What is the Hub?

The Hub belongs solely to XRUK and is designed and maintained by our XRUK Digital teams. The Hub is used for a number of different things however it's main purpose is to store our UK group information:

• which groups exist
• the group members
• role-holders
• group mandate / scope / group agreement
• group and member's contact details
• policies
• domains

The Hub helps maintain transparency by showing our Self-Organising System [SOS] - how our groups / teams / circles interact with each other, and who's in a role and gives us their peferred method of contact. This is extremely useful because it makes it really easy to find the toolright people to talk to. The Hub also keeps track of the structure of all the XR UKgroups uses- see My Groups.

How do I join the Hub?

We can also use the Hub to connect lots of the other tools and programs (e.g. Mattermost and UK ForumsCloud) that rebels use to organise online. You can also watch this video for a general introduction to the Hub and its benefits and also view the slide presentation.

Why do we need it?

The Hub does some really important things:

• It creates accounts for rebels on all of XRUK's connected tools (e.g. Mattermost) so you can sign in with the same username and password everywhere.on the Hub, Mattermost, UK Cloud, UK Forums, Rebel Toolkit, Rebellion Academy and our Customer Relationship Managment [CRM] platforms.
• It automatically adds rebels to all the channelschat channels, Cloud folders and forums for all of the XR groups they are a member of.
• It can temporarily suspend the accounts of rebels who are arrested so the authorities cannot get access to our platforms even if they take the rebel's phone or computer.

The Hub also keeps track of the structure of all the XR groups that have joined (see My Groups). This is extremely useful because it makes it really easy to find the right people to talk to.

How do I join the Hub?

To join the Hub, you need to follow the steps described here.