👼 The Fairphone Angels Program (Local support by community members) - Offers and questions

[urs_lesse]

BTW Just for curiousity’s sake, the state of things:
56 Angels, 42 Heavens, 11 countries.

[Louisa_Radice1]

It’s a shame that the Forres haven closed. It would have been an interesting location for a future European Fairphoners’ Community Trip. A bit further afield than Amsterdam admittedly, but you can travel most of the way there from London via sleeper train or overnight coach.

[NGnius]

Simply out of curiousity, is there any rule about having Angels outside of the region where Fairphone actually sells their phones (ie Europe)?

I’d love to volunteer to be an angel for the Ottawa Canada region (though I’m probably not active enough yet), since I have one of the first Fairphone 4 models in the country.

[TobiasF]

As the Fairphone Angels program is a completely community-driven project, I do not know of a geographical restriction. So feel free to apply as a Fairphone Angel even if you are from Canada.

[Alex.A]

@NGnius

Simply out of curiousity, is there any rule about having Angels outside of the region where Fairphone actually sells their phones (ie Europe)?

Nope, none indeed

@NGnius

I’d love to volunteer to be an angel for the Ottawa Canada region (though I’m probably not active enough yet), since I have one of the first Fairphone 4 models in the country.

There’s no rule of being active enough or not

[urs_lesse]

Great you are volunteering!
And also great you already found Canada’s “home base” in this forum.

[NGnius]

Alright then, thanks for the answers!

I’d like to volunteer to be an Angel for the Ottawa Ontario, Canada region. Of course, since I’d be the only angel in Canada I’d be happy to try and help out people in other regions of Canada, and possibly the US as well (though I’m not traveling to BC to meet you in-person ).

I suspect group-buys of parts could be quite convenient if people are interested, since shipping FP stuff to North America is a pain atm.

[Volker]

@NGnius

I’d like to volunteer to be an Angel for the Ottawa Ontario, Canada region.

Thank you very much for volunteering as a new Angel in Canada!
I’ve just added you to the Angels group and sent you information how to proceed.
In case of any further questions please feel free to contact me or any Angel.

EDIT: Ottawa now visible on the Angels map. So “onboarding” has been finished.

[urs_lesse]

@NGnius You might want to consider creating an Ottawa topic in this forum (no obligation to do so). Basically it would just offer a landing place for other Fairphoners or people interested in Fairphone in your area. There are no rules what you need to write there, but if you need some inspiration, other local communities’ topics might be helpful. You can find a couple of these here (and this is where we would be glad to add a link to an Ottawa topic, too): addressbook.fairphone.community

[NGnius]

That’s a good idea, thanks! Judging by the activity level in the Canada-wide topic, I’m not sure it’s exactly necessary right now. If I need to make any Ottawa-specific posts I definitely will, though.

Right now, I’m going to watch the US and Canada topics closely and figure out what people want/need and try to make it happen.

[Ole-kr]

I’d like to become a Fairphone Angel in Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway. It’s right south of Stavanger.

[Volker]

Thank you very much for volunteering as a new Angel in Sandnes / Norway!
Sandnes is now visible on the Angels map and e-mails to the recently created Sandnes “Heaven” can reach you. So “onboarding” has been finished.

[Alex.A]

Thanks to @Volker for welcoming all the new angels and dealing with the setup, I wasn’t that available lately Welcome as well from me!
I feel like we’re having really more angels from everywhere volunteering since the FP4 release, and that’s really cool!

[thimble]

Sweet, welcome aboard!

[P1000]

This program looks very interesting. I’m around Edinburgh Area in Scotland, UK

[Alex.A]

Hey there, thanks for volunteering! We’ll take care of your setup process
Don’t hesitate to present yourself a bit more, in this topic or in Welcome! Introduce yourself here!

[ThorVoos]

Hi,
I’ve seen on the Map, that there are nearly no Angels in Bavaria, how could i joyn as an Angel and how could I learn more about the Details for repair and all needed Topics the an Angel should know?

[urs_lesse]

(I’m not a Fairphone Angel)

I am sure “Arch Angels” Volker or Alex will soon get in touch with you. You can also meet Volker face to face in monday’s virtual Munich Fairphoners Meetup. Have a look at our event AGENDA , Fairphone Angels might take part in the other events, too.

Other than that, I strongly recommend you regularly show up here in the Fairphone Community Forum – the best place to learn the best tips & tricks with Fairphones.

[Volker]

Hello @ThorVoos and welcome to thee forum!
I fully agree with @urs_lesse and it might really be a first step to show up physically or virtually in one of the next meetups (e.g. the Munich Meetup).

There’s no defined agenda or prerequisite for being a FP angel. So if you’re interested in helping others locally in your area or possibly even organising some Meetup (also optional; more ideas you’ve probably already read here) you’re more than welcome.

So just look around a bit here and if you decide to join the Angels program just contact us @Archangels or send your “Angels area” here in this topic and we’ll happily organise your “Angel onboarding”

[UPPERCASE]

Hi, I think it would be interesting to become a Fairphone Angel. I’m in the Amsterdam area, I saw someone is already in that area. If that’s not an issue then I would like to join the effort and help grow and assist this community/movement.