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Plus News, Events and more</p> <div class="article-byline"> <section class="article-byline-content"> <ul class="author-list instapaper_ignore"> <li class="author-list-item"> <a href="/author/opencollective/" class="author-avatar" aria-label="Read more of Open Collective"> <img class="author-profile-image" src="/content/images/size/w100/2020/02/oc-logo-icon.png" alt="Open Collective" /> </a> </li> </ul> <div class="article-byline-meta"> <h4 class="author-name"><a href="/author/opencollective/">Open Collective</a></h4> <div class="byline-meta-content"> <time class="byline-meta-date" datetime="2024-07-22">Jul 22, 2024</time> <span class="byline-reading-time"><span class="bull">•</span> 6 min read</span> </div> </div> </section> </div> <figure class="article-image"> <img srcset="/content/images/size/w300/2024/07/Background-1024x768.png 300w, /content/images/size/w600/2024/07/Background-1024x768.png 600w, /content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/Background-1024x768.png 1000w, /content/images/size/w2000/2024/07/Background-1024x768.png 2000w" sizes="(min-width: 1400px) 1400px, 92vw" src="/content/images/size/w2000/2024/07/Background-1024x768.png" alt="Open Collective Update - July 2024" /> </figure> </header> <section class="gh-content gh-canvas"> <h2 id="new-community-space">New Community Space</h2><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/2024/07/Community-Redesign.png" class="kg-image" alt="" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1196" srcset="https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/size/w600/2024/07/Community-Redesign.png 600w, https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/Community-Redesign.png 1000w, https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/size/w1600/2024/07/Community-Redesign.png 1600w, https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/2024/07/Community-Redesign.png 2000w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><p>We have decided to find a new home for our online community space. Let’s continue our community discussions in a new, accessible, open, and inclusive space. With its widely used service and excellent moderation tools, including fine-grained roles and permission management, Discord was the perfect choice for us!</p><p>As we migrate our community, please get involved, introduce your collectives, receive support and share your platform feedback with our team.</p><p>We will be closing our remaining public Slack channels in the next few weeks.</p><p><a href="https://discord.opencollective.com/?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Join us on Discord</a></p><hr><h2 id="crowdfunding-redesign">Crowdfunding Redesign</h2><p>We are embarking on a collective journey to redesign our crowdfunding experience. How can we create a better crowdfunding experience for our community? What do informative collective profile pages look like? How do we tell better money stories and what affects does this have on contributors and on your crowdfunding?</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/2024/07/Community-Redesign--1-.png" class="kg-image" alt="" loading="lazy" width="1480" height="1496" srcset="https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/size/w600/2024/07/Community-Redesign--1-.png 600w, https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/Community-Redesign--1-.png 1000w, https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/2024/07/Community-Redesign--1-.png 1480w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><p>The choices we make will effect all collectives. So we’re taking steps to make sure we generate a positive effect with as little disruption as possible. Read about our intentions in our <a href="https://blog.opencollective.com/open-collective-crowdfunding-redesign/" rel="noreferrer">first blog post</a>.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-bookmark-card"><a class="kg-bookmark-container" href="https://blog.opencollective.com/open-collective-crowdfunding-redesign/"><div class="kg-bookmark-content"><div class="kg-bookmark-title">Open Collective Crowdfunding Redesign</div><div class="kg-bookmark-description">We are embarking on a journey to redesign our crowdfunding experience, and we want to do it together with you. How can we create a better crowdfunding experience for our community? What do informative collective profile pages look like? How do we tell better money stories and what affects does</div><div class="kg-bookmark-metadata"><img class="kg-bookmark-icon" src="https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2019/08/opencollectivelogo-sq.png" alt=""><span class="kg-bookmark-author">Open Collective</span><span class="kg-bookmark-publisher">Open Collective</span></div></div><div class="kg-bookmark-thumbnail"><img src="https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/size/w1200/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-05-at-8.34.34-AM-2.png" alt=""></div></a></figure><p>During our recent engineering cycle we built a few prototypes to demonstrate our intentions for the crowdfunding redesign project. One dedicated to fundraising and the other dedicated to Collective story-telling and a new “accounts” tool in Collective dashboards. We built these prototypes so that you could experience these new designs directly with your own Collectives, projects and events.</p><p>Please take the time to read more about this project in our <a href="https://blog.opencollective.com/crowdfunding-redesign-profiles-accounts/" rel="noreferrer">latest blog post</a>. This will walk you through how to activate the prototypes and see how it applies to your Collective. We are eager to hear your feedback please share it with us via the feedback form.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-bookmark-card"><a class="kg-bookmark-container" href="https://blog.opencollective.com/crowdfunding-redesign-profiles-accounts/"><div class="kg-bookmark-content"><div class="kg-bookmark-title">Crowdfunding Redesign: Profiles & Accounts</div><div class="kg-bookmark-description">During engineering cycle four we built a few prototypes to demonstrate our intentions for the crowdfunding redesign project. We built these prototypes so that you could experience these new designs directly with your own Collectives, projects and events (instead of sharing static screenshots of demo Collectives). 🚩These tools are preview</div><div class="kg-bookmark-metadata"><img class="kg-bookmark-icon" src="https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2019/08/opencollectivelogo-sq.png" alt=""><span class="kg-bookmark-author">Open Collective</span><span class="kg-bookmark-publisher">Open Collective</span></div></div><div class="kg-bookmark-thumbnail"><img src="https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/size/w1200/2024/07/Untitled-design--1---1--1.png" alt=""></div></a></figure><p><a href="https://blog.opencollective.com/crowdfunding-redesign-profiles-accounts/" rel="noreferrer">Learn more</a></p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/uCnzytpNr6?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Join us on Discord</strong></a></p><p>We will be posting updates as the project progresses and instructions on how to access the trial versions. This is also the place to share your feedback.</p><hr><h2 id="news-and-inspiration">News and Inspiration</h2><p>A few things we’re excited about …</p><p>🌿 <a href="https://opencollective.com/giftcollective?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">The Gift Collective</a> a New Zealand based Charitable Fiscal Host has unveiled their new branding and <a href="https://giftcollective.nz/?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">website</a>.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/2024/07/Community-Redesign--2--1.png" class="kg-image" alt="" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="616" srcset="https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/size/w600/2024/07/Community-Redesign--2--1.png 600w, https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/Community-Redesign--2--1.png 1000w, https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/size/w1600/2024/07/Community-Redesign--2--1.png 1600w, https://blog.opencollective.com/content/images/size/w2400/2024/07/Community-Redesign--2--1.png 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><p>🌐 Get up to speed with <a href="https://opencollective.com/opencollective/updates/development-cycle-four-reflection-and-cycle-five-overview?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Open Collective’s Development</a>. Cycle Four Reflection and Cycle Five Overview out now!</p><p>💸 <a href="https://opencollective.com/europe?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Open Collective Europe</a> the Fiscal Host is now <a href="https://opencollective.com/europe/updates/exciting-news-crypto-donations-now-accepted?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">accepting Crypto Contributions</a>.</p><p>🍏 Open Source Collective is consistently <a href="https://opencollective.com/opensource/updates/open-source-collective-is-paying-maintainers-usd1m-a-month?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">paying maintainers $1m a month</a>!</p><p>🌸 <a href="https://opencollective.com/the-social-change-nest?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">The Social Change Nest</a> a UK based Fiscal Host is <a href="https://thesocialchangenest.org/vacancies/?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">hiring a multitude of positions</a>. Join their flourishing team.</p><p>👾 <a href="https://opencollective.com/opensource?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Open Source Collective</a> a worldwide Fiscal Host for Open Source Projects <a href="https://opencollective.com/opensource/updates/june-osc-update?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">June update</a>. Announcements, community updates, and funding opportunities.</p><p>📹 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLciYo3rqTQ&ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">A Briefer History of Open Source</a> - This presentation covered a quick history of Open Source, from the beginnings of its precursor, the Free Software movement in the 1980s until the present day.</p><p>💡 <a href="https://opencollective.com/europe?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Open Collective Europe</a> is closing its <a href="https://opencollective.com/europe/updates/termination-of-virtual-card-program?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">virtual card offering</a>.</p><p>🐝 <a href="https://opencollective.com/the-social-change-nest?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">The Social Change Nest</a> have set a goal to host 1,000 grassroots and activist groups in the UK. They’ve <a href="https://thesocialchangenest.org/services-initiatives/fiscal-hosting/?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">frozen their onboarding fees</a> till the 8th of August! Spread the word.</p><hr><h2 id="events">Events</h2><p>Got any events you want to add? Post them in #events in the Discord channel and we'll promote them here</p><p>🩷 22nd July - <a href="https://opencollective.com/the-social-change-nest?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Social Change Nest</a> - <a href="https://thesocialchangenest.org/webinar/strategic-fundraising/?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Fundraising Masterclass</a>: Essential Strategies for Community Groups & Grassroots Movements.</p><p>🥝 31st July - <a href="https://opencollective.com/hala/events/halaw-wellington-31-of-july-2024-628ccc77?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">halaو</a> - Wellington, New Zealand - Come together for a cosy, intimate gig featuring three acts.</p><p>🧶 3rd August - <a href="https://opencollective.com/mhcnorcal/events/lets-get-crafty-3b386f69?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Let's Get Crafty!</a> - San Francisco - Knitting, crocheting, whatever craft floats your boat and is portable.</p><p>🇬🇧 8th August 2024 - <a href="https://opencollective.com/opencollective/events/open-collective-fiscal-hosts-call-europe-uk-563a6c1d?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">EU/UK Fiscal Host Call</a> - A space to get to know each other, share tips and tricks and get up to speed with Open Collective’s Development.</p><p>🍇 August 9th - <a href="https://opencollective.com/reimagining-collective/events/the-reimagining-unconference-2024-cultivating-plenty-0aa53b31?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">The Reimagining Unconference 2024</a>: Cultivating Plenty - reimagine radical shifts in order to cultivate abundance and plenty for all!</p><p>🇳🇿 14th August 2024 - <a href="https://opencollective.com/opencollective/events/open-collective-fiscal-host-call-us-nz-69aedd27?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">US/NZ Fiscal Host Call</a> - A space to get to know each other, share tips and tricks and get up to speed with Open Collective’s Development.</p><p>🏳️‍🌈 23rd August - <a href="https://opencollective.com/queer-campout/events/queer-campout-2024-e771ac40?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Queer Campout 2024</a> - Wisconsin - Summer camp experience for queer and trans folks. We'll be cooking over a fire, playing group games, swimming, and tie dying/screenprinting t shirts! </p><p>🙏🏼 26th August - <a href="https://opencollective.com/missingpiece/events/emotional-cpr-practitioner-certification-bcee197c?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Emotional CPR Practitioner Certification</a> - a public health community education program that teaches people how to assist someone in emotional distress or crisis.</p><p>⚙️ 27th August - <a href="https://opencollective.com/agile-lean-europe/events/ale-2024-4998f54b?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Agile Lean Europe 2024</a> - Budapest - Annual Conference. </p><p>🌲 11th September - <a href="https://opencollective.com/gathering-of-tribes/events/gathering-of-tribes-2024-c22db889?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Gathering of the Tribes 2024</a> - Portugal - a festival of ideas, an open space for peer learning, connection, co-creation and celebration of the regenerative ecosystem.</p><p>🌀 14th October - <a href="https://opencollective.com/wisecrowds/events/liberating-journey-24-25-eb81f3de?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Liberating Journey 24/25</a> - 6 Month Liberating Structures Intensive for rapturous super users.</p><p>🇺🇸 17th October - <a href="https://opencollective.com/mhcnorcal/events/understanding-the-work-of-the-court-636ca811?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Understanding the Work of the U.S. Supreme Court</a> - Join a special webinar with attorney Barbara Creed.</p><hr><h2 id="posts-that-make-us-proud">Posts that make us proud</h2><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Been sitting on this one for a while now, so excited to share a bit more about the Mycelium Fund. It's one of many experiments on how to best move money (and maybe more importantly: keep the flows of value in a system, flowing) that we participated in alongside <a href="https://twitter.com/opencollect?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=blog.opencollective.com">@opencollect</a>,… <a href="https://t.co/MEBRWpat6e?ref=blog.opencollective.com">pic.twitter.com/MEBRWpat6e</a></p>— Rithikha (@rithikxa_) <a href="https://twitter.com/rithikxa_/status/1791509278290833632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=blog.opencollective.com">May 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Still have many friends that they just fail donate to <a href="https://twitter.com/SolarpunkNomads?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=blog.opencollective.com">@SolarpunkNomads</a> in this <a href="https://twitter.com/gitcoin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=blog.opencollective.com">@gitcoin</a> round...<br><br>Bugs, glitches, sometimes just the bridging is a big barrier.<br><br>For those and who prefer the old web2 ways, you can find our Collective on <a href="https://twitter.com/opencollect?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=blog.opencollective.com">@opencollect</a> too: <a href="https://t.co/PQs1HIWLsP?ref=blog.opencollective.com">https://t.co/PQs1HIWLsP</a></p>— Marco SOLARPUNK NOMADS GG20 (@Marcobear_eth) <a href="https://twitter.com/Marcobear_eth/status/1787112007948280147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=blog.opencollective.com">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/opencollect?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=blog.opencollective.com">@opencollect</a> definitely worths a look: powerful and impactful in the space.</p>— kev 🆕🛒 (@k7vin) <a href="https://twitter.com/k7vin/status/1789944298860888307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=blog.opencollective.com">May 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And then I joined a finance session hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/DanAlexiLewis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=blog.opencollective.com">@DanAlexiLewis</a> . Our collective budget lives on <a href="https://twitter.com/opencollect?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=blog.opencollective.com">@opencollect</a> and a retreat is a great time to connect over how we use our resources. <a href="https://t.co/xcsNcIfdnX?ref=blog.opencollective.com">pic.twitter.com/xcsNcIfdnX</a></p>— Michał ✨ (@michalkorzonek) <a href="https://twitter.com/michalkorzonek/status/1778740194860044564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=blog.opencollective.com">April 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure><hr><h2 id="monthly-leaderboard">Monthly Leaderboard</h2><p>Top Contributors</p><p>$112,484 <a href="https://opencollective.com/github-sponsors?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Github Sponsors</a><br>$100,299 <a href="https://opencollective.com/nativesintech?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Hopper Dean Foundation</a><br>$100,000 <a href="https://opencollective.com/sequoia?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Sequoia</a><br>$98,313 <a href="https://opencollective.com/tsip?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Social Innovation</a><br>$26,748 <a href="https://opencollective.com/amateur-radio-digital-communications1?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Amateur Radio Digital</a><br>$25,104 <a href="https://opencollective.com/airbnb?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Airbnb</a><br>$19,308 <a href="https://opencollective.com/fine-acts?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Fine Acts</a><br>$14,462 <a href="https://opencollective.com/new-venture-fund?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">New Venture Fund</a><br>$14,000 <a href="https://opencollective.com/automattic?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Automattic</a><br>$13,860 <a href="https://opencollective.com/cybozu?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Cybozu</a></p><p>Top Collectives</p><p>By Contribution this month (USD)</p><p>$314,010 <a href="https://opencollective.com/borderland?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">The Borderland</a><br>$200,245 <a href="https://opencollective.com/vllm?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">vLLM</a><br>$99,975 <a href="https://opencollective.com/global-statelessness-fund?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Global Statelessness Fund</a><br>$67,394 <a href="https://opencollective.com/julialang/projects/juliacon?slug=juliacon&ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">JuliaCon</a><br>$50,649 <a href="https://opencollective.com/natives-in-tech?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Natives in Tech</a><br></p><p>By Contributors this month</p><p>327 <a href="https://opencollective.com/ankidroid?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Ankidroid</a><br>221 <a href="https://opencollective.com/logseq?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Logseq</a><br>158 <a href="https://opencollective.com/dulf?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Dulf </a><br>152 <a href="https://opencollective.com/opencore-legacy-patcher?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Open Core Legacy Patcher </a><br>84 <a href="https://opencollective.com/houseless-distro?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Houseless distro</a></p><p>Top New Collectives</p><p>By Contributions (USD)</p><p>$26,748 <a href="https://opencollective.com/jarlkyotoclub?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Jarl Kyoto Club</a><br>$19,319 <a href="https://opencollective.com/hope-based-communication?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Hope Based Communication</a><br>$14,630 <a href="https://opencollective.com/mould-hurts?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Mould Hurts </a><br>$11,682 <a href="https://opencollective.com/be-active?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Be Active</a><br>$10,000 <a href="https://opencollective.com/bioconductor?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Bioconductor</a></p><p>By Contributors</p><p>22 <a href="https://opencollective.com/truckfund?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">truck fund</a><br>12 <a href="https://opencollective.com/allthingslinux?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">all things linux</a><br>5 <a href="https://opencollective.com/telath?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Telath</a><br>3 <a href="https://opencollective.com/reia?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">Reia</a><br>3 <a href="https://opencollective.com/usc?ref=blog.opencollective.com" rel="noreferrer">USA States Cup</a></p><hr><p>As always, thanks for supporting Open Collective. 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