Scaling up your community

The Things Network Webinar

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1. The Swiss communities of The Things Network
   gonzalocasas@gmail.com
   @gnz
   

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2. Photo by Ali Soy, @alisoy1502
   

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3. Photos by @gnz, CC-BY-SA
   

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4. Photos by @gnz, CC-BY-SA
   

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7.  Support and bridge the community
    Spread the word
    Ensure legal framework
   

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8. • TTN Hackathon
   • TTN Swiss zone / backend
   • Gateway facilitation
   

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9. Bringing together the city administration and the community
   

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10. • Kick-off + Open lab week + 2-days
    • 70 participants
    • 17 projects presented
    • Lots of exposure
    

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11. SWISS
    ZONE
    

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12. • 3 MAIN REASONS
    • Technical
    • Legal
    • Sustainability
    

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13. • Remove barriers
    • Help with the ordering process
    • Explain and guide on “HOWTO
    Host a gateway”
    

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14. • Administration:
    • Automate all the thingz!
    • InvoiceNinja, MailChimp, Zapier, TypeForms, etc
    • Finances:
    • Focus on per-project sponsoring
    • Docs:
    • Open source by default
    

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15. • Working groups
    • Network monitoring & alerting
    • More hackathons
    

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16. https://ttn-ch.herokuapp.com/
    https://opennetworkinfrastructure.org/
    https://github.com/open-network-infrastructure/open-docs/blob/master/events/make-zurich/2017/overview.pdf
    https://makezurich.ch
    

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17. Gonzalo Casas
    The Things Network, Zurich community
    gonzalocasas@gmail.com
    @gnz
    

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