@jakehamilton@hachyderm.io great question and Initiative! We're doing this for a couple of years now and love it! Our recommendation is to not focus on the tech but the politics: What are your shared values, how do you want to work together, what would your ideal society look like. This will help find projects you can really get behind as a collective. Also we have a local first approach, meaning we operate in our city, meet regularly in person and build strong relationships with people/groups we work with.