Open Collective Update - February 2024

Open Collective

Feb 14, 2024 • 5 min read

Understanding your Dashboard

We're excited to bring you the latest enhancement to your Open Collective experience – the all-new Dashboard!

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After a successful limited release, we are excited to be rolling out the Dashboard to all Open Collective users.

🏡 Your Home Base: The Dashboard is now your central hub for managing all your Open Collective activities, whether you're a contributor, organization, collective, or fiscal host admin.

✨ Automatic Activation: Dashboard will be automatically activated for all Open Collective users as part of this full public release. No action is required from your end – simply log in and experience the enhanced features.

🛠️ Key Features: Administrative features of Open Collective were previously sprinkled in different places in and around profile pages and settings. Dashboard changes that by consolidating and organizing the tools you need into one place.

🏎️ Quick Navigation: Easily switch between individual and collective/host/organization admin profiles with a click.

📣 We want to hear from you! Try out the new Dashboard and share your thoughts. Click the "Give Feedback" option within your Dashboard or provide comments or suggestions here.

Read the product ralease for an in-depth look at the new Dashboard

As we leap into 2024, let’s reflect on the past year's journey 🌐 Explore the highs, the challenges, and our strategic vision for the future! 🚀

📈 Financial Resilience: Despite the twists and turns, we've maintained financial resilience. Dive into the numbers and strategies that kept us on track.

🛠️ Product Evolution: Our platform is not just a tool; it's a workplace! Explore how we've transformed, making it more intentional and user-centric.

💼 Business Strategy Shift: Explore the strategic moves we're making in response to changing contribution patterns. How are we planning to adapt to ensure future sustainability?

🚀 The Future Awaits: Join us as we explore new territories! What's the vision for 2024? Discover our plans for community growth and financial sustainability.

Read the Full Investor Update

News and Inspiration

A few things we’re excited about this month…

🌿 Funding the grass-root climate movement in New Zealand. Learn more about the incredible mahi from the Gift Collective

💼 We're thrilled to introduce Vendors. Simplify your financial management by effortlessly attributing contributions or expenses to external entities.

💸 How Open Collective Uses Wise Business to Automate Payments Around the World

🪴 The Social Change Nest has launched their new website! Supporting and breaking barriers for global change makers in the UK

🦀 Open Collective 2023 Product Summary! Learn more about our improvements from last year and our focus for 2024

👾 OSC hosted collectives currently using Virtual Cards. Open Source Collective have closed their virtual card program

🐍 Big thank you to the Open Collective community contributors who got their pull requests merged in January: MayaSatishRao, Guilherme, JoaoGabriel and Sam Kevin

🗞️ Check out Open Collective Foundation's Monthly Newsletter. Including End of Year Reminders, 2024 Updates, Jobs, Grants & More!

🤝🏽 Sentry is doubling down on Open Source support with a $500,000 commitment for 500+ maintainers. Thank you for your invaluable work! 🚀

🌟 Happy New Year from the Social Change Nest. Get up to speed with their January Updates

🪙 The Bitcoin Design Foundation aims to fuel ongoing innovation and development within the Bitcoin design space by providing financial support to talented individuals and community projects.

📎 The Social Change Nest is hiring a Partnership manager!

🌳 El Árbol Mutual Aid Group Opens Free Store In Logan Square For Migrants and Neighbors.

🌐 Hosted by Open Source Collective? Help shape the future of Open Source Collective’s open source projects. Share your insights on support, resources, and community engagement.

Events

Got any events you want to add? Post them in #events in this slack channel and we'll promote them here

🍉 13th February - New York - Poetry by Yahya Ashour - Join us for a night of poetry and discussion around Palestine, hosted by the Liberation Collective

⚡️ 13th February - Data Umbrella - A Briefer history of Open Source

🦀 14th February - Auckland, New Zealand - Join us for Hala’s first Tāmaki Makaurau show of 2024. As always, it will be an evening full of art and incredible connections

🪼 14th February - Taking Action: Next Steps in Joining Online Marketplaces for Farmers by Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

🐸 15th February - OSC Monthly Community Forum

🐋 16th February - Mautic Conference India 2024

🐍 17th February - GeekBeacon Festival 2024 - online conference showcasing various technology and mental health focused topics!

🐞 1st March - OCF Monthly Community Forum

🦩 19th May - Intermediate Practice Program - A short cohort based course, deepening crewing and facilitation skills.

🦋 21st May - Emotional CPR Practitioner Certification - Join for a 12-hour certification, learn how to assist someone in emotional distress or crisis