Consolidating chapters, IndiaFOSS and Mon School

Organisation
#1

Currently we have 3 platforms - fossunited.org, https://mon.school and indiafoss.net. At some point, it would be great to merge all the 3 platforms into one mega platform that would help the community connect all activities like:

  1. /chapters - list of all chapters.
    • /chapters/mumbai - Mumbai Chapter
      • list of admins, members
      • list of upcoming and past events
      • join chapter: get notified for events
      • for admin: create a new event (city level conferences and meetups merge here)
  2. /events - list of events
    • /events/indiafoss/2023
  3. /courses - online courses (mon school)
  4. /grants - list of grants and grant applications
  5. /policy - list of policy initiatives
  6. /partners - list of industry partners, benefits and application to become a member
  7. /members - list of members, benefits and apply (and pay) to become a member
  8. /jobs - list of open tech jobs
  9. /blog
  10. /about
  11. /newsletter

I am willing to volunteer for this. @WishArya @mriya11 - let’s do a 2-3 day sprint in Mumbai for this (?)

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#2

If you put mon school under the FOSS United domain name, there might be a (unnecessary?) constraint in course creators’ mind that it has to be related to FOSS and restrict the ideas and contributions

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#3

Sounds a nice project, as we pitched in.

We can set a timing by mid-July, after exam schedules maybe?
It will give us ample time to set the design and get the pre-work done.

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#4

Don’t think it makes sense to merge mon.school into the FOSS United website. It’s something that can run and grow independently. Maybe another org or community will take it over. It’s also a brand that can meaningfully exist independently. Also, from a product perspective, it’s better for it to be independent without being shoe-horned into the foundation’s brand and website.

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#5

I’m in if volunteer help is needed.

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#6

@asd @knadh - At this point, IMO we don’t have the bandwidth to run separate brands. Our events is the best “product”, best if people discover other services we can offer on the same platform.

I am willing to help - I think we can achieve a lot in a 3-4 day sprint. Will leave the decision to @WishArya and @mriya11 :smile:

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#7

Mon school is running as a separate brand for the last ~2 years. Most of the engagement happened when Anand spend full-time running the cohort, activities.

I agree with @rushabh about people (mostly students) discovering the course if we integrate it with fossunited.org.

If we want to create another brand, then it’ll require a full-time effort (another org or community) as @knadh mentioned. As we’re starting our college club activities, events and courses on the same platform might be easier for students to learn, participate in events, and create a profile.

#8

Integrating != merging. Integrating meaningfully is absolutely fine. But killing mon.school and merging the platform onto the foundation’s website, I don’t think that is a good idea.

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