Building momentum from Hack:Org:X we are starting a cooperative for open hackathons.

Our goal is to be of practical benefit to:

(1) All people

Who want to join or start hackathons, but are lacking resources, knowledge, a community, or other supports. We run a community calendar, create platforms where you can connect to each other to form a team, look for a good location for your event, review the outcomes from a hackathon, or discuss any other practicality.

(2) Org-teams

Who are looking for open alternatives (in terms of access to software, hardware, design, research, concepts, challenges), and wish to express commitment to fair, ethical values in their events.

(3) Developers

Who build or would like to connect to open source hackathon tools, from dribdat to dridbot to dribdee and far, far beyond.

(4) Hacktivists

Who are seeking visibility, a chance to pool some data, and a non-commercial vehicle in which to connect and express differences of opinion. We help you to use open data and hackathons to mediate and connect across tech & social gaps.

(5) Researchers

As well as citizen scientists, together making an impact of society through deeper understanding of performance measurement and timeboxed collaboration. We can promote and support your activities, collect data at events, apply scientific insights into our designs.

(0) You!!

If you are in one or more of these groups, you should consider joining the new cooperative:

1. Start by reading the Statues
2. Join with a Pull Request on Members - or just use our Open Collective page.
3. Further instructions can be found on Git repo along with other documentation.

Peers

• We forked the POSMO coop's repo as a starting point - read about them in this fresh article (tsri.ch - in German). This can be translated and become a legal anchor for our activities.
• There are good instructions and support options for Swiss co-ops through idée coopérative, and more domain-specific pointers at coops.tech.
• We are also fans of Ethix, MIDATA, HestiaLabs, Genossenschaftsmonitor, Open Data Services (UK) and are inspired by the VillageOffice story (DE).
• It's a work in progress B^D and we could really use your support and encouragement to get this launched. You can also send seeds or other physical objects to our SharedSpace at Könizstrasse 298, CH-3098, Köniz, Switzerland