Dave Moskovitz (((❤️)))Mar 19, 2023
Is anyone aware of NZ Government agencies or SOEs making an appearance in the Fediverse?
Show threadCarlMar 19, 2023
@davemosk
My first foray into this was to try and claim social.govt.nz a la @donkey and ended up being pointed to DIA as the '.govt.nz' owner... they were ok with the idea but said I needed an agency or formal project to ask for it.
I've just been round the traps again within MoE and had a good chat to our Social Media team who I'm pleased to say had actually done some research along with the SM teams at other agencies but had decided collectively that 'the market' wasn't there and therefore..
Show threadCarlMar 20, 2023
@davemosk @donkey
with the limited funding and resources available to them the effort couldn't be justified (MoE has a team of two monitoing the entire SM space).
There were also concerns raised ab out there being no Govt policy on Mastodon as well as general operational aspects etc. all of which came down to resources, funding and capability.
None of these are insurmountable but MoE was a lead in getting TikTok operational across the ministry which other agencies then picked up on BUT...
Show threadCarlMar 20, 2023

@davemosk @donkey
took the team over 6 months of effort to get all the approvals...

So we are back to finding an agency that is prepared to lead the effort... there is no question from the Social Media teams that it is not a valid thing to do... but just not by them as individuals.

So, first up, a lead agency. We have MBIE as a start but also DIA... and @Robsonde got in touch about an initiative he was working on at Parliamentary Services...

Then we have a 'policy'... easy enough in my book.

Show threaddonkey
@carl_klitscher Interesting - sounds like you’ve been down this track before. Let’s see if we can perhaps hit some different folk along the way or add to the traction you’ve already built. The guy I’m talking with is on the .govt.nz moderator panel and is CE of ALGIM - perhaps *that* could be the lead agency… @davemosk @Robsonde
Mar 20, 2023 at 3:09amWeb
Show threadCarlMar 20, 2023

@donkey @davemosk @Robsonde
Yeah... still all talk and no action on my part though...
My next step as suggested by the SM guru's was to hit up the CIO to see if there was any appetite... unfortunately we are going through a bit of a reshuffle and while change is always an opportunity I suspect their mind will be elsewhere at the mo.

No harm in me digging out the policy docs and updating them in the meantime... or putting together an RFP lite in case some funding fell out of someones pocket...

Show threaddonkeyMar 20, 2023
@carl_klitscher sounds great! Those would be great pockets to have….