<div><span>Hi!</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>This
is the first edition of an Occupy Wall Street Tech Ops newsletter, which we hope to
put out every week or two. We hope that this will be friendlier to the
uninitiated than the high-traffic listservs, IRC and <a href="http://goog_1466857899" target="_blank">nycga.net</a><a href="http://www.nycga.net/groups/tech/" target="_blank"> forum</a>,
and will provide clear information on how you can help.<br><br></span></div><div><span>In this issue:<br></span></div><ul><li>Get involved! How you can help OWS Tech Ops</li><li>Mass email & advocacy with Salsa</li>
<li>Tech Ops Blog</li><li>Tech Ops on Twitter</li><li>Meeting schedule reminder</li><li>Feedback request<br></li></ul><div>-----<br><span></span><span><b>Get involved! How you can help OWS Tech Ops</b></span></div>
<div><ul><li><span><b><a href="http://nycga.net" target="_blank">nycga.net</a></b>
is looking for Wordpress and Buddypress developers, specifically those
with experience building and editing plugins. <a href="http://nycga.net" target="_blank">nycga.net</a> is currently the
main site used by working groups in NYC to coordinate their activity,
with forums, blogs, an event calendar, document hosting, and much more.
See </span><span><a href="http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/NYCGA.net" target="_blank">http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/NYCGA.net</a></span><span>.</span></li></ul></div><div><ul>
<li><span><b>Permabank</b>
is looking for Python/Django developers and could also use web
designers. Permabank is an alpha-stage project which, in the short term,
will help match gifts/donations and wishes/needs, and in the long
term, will be a platform for experimenting with alternative ways of
running an economy. See </span><span><a href="http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/PermaBank" target="_blank">http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/PermaBank</a></span><span>.</span></li></ul></div><div><ul>
<li><span><b>CiviCRM</b>:
Tech Ops is working on making this open source "Constituent
Relationship Manager" tool available to all of OWS, and needs help from
people with Civi development, configuration, or power user experience.
We are working with a number of working groups and other occupations to
create a tool we can all use and that is consistent with our founding
principles as a movement. See </span><span><a href="http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/Occupy.net_CRM" target="_blank">http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/Occupy.net_CRM</a></span></li></ul></div><div><ul>
<li><span><b>OccupyWallStreet.net</b>
could use your help if you (a) have experience in online news and
journalism; or (b) have experience with Drupal sites containing many
videos and images. OccupyWallStreet.net is intended to be the
public-facing voice of the GA at Liberty Plaza. See </span><span><a href="http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/OccupyWallStreet.net" target="_blank">http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/OccupyWallStreet.net</a></span><span>.</span></li>
</ul></div><div><ul><li><span><b><a href="http://news.occupy.net" target="_blank">news.occupy.net</a></b>
would benefit from a Drupal themer, ideally someone familiar with the
Managing News installation profile. <a href="http://news.occupy.net" target="_blank">news.occupy.net</a> collects news feeds
from occupations around the world. See </span><span><a href="http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/Occupy.net_News" target="_blank">http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/Occupy.net_News</a></span><span>.</span></li></ul></div><div>
<ul><li><span><b><a href="http://wiki.occupy.net" target="_blank">wiki.occupy.net</a></b>: Help
keep the Occupy Wiki organized! Edits need reviewing and we need to
develop site structure as content evolves (for example, we just started
getting Spanish submissions). Familiarity with MediaWiki (eg Wikipedia)
would be useful, but it's not hard to learn. If you're passionate about
documentation or library science, this is for you. See the
documentation on the Wiki itself at </span><span><a href="http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/Occupy.net_Wiki" target="_blank">http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/Occupy.net_Wiki</a></span><span>.</span></li></ul></div><div>
<ul><li><span><b><a href="http://projects.occupy.net" target="_blank">projects.occupy.net</a></b>
would benefit from a Redmine-experienced admin to lightly manage it,
and maybe research or advise on plugins and project setup (trackers,
categories, queries).</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span><b>Project
management</b>: If you have experience as a project manager or product
manager for an agile development team, almost any of our projects could
use you.</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span><b>Volunteer
outreach</b>: Follow up with individual volunteers & projects to match
people to where they're needed. No specific technical skills are
required, but comfort talking tech would be a plus.</span></li></ul></div><div>-----<br><span></span><span><b>Mass email and advocacy with Salsa</b></span></div><div>
<br></div><div><span>Anyone
interested in using a free CRM, mass email and advocacy tool right away
- Salsa - can have access and training now. This tool does not need
development, and is available to all working groups. Contact clenchner
at <a href="http://organizing20.org" target="_blank">organizing20.org</a> to get access.</span></div><div><br>-----<br></div><div><span><b>Tech Ops Blog</b></span></div><div>
<br></div><div><span>We've started actively using the </span><span><a href="http://tech.nycga.net/" target="_blank">http://tech.nycga.net</a></span><span>
blog. As well as reports on Tech Ops activity, the blog is hosting some
great discussions on the challenges facing the working group and the
movement as a whole. Don't miss "Three Complaints About OWS"</span><span> and the discussion in comments</span><span>: </span><span><a href="http://tech.nycga.net/2012/01/05/three-complaints-about-ows/" target="_blank">http://tech.nycga.net/2012/01/05/three-complaints-about-ows/</a></span></div>
<div><br></div><div>-----<br><span></span><span><b>Tech Ops on Twitter</b></span></div><div><br></div><div>
<span>You can now keep up with Tech Ops on Twitter at @OWS_Tech.</span></div><div><br></div><div>-----<br><span></span><span><b>Meeting Schedule Reminder</b></span></div>
<div><br></div><div><span>Tech
Ops meets every Sunday and Wednesday at 6pm at the 60 Wall Street
Atrium (usually in the back left corner if you're coming in from Wall
Street). Our event schedule is online at </span><span><a href="http://www.nycga.net/groups/tech/events/" target="_blank">http://www.nycga.net/groups/tech/events/</a></span><span>.</span></div><div>
<br></div><div><span>Please be aware that the location of the meeting can change! Please verify the location on the day of to see if it has changed.</span></div><div>
<br>-----<br><span><b>Feedback<br></b><br>If you have any
feedback, positive or negative, please let us know.</span> Suggestions on what should go in the newsletter, and other ways we can communicate better, are especially welcome.<br></div>