{"id":2030,"date":"2020-06-26T14:49:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T12:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/repaircafe.org\/en\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2021-08-24T12:45:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T10:45:33","slug":"online-repair-also-after-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/online-repair-also-after-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Online repair \u2013 also after COVID-19!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many Repair Caf\u00e9s have gained experience with online sessions in recent months. During the lockdown, remote repair assistance has proven to be a good alternative to really repairing together. It has been such a success, that many want to continue doing it even after the corona crisis.<\/p>\n

International exchange<\/h4>\n

One of the advantages of online sessions is that you can also exchange knowledge and experience with people outside your own circle. Also with repairers on the other side of the world. This kind of international exchange allows the community repair movement to strengthen itself enormously. That is desperately needed!<\/p>\n

We would therefore like to inform our network about two platforms that want to continue online repair sessions even after the corona crisis. Both are open to participants from all over the world. You can sign up too! Either to get advice on a repair that you want to perform, or to help others with your advice.<\/p>\n

RepairCafe.TV<\/h4>\n

From North Carolina in the United States comes RepairCafe.TV<\/a>. This platform is an initiative of Don Fick, organizer of Repair Caf\u00e9 North Carolina. RepairCafe.TV collects links to online repair sessions worldwide. Currently, the calendar contains six sessions, almost all hosted by Repair Caf\u00e9 North Carolina itself. Anyone who has a repair question, or wants to participate as an expert, can register for each session<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Many sessions now scheduled are held when it is evening in North Carolina. In Europe it\u2019s the middle of the night then. This will make it difficult for many Europeans to join these sessions. Don therefore hopes that repairers from other time zones will also register their online sessions with RepairCafe.TV. The idea is to collect so many sessions on the calendar that there is a suitable moment for everyone.<\/p>\n

Sign Up<\/h4>\n

Do you want to attend an existing session? Sign up via RepairCafe.TV<\/a>.
\nDo you want to publish your online session via RepairCafe.TV? Send a message to Don Fick<\/a>. He usually publishes within a day and helps you further.<\/p>\n

Virtual Fixit Clinics<\/h4>\n

In addition to RepairCafe.TV, there are also virtual Fixit Clinics. Fixit Clinics in the United States is an initiative of Peter Mui. He has been organizing his clinics for about ten years in more and more places in the US. In recent months, he has held seven virtual meetings via Zoom (which, by the way, are also being announced via RepairCafe.TV).<\/p>\n

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\u201cVirtual Fixit Clinics are emphasizing what remote repair does best\u201d, says Peter from California. \u201cThat is: assembling a large number of repairers to work together, providing repair to places where there is no local Repair Caf\u00e9 or similar initiative, and repairing things that are too large to bring to an in-person event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Virtual Fixit Clinics are scheduled to be time-friendly to as much of the world as possible and have had as many as 70+ people attend from many American states, but also from the UK, France, Sweden, India, Belgium and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

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Peter is looking to build a global village of community repairers: \u201cWe\u2019re cultivating friendships among repairers worldwide as we learn from each other,\u201d he says. He invites any and all local groups to co-host Virtual Fixit Clinics: \u201cWe\u2019d love to spotlight and celebrate more local repair communities. We\u2019re also documenting the events and cataloging items seen, creating a show that\u2019s fun to attend live together with an online resource to help future repairers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Participate<\/h4>\n

Participating in a Virtual Fixit Clinic is very easy:
\n– People who\u00a0want to try fixing from home <\/span> can register as a participant<\/a>.
\n– Repairers who want to help fix (or just observe) <\/span>can register as a “fixit coach”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Share your experience with online repair<\/h4>\n

Want to share your experience with online repair sessions? Scroll down this page and write a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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