👋This is a group for folks in NYC Tech to volunteer efforts and support our city as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. The group initially came together in the weeks following Hurricane Sandy during 2012 to lend time, talent and resources expediting recovery efforts. Our city and country needs the community's support again to help coordinate, brainstorm and organize action.

<aside> 🗒 (Update as of 3/19) Awesome work already emerging from this community. It's inspiring to see everyone come together at a time like this to try to serve NYC. ❤️ Check out HelpMainStreet.com which launched today!

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1. Welcome to the NYC Tech Slack Group for organizing resources and volunteers related to Covid19 (Coronavirus).
   • Please start by joining our Slack Group (nyctechcorona-cpe9358.slack.com)
   • Once signed up, build your profile with a headshot along with phone and/or email
2. Subscribe and browse our channels: Slack supports multiple channels divided into a number of topics. By default, you will be subscribed to a few, but there are more to discover via the #directory. As a start, please introduce yourself using #intros and then check-out #asks for immediate opportunities to help.
   • Current channels include: #asks #data #events #general #random #requests #safewalk #techvolunteers #volunteers #bayarea #hourlyworkers #idea-go-fund-me-smb #k12 #lgbtq #mentalhealth #offers #smallbusiness
3. If you'd like to add someone to the group please invite them or share the link to this Notion wiki — However, please don't post publicly. We trust you to invite people who can be helpful.
4. Review our collection of Resources & Projects

<aside> 👉 Community Resources: Our community is also collecting links to projects and opportunties for volunteers. Please feel free to contribute new links and ideas.

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Community Guidelines:

Be Vocal. Tell the group what problem areas you are interested in supporting (ex: small business, k12, hourly workers, lgbtq, etc.) and what skills you can lend (ex: product, design, backend, frontend, data science, networks, etc.)

Show Compassion. We are all under stress. Everyone here is volunteering their time. Please be kind and compassionate with each other. Actively look for the best in one another.

Do Some homework. There are lots of orgs throughout NYC already doing amazing work on the ground. Try to make sure you find out who these folks are and to amplify their work —and be very careful not to siphon resources away from folks in a better position to make an impact.

People > Tech. Software will help but can't solve the pandemic, so be weary of techsolutionism. Best to think critically about how our skillsets and networks can be useful; rather than to become hammers in search of nails.

Follow Through. Grassroots organizing is great, but its messy. Please only commit to something when you know you'll be able to follow through. That type of self-filtering will help with the noise that comes with large tents.

Use the Channels. Please try to keep relevant conversations in respective channels. If you'd like to see a new one created, say so 🙂