[FM Discuss] Updating and translating Tech Tools for Activism

[Tomi Toivio]

Hi,

We have been planning to make a Finnish version of Tech Tools for Activism
for a while, not much progress yet.

I am wondering about what kind of software to include in an updated
version.

The biggest question is what kind of a self-hosted platform could be used
for organizing campaigns or small NGO's. It should be relatively
light-weight and easy to install in a basic web hotel (ie. PHP), but still
have a nice combination of real-time communication, collaborative editing
and basic project management.

I have been installing all kinds of platforms for a test drive, but I am
still a bit unsure which one would have the proper mix of tools. Tech Tools
for Activism manual currently advocates the use of riseup.net for
organizing, but since we rank highest in the freedom of press index here we
really don't wanna send any funny data to another country. Crabgrass
repository hasn't much activity currently?

Regarding pure open source social networking the status of StatusNet is
unknown, since Identi.ca is moving to Pump.io. I don't know at all which
FLOSS social network platform should be advocated now.

Regards
Tomi
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