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 threadCarlMar 20, 2023

@davemosk @donkey @Robsonde
coz we just copy the Twitter one and do a find&replace... but again, who takes the lead...

Then it got down to the 'how'... we know that Govt. Procurement has a principle of 'better outcomes' for NZ so while any given agency could stand up and instance that would most likely be on AWS/Azure...

So back to some as-a-Service offering with Catalyst Cloud being the obvious choice... they have a Koha library service that a number of agencies use so Mastodon shouldn't

Show threadCarlMar 20, 2023

@davemosk @donkey @Robsonde
be a problem... However, they are also a commercial organisation and should they be expected to invest in that *before* any real commitment from Govt. or a lead agency...

The advantage of having Catalyst do it is that they are on the panel and have cleared the first hurdle from a certification perspective... the rest of the security/cert requirements should then just be the extras on top (guided by the yet to be delivered policy doc)...

Show threadDave Lane  🇳🇿Mar 20, 2023
@carl_klitscher Should I just set up a Mastodon for them and hand them the keys? @davemosk @donkey @Robsonde
Show threadCarlMar 20, 2023

@lightweight @davemosk @donkey @Robsonde

That would end up being a world of hurt... (and they'd lose them for a start!!)

Show threadDave Lane  🇳🇿
@carl_klitscher heh heh. See, this is why we can't have nice (virtual) things. @davemosk @donkey @Robsonde
Mar 20, 2023 at 9:37amWeb