This week marks one full month since the launch of Open For All to consumers. Growing & growing Almost 300 Aussie businesses have registered to be part of the online directory and that number continues to grow each day. Discrimination continues In a world where discrimination and segregation are encouraged at every turn (as in… Continue reading One Month…
Category: updates
Censorship
Facebook has disabled the account of our Open For All Facebook page administrator, meaning we can no longer post or view messages sent to us there. The only reason provided was that our “account, or activity on it, ‘doesn’t follow (Facebook’s) Community Standards”. We disagree with the decision and stand by every statement posted on… Continue reading Censorship
Improvement
As Mark Twain once wrote, “Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.” Development of an online directory would usually take many months of work by a large team of programmers, front-end web designers, User Experience (UX) specialists and marketing/branding gurus. By contrast, OpenForAll.com.au was brought to you by a small handful of volunteers in a… Continue reading Improvement
Directory going live
The time has come, folks! The Open For All directory will go live tomorrow (Monday 27 September) and we can’t wait to connect consumers & businesses who share the same values of equality, inclusion and freedom of choice. In less than two weeks our campaign has amassed nearly 3,000 followers on social media and the… Continue reading Directory going live
Positivity
There have been some amazing comments on social media about the work our volunteer team is doing. We thought it’d be nice to make a perpetual blog post to keep track of them. Even a “best of luck” is enough to put a pep in our step! Support from one of Australia’s largest storage providers… Continue reading Positivity
Launching today
After weeks of hard work behind the scenes, we are finally able to share with you the full story of #OpenForAllAU! Today we launch our campaign to keep Australian businesses open to everyone, regardless of vaccination status. Our campaign is inspired by a similar movement overseas. We loved the intention behind the UK version, but… Continue reading Launching today