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Author: charlottebrf

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+<h1>Hack Brexit Open Source Accelerator</h1>
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+<h2>Introduction - Overview</h2>
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+<p>###  What is the accelerator all about?
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+* A three month programme that takes 2 of the 10 projects created during Hack Brexit weekend
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+* Run regular monthly meetings for the teams to present and discuss their projects progress, hosted by ThoughtWorks London.
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+* Help source additional volunteers to work with the teams on the projects
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+* The organising committee will be on hand to provide planning and process assistance over the whole 3 months, and tap into expertise from ThoughtWorks and Code First: Girls community
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+* The organising committee will manage external communications for the open source accelerator to help spread the word
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+* At the end of 3 months we will run a final external presentation event with external attendees, we will analyse the progress and development of the project along with its future potential for continuing to grow
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+* Connect the team members to the wider Hack Brexit meetup community
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+### Why are we doing this?
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+We want to continue from the success of the Hack Brexit hackathon on the 23-4 July to bring together technical and non-technical people to create tech solutions to drive dialog, unity and positive action beyond Brexit. We want to sustainably support and scale up projects that have a clear positive impact on society and respond to one of the three key themes we chose for the weekend: 1. Truth, fiction, & accountability; 2. Tolerance & prejudice; 3. Effective organising & campaigning.
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+### T&Cs for accelerator projects
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+* An open source project publicly available & accessible to all
+* Projects are created in a repository under the Hack Brexit public repository with an MIT License
+* Projects have an IP that is open to all & can be used by anyone
+* Projects speak to one of the three key themes identified at the Hack (Truth, Fiction & Accountability; Tolerance & prejudice; Effective organising & campaigning) or a future theme as agreed by the community
+* Commitment to work with a group of volunteers on the project for a duration of 3 months
+* Work alongside your project team volunteers & the Hack Brexit organisers to plan the outcomes for at least 3 months
+* Be a project that has scope to continue to be worked on by others in the future </p>
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+<h3>Join the Hack Brexit fortnightly Wednesday meetup group: https://www.meetup.com/Hack-Brexit/ and on slack: https://hackbrexit.herokuapp.com/</h3>
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+<p>Fortnightly meeting for the teams within Hack Brexit's accelerator programme to present and discuss their progress.
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+We've taken forward two of the projects from July's hackathon to participate in our open-source accelerator programme:
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+* Ministers under the influence
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+* What the fact
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+Wikis for the two projects we are working on here:
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+* What the fact: https://github.com/HackBrexit/WhatTheFact/wiki/Accelerator---1st-Meetup----MVP-discussion
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+* Ministers under the influence: https://github.com/HackBrexit/MinistersUnderTheInfluence/wiki/Accelerator-1st-Meetup-MVP-discussion
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+We look forward to seeing you there!
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+Hack Brexit Team </p>
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