RG Herd Aid
Central Iowa pilot · Free local activation infrastructure

Anonymous accounts. Community-gated access. Local coordination.

RG Herd Aid is a free, open-source infrastructure pilot for groups that need to communicate, share alerts, organize needs, dispatch resources by zone, and activate locally without turning people into public profiles.

People can use anonymous accounts. Access stays gated through trusted community invites. Groups bring in people they know. Accountability stays local.

Alerts Communication Dispatch Activation
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If something is urgent, use the emergency, crisis, legal, medical, shelter, or election resources already available to you first. RG Herd Aid supports navigation and coordination. It does not replace emergency services, legal counsel, medical care, shelter programs, or official election offices.

Local activation should not depend on corporate feeds.

Movements and mutual aid networks need tools that can move information quickly, protect coordination from trolls, reduce unnecessary identity exposure, and keep local groups in control. RG Herd Aid is built around that need: public information where it belongs, trusted spaces for coordination, and open tools that can be inspected and improved.

Infrastructure, not organizational control. RG Herd provides tools. Local groups keep their structure.

What the system gives local groups

A practical stack for alerts, communication, dispatch, access, resources, and activation.

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Public resource pages

Local links, program information, civic access guidance, and updates people can use without joining anything.

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Gated coordination spaces

Anonymous accounts with access managed through trusted community invites instead of public identity harvesting.

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Zone-based dispatch

Open-source ARGUS workflows for needs, resources, skills, locations, follow-up, and operator review.

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Short-notice activation

Alerts, ride coordination, supply requests, turnout needs, visibility actions, and local follow-through.

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Group-level administration

Vetted local stewards can help bring their own members into the system and keep access tied to real accountability.

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Open infrastructure

Matrix-based communication, published ARGUS code, open protocols, and systems that can be inspected or self-hosted.

Built to become a working network

This page can grow with real screenshots as the public program, ARGUS workflows, alerting tools, and group-owned services mature.

Screenshot slot: ARGUS dispatch workflow Needs, resources, zones, skills, operator review, and follow-up.
Screenshot slot: | base | coordination space Community communication, topic rooms, alerts, and future notification choices.

Use the infrastructure. Keep your structure.

Existing organizations, informal networks, mutual aid groups, and community projects can use RG Herd tools without being absorbed by RG Herd. The goal is to reduce duplicated effort and increase shared capacity, not force everyone into one brand or one chain of command.

  • Keep your identity. Groups keep their own public name, leadership, priorities, and relationships.
  • Invite your people. Access can be gated by trusted community invites instead of centralized identity collection.
  • Use shared tools. Communication, alerts, dispatch, resource tracking, websites, and coordination can be shared or self-hosted.

Built for repeated local activation

The next step is not waiting months for perfectly scheduled action. The pilot is built for repeated local readiness: alerts, communication, support requests, ride coordination, civic access, visibility actions, and follow-through.

  • Local resources: food, shelter, crisis support, legal aid, transportation, public services, and community help.
  • Family assistance: errands, rides, check-ins, supply runs, appointment support, and mutual aid.
  • Civic access: voting resources, official election links, accessibility guidance, and 2026 ride-to-the-polls planning.
  • Volunteer capacity: skills, supplies, phone support, tech help, translation, accessibility support, and logistics.
Screenshot slot: activation / alerting concept Future member-selected notification topics, local alerts, turnout needs, and short-notice coordination.

Local pilot, federated future.

Central Iowa is the starting point. The long-term goal is a national activation network built from decentralized, group-level operated tools: local servers, websites, ARGUS instances, alerting systems, resource directories, and community spaces that can interconnect through federation and trusted coordination agreements.

  • Setup guidance by request. RG Herd can help groups plan their own local information network.
  • Group-owned nodes. Local groups can operate their own tools and keep local accountability.
  • Interstate coordination. Neighboring groups can share alerts and support without surrendering control to national platforms.

Open and inspectable by design.

RG Herd uses open protocols and published components where possible, including Matrix-based communication and the public ARGUS project. Open code makes it possible for people to inspect, understand, improve, self-host, adapt, and connect local systems.

Practical trust requires inspectable tools. Not black boxes. Not hidden algorithms. Not corporate dependency.

Start local. Build capacity. Stay independent.

RG Herd Aid begins with Central Iowa, trusted participation, and practical tools. The goal is many local groups with their own structure, connected strongly enough to move together when it matters.

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