do you see prioritizing organizations that address the issue of the day? Or is it more general, like surfacing quality orgs and refining by interest?
• Do you have a budget or plan to fund this project? Even if a group were to collaborate on the tech, how could we pay for hosting, developer accounts, org/non-profit licensing/legal, and probably most importantly, ways to get the word out. There could be a lot of ways to raise money to support this, I'm more curious about how you are seeing this process so folks can all be on the same page.
• There is an open source repo for Dollar a Day, which sounds loosely similar. As a point of reference, how would you say your idea is different or similar?

Hopefully this starts a deeper conversation.