#Socialcoop friends, we in the Finance Working Group invite you to join us in working together on a cohesive budget for the co-op! https://www.loomio.com/d/liwtX0qd/toward-an-annual-budget
Toward an annual budget
We in the Finance Working Group have determined that the co-op should develop a cohesive annual budget. We currently take in far more than we spend; our current balance of £22k, for instance, exceeds our total spend over 5 years of £21k.Loomio
Dan Connolly
in reply to Nathan Schneider • • •I'm struggling to get into (i.e. understand ) #socialcoop governance. Not that I have tried very hard... I haven't seen an opportunity where it's clearly useful for me to dig in.
I could really use more stories.
Is there a good presentation (video recording) of the organization as a whole?
Is the origin story written down? The story of why the org was created and why it's growing.
Dan Connolly
in reply to Dan Connolly • • •Dan Connolly
in reply to Dan Connolly • • •and while I saw lots of little pieces of the decision happen, I don't know the overall story arc.
I don't even know what the decision was, where it's recorded, nor the governance structure through which it emerged.
The analog of the "I'm just a bill..." song but not for U.S. legislation but for #socialcoop decisions.
Nathan Schneider
in reply to Dan Connolly • • •@dckc yeah, check out these resources:
https://wiki.social.coop/wiki/How_to_Make_the_Fediverse_Your_Own
https://wiki.social.coop/wiki/Make_a_proposal
Do those help at all?
How to Make the Fediverse Your Own - Social.coop
wiki.social.coopDan Connolly
in reply to Nathan Schneider • • •yes... let's see... origin story: check:
> Social.coop was founded in 2017 in the wake of the BuyTwitter campaign.
I think I learned that at some point but forgot.
Dan Connolly
in reply to Dan Connolly • • •What does TKTK DATE mean? that the wiki page has the text of the agreement but the executed agreement is elsewhere?
> Ratified TKTK DATE in solidarity,
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> Platform 6 Co-operative, Ltd.
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> Social.coop
Dan Connolly
in reply to Dan Connolly • • •I think part of my struggle was a vaguely negative impression of loomio.
I think I ran into "access denied" many times... I think because I had let something lapse.
Anyway... that seems sorted now.
The daily email digests are pretty overwhelming, though.
Dan Connolly
in reply to Dan Connolly • • •Is there a way to participate *in between* just being a user of the hosted fediverse server and reading every message on loomio?
Any recommended way to get up to speed on current events?
I was kinda impressed when I learned that Maker DAO puts explicit resources into outreach to its voters.
https://vote.makerdao.com/?network=mainnet#learn
Maker Governance - Governance Portal
vote.makerdao.comNathan Schneider
in reply to Dan Connolly • • •@dckc great point. We are currently moving toward a more focused governance model. But still, our model is pretty centered on assuming people will step up and participate. We should be more intentional about guiding members' attention. (I am writing a paper on that now!)
Now I think we are caught in a trap where the leaders are the people who stepped up to lead, and they don't sympathize enough with those who haven't similarly stepped up.
Nathan Schneider
in reply to Nathan Schneider • • •Dan Connolly
in reply to Nathan Schneider • • •Dan Connolly
in reply to Dan Connolly • • •does social.coop have any regular rhythms? Weekly / monthly get-togethers?
I see a diagram with a future section with office hours and quarterly meetings. Is that future here at all yet?
p.s. https://www.madmode.com/2023/office-hours
MadMode: Office Hours: Patterns of Cooperation without Vulnerability | Code
www.madmode.comNathan Schneider
in reply to Dan Connolly • • •Nathan Schneider
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