Dear MoveOn member,

I'm Ilona Brand, managing director of technology at MoveOn. I've never
emailed you before, but I'm doing so today to update you on one of the
biggest changes MoveOn has ever made in our 26-year history.

Over the last few years, a giant overseas private equity fund operating
under the corporate name "Bonterra" has been acquiring the most important
technology platforms and tools used by MoveOn and much of the rest of the
progressive movement.^1

These are the crucial tools that allow MoveOn members to sign petitions,
send emails to Congress, donate money to power the fight, sign up for
protests and other events, and more.

Now, the lifeblood of MoveOn's progressive action is at the whim of a
greedy corporate giant. Already, the effects have been devastating: Last
year, Bonterra laid off roughly one-third of its staff, jeopardizing the
progressive movement's ability to organize—all so Bonterra's wealthy
investors could pad their pockets.

That's why MoveOn is making a huge, massive, unprecedented change: We are
leaving Bonterra's ActionKit platform and shifting over to a new platform
called "Action Network," which was developed by a nonprofit tech
organization with its roots in the labor movement.

Shifting our millions of files and trillions of bytes of data is
enormously complicated and takes thousands of hours of time from data
scientists and engineers. It's also hugely expensive for us, given the
complexity of the data and our systems and the sheer amount of data.

[ [link removed] ]That's why I need your urgent support to make the transition happen
seamlessly and securely. Will you donate $9 today to help
free MoveOn from being at the whim of a giant corporation and transition
to a nonprofit-governed platform?

John, the move away from Bonterra isn't easy. For the past 26
years, MoveOn has been using its technology to store all of the data that
powers our work—including our ability to send you this very email.

But the move is 100% necessary. Because MoveOn should never, ever be at
the whim of a corporate giant.

[ [link removed] ]I need your help to make a safe and seamless transition to our new
technology platform. Will you make a $9 donation today to
ensure MoveOn's data systems are managed by a progressive nonprofit tech
organization, not an overseas private equity firm?

I'm very confident in our ability to make this transition with your
support and the support of MoveOn members across the country.

Thanks for all you do.

–Ilona

Source:

1. "News: The Post-'24 Democratic Tech Reckoning Has Begun," The
Connector, December 5, 2024
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