What happens first
Accounts, calendars, files, training, and support
Digital Muirkirk should help people use simple tools well before building anything complicated. It remains a proposed local pilot of the wider Digital Communities model.
The simple version
The wider platform can grow from the basics
The website is the front door. The tools and training are the foundation. Google Workspace for Nonprofits is a core early enabler where eligible, and the shared calendar is the first visible public win. If the pilot matures, it can inform the reusable Digital Communities model for other places.
- Setting up managed accounts where appropriate
- Helping groups use organisation-owned email
- Creating shared Google Drive structures
- Supporting the shared community calendar
- Training volunteers and administrators
- Improving basic cyber safety
- Building a simple support model
- Identifying the right local governance structure
What this is not
No confirmed partnership, no complicated system
Digital Muirkirk is not currently led by MEG, not confirmed as a Hub-based project, and not another complicated system for local groups to manage.