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Ideas[edit]
This is a page for ideas for future LFP things, big and small. We're collecting them here for the day when we get to work on them.
LFP governance[edit]
- Endorsements policy for library org offices -- what does it mean for LFP to endorse a candidate? Do we want to think about endorsing slates, for eg ALA divisions, in the future?
- System for endorsing candidates who are part of LFP
- Turning LFP into a non-profit cooperative
- Committees or caucuses focused on different issues
- LFP constitution
- LFP strategic plan (2025 is ten years of LFP, might make that the end goal)
- LFP BIPOC committee
- LFP LGBTQ committee
- Social media team
- Legal support
- Expand LFP board
- Finish mission and core values doc
Funding ideas[edit]
- Reset.tech
- MacArthur
Activism[edit]
- Police data project
- Academic surveillance project/educational resources
- Resources on surveillance tech for abolitionists: explaining eg ring cameras, palantir, face recognition, cops and social media, fusion centers
Website, wiki, and resources[edit]
- Update LFP explainer with cohort 3 and 4 info
- More resources, sift through stuff on wiki and add to website
- LFP about page on website
- LFP media page on website
- Create [email protected] address
- Past and current projects on website
- LFP announcement list
- LFP newsletter `
- Events calendar on website
Ongoing LFP Training[edit]
- Internal LFP training each other on topics to keep skills up and share new expertise.
Book Club Titles[edit]
- Black Reconstruction in America by W. E. B. Du Bois
- Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Crow by Benjamin Ruha
- We Do This Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba
- Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology by Tara Dawson McGuinness and Hana Schank
- The Future of You: Can your identity survive 21st century technology by Tracey Follows
- Silicon Values: The future of free speech under surveillance capitalism by Jillian C. York
- Digital punishment : privacy, stigma, and the harms of data-driven criminal justice by Sarah Lageson
Other stuff[edit]
- More swag: LFI tshirts for cohort 3 and 4 and any other cohort members who didn't get one, new sticker designs, hoodies
- Nextcloud account
- Fix/update Wikipedia page (Alison's and LFP)
- LFP newsletter and listserv for the broader community
- Volunteer manager, volunteer tasks, volunteer intake mechanism. We get volunteer requests like all the time and it's hard for me (Alison) to manage it so I mostly say no!
- Spreadsheet of journalists we've worked with
- LFP open house
