Re:Legion of Tech Volunteers Lead a Charge for Bernie Sanders
by MaysonL on Friday September 04, 2015 @02:27AM
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CodeForSanders is great and all, but what I really hope comes from it is not just a big death march push toward the mirage of a Sanders nomination (face it: his chances, while not exactly zero, are pretty close to a rounding error), but the establishment of a permanent organization and a framework for working to change the political landscape. This was the big tragedy of Obama's first campaign: they built a great, energized, and well-organized volunteer organization, and after the win, shut it down.
Re:Legion of Tech Volunteers Lead a Charge for Bernie Sanders
by mcv on Friday September 04, 2015 @08:57AM
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Rounding error? I thought he was already polling within a single digit of Clinton, and his rallies draw the biggest crowds of any candidate. I think his chances are better than those of the vast majority of Republican candidates.
Re:Legion of Tech Volunteers Lead a Charge for Bernie Sanders
by jamra on Friday September 04, 2015 @01:19AM
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Can you list a couple interesting apps or services that are being worked on at the moment?
Re:Legion of Tech Volunteers Lead a Charge for Bernie Sanders
by schneidmaster on Friday September 04, 2015 @01:29AM
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In addition to the stuff Kyle mentioned, you can see some of the projects we've shipped at https://coders.forsanders.com/projects/
Re:Legion of Tech Volunteers Lead a Charge for Bernie Sanders
by kpierce on Friday September 04, 2015 @01:27AM
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Android app just got released but will be continuously updated.
iOS is in process and needs some help.
Building a carpool website to help schedule rides.
Also building a bus reservation system that simplifies the charter bus payment process.
A phone call system that lets volunteers get a list of numbers to call with a script.
Anddd couple others and we love hearing new ideas!
Re:Legion of Tech Volunteers Lead a Charge for Bernie Sanders
by daniper on Friday September 04, 2015 @03:52PM
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And while feelthebern.org collabs w/ the Coders for Sanders Slack, we actually have our own Slack with even more volunteers. At our end, we're working on a iOS and Android apps (not just ability to access all the content, but also a gamifying canvassing/GOTV functionality; and also some Thunderclap-like native features). We're also preparing 3 more sites that will be tied into our site but be for more TL;DR consumption. Finally, we're developing flyer versions of our content for offline GOTV'ing.
This article is primarily about the CodersForSanders organization (https://coders.forsanders.com/), which started on reddit at /r/CodersForSanders and uses Slack to coordinate efforts among over 150 developers, designers, and digital/content folks. I am a member; I built the donation app mentioned in the article (an iPad app for volunteers to collect donations at campaign events using Square readers) and a few other projects.
Regardless of your political leanings, I've found CodersForSanders to be a fascinating experiment at the intersection of grassroots political organization and remote development/tech work. We have worked on projects that campaigns would normally only entrust to expensive consulting firms, but both out of financial necessity and a commitment to grassroots support we have taken on a lot of that work. I wonder if this can be a new model for political organizing in the 21st century.