Closed equivalentideas closed 5 years ago
Here's an excellent list of resident action groups around inner-Sydney: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/community/participation/community-groups
To test this I think it might be an idea to pick a few groups, try and present to them and see how it goes and what response we get.
We could pick a few:
Great idea Henare. For PlanningAlerts, maybe we could pick groups in our local areas to start with?
Yeah, see the list above.
I'm going to try and email 6 different groups today to start a conversation about visiting them an introducing a relevant project to them in person.
Could be good to keep a list of who we've contacted in a spreadsheet.
One observation we made from talking with people who have donated to OAF ( #167 ) is that a number of them have had direct contact with the organisation, or have been directly introduced to a project by someone they know.
Many of these donors were also passionate expert or 'power users' within there area: FOI or local planning for example.
There are many social groups and organisations working around issues such as local planning and development, democratic engagement, FOI and Open Data/Gov, civic innovation. OAF projects aid the members of these groups in doing the work they already have a strong passion for. In turn these people see the social value in the projects, and see value for themselves themselves, and are more likely to donate to support their development and maintenance.
To introduce members of these groups to the specific projects that could help them we could speak and there events and be featured in their community newsletters/communications.
The first step is to start identifying groups to contact.
OpenAustralia.org and They Vote For You
Student politics groups:
PlanningAlerts
Residents associations: