# Help bring Knit to your community

> Become a Knit ambassador. Help people in your community discover a free, offline mesh messenger. Volunteer on your own terms, with support from the developer.

Knit lets nearby phones pass messages between one another, even without an internet connection or cell service. And the more people who use it, the more useful that network can become. I'm looking for volunteers who'd like to introduce Knit to their own communities, in their own way.

Knit is free and open source, and I'm building it because I think people should be able to communicate without depending on an internet connection, a phone company or someone else's servers. But a mesh network becomes more useful when people actually use it together. That's where you come in.

The more people nearby who use Knit, the more opportunities messages have to travel. With enough phones in range of one another, a message can reach beyond your own phone's range. When there's no connection to the next phone, it can wait until another comes close enough.

## What would I do?

There's no prescribed way to be an ambassador. The idea is simple: help people discover Knit and understand where it might be useful to them. Here are a few ways you can help.

- **Introduce Knit to your community:** Show people how Knit works, whether that's at a festival, on campus, at a local meetup or just among friends. A quick demonstration can go a long way.
- **Make it your own:** Talk about Knit in your own language and in a way that makes sense to the people around you. You know your community better than anyone, so there's no script to follow.
- **Tell me what you hear:** What did people like? What didn't make sense? What would make Knit more useful to them? Your feedback helps me figure out what to improve and build next.

## Who can be an ambassador?

You don't need a big audience or a technical background. If there's a group of people you'd like to introduce to Knit, that's a good place to start.

- Your city, neighborhood or campus
- A community connected by language or culture
- Festivals, outdoor groups and places with unreliable reception
- Local groups interested in community preparedness

## What you can expect

This is a small volunteer effort, and I'm starting with just a handful of ambassadors. There's no pay, no quotas and no minimum time commitment. I'll provide materials and support to help you get started, and you decide how much time you want to put in.

- **Materials you can use:** Graphics, short demo videos and simple guides to help you introduce Knit, along with the logos and guidelines for using them.
- **The facts, without the jargon:** A straightforward guide to how Knit works, what it can do and where its limits are. No need to memorize technical explanations.
- **Help when you need it:** Have a question or run into a bug? You'll be able to reach me directly. I build Knit, so you're talking to the person who can actually fix things.
- **Meet other ambassadors:** Connect with other volunteers, exchange ideas and learn what's working in their communities. You won't have to figure everything out on your own.
- **A little recognition:** If you'd like, I'll add your name or a pseudonym to the ambassador page. You're also welcome to stay anonymous.

[Brand resources](https://getknit.app/brand/index.md)

## A few things worth knowing

I want people to be able to trust what they hear about Knit. You don't need to know every technical detail, but there are a few important distinctions to keep in mind.

- Direct and group chats are end-to-end encrypted. The Nearby room is public, so messages there aren't private or end-to-end encrypted.
- Knit works without internet access, servers or accounts. Internet relays are available if someone chooses to add one, but they're entirely optional.
- There's no fixed phone-to-phone range. It depends on the devices and what's around them, so it's better to say "nearby" than promise a particular distance.
- On Android now, with iPhone on the way.

## A few ground rules

- Let people know you're a Knit ambassador when you introduce them to Knit.
- This is a volunteer role. You're not an employee or legal representative of Knit, and you can't make commitments on its behalf.
- Follow the brand guidelines when using the Knit name or logo.
- Put your own safety first. You can use a pseudonym, keep a low profile or avoid promoting Knit anywhere it might put you at risk. There's no expectation to make yourself publicly visible.

[Brand guidelines](https://getknit.app/brand/index.md)

## Interested?

I'd love to hear from you. Just send me a short email about where you're based, the community you'd like to reach, what languages you speak and why you think Knit would be useful there. Nothing formal needed. [Get in touch](mailto:hello@getknit.app?subject=Knit%20ambassador%20application&body=Where%20I%20am%20(a%20region%20is%20fine)%3A%0A%0AThe%20community%20I'd%20reach%3A%0A%0ALanguages%20I%20speak%3A%0A%0AWhy%20Knit%20fits%20it%3A)

Regular email isn't end-to-end encrypted, so please only share what you're comfortable with. You don't need to give your exact location; a general region is fine.

Canonical page: https://getknit.app/ambassadors/