I would also like to invite yall to come to Open Hacks, technocopia's open house night. We host an open house every Thursday night 7-9. WLUG is only once a month, overlapping Open Hacks, but yall are welcome to come every week to hang out and chat. 

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 7:45 PM Gregory Boyce <gregory.boyce@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 12:47 PM Kevin Harrington <mad.hephaestus@gmail.com> wrote:

Odoo is very FOSS friendly: https://github.com/odoo/odoo

I have been mulling over the problem posed by automation and software
participating in the labor market alongside people for quite a few
years now. I love hearing about localized solutions to problems. The
closer people are to the control of what they need to survive, the
better.

Definitely agreed. 

COVID really highlighted some problems with global economies. 

Along with the bigger issues we see with abundance, waste and poverty.  We have more than enough, but would rather let resources go to waste than provide them to people who need them. 

One of the ways to localize control are what David Graeber calls Debt
Loops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZIINXhGDcs

Thanks!  I'm about 30 minutes in so far, and it's interesting.