Posted by sdondley on January 1, 2008 at 7:02pm
Today, I launched the very beginning of the drupalforlabor.org website. As a first step, I wrote a page to help union folks grasp the difference between free and proprietary software. Please have a look and if you have time to provide feedback, I'd love to hear it: http://drupalforlabor.org/drupal_gives_unions_control
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Good start- and the DrupalCon birds of a feather meetup is great
Steve is helping bringing us together in real space here which should bring thing group to life more, and Eric Goldhagen or I will post notes soon.
Currently we're wondering, what resources for starting a union are there on the web?
Looking into my archives, Rand Wilson gave me this at some point:
Ever wonder how unions get started? Most people have no idea.
http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/198391/index.php
And there's the Industrial Workers of the World (running a lot of Drupal!)
benjamin, Agaric Design Collective
benjamin, agaric
Resource: Communicate or Die
I have a website, Communicate or Die, to bring people who are interested in helping unions communicate on the web together: http://communicateordie.com
Alliance for Union Democracy
They have this neat checklist of what should go on a rank and file site (probably applies to unions, too): http://www.uniondemocracy.org/AUDLinks/website%20guide/buildawebsite.htm
Matt Noyes, the editor and the main contributor, post a lot of materials about unions and the Internet. He also posts a lot to Communicate or Die.