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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 £24k, for instance, exceeds our total spend over 5 years of £22k.Loomio
Meetings of the Finance Committee: when? why? who? where? what fun?
This thread is for The Stuff of real time meetings of the Finance Committee. The agenda for the meeting could get linked here. And a link to any meeting minutes.Loomio
YAY! Another CWG Ops Team Meeting! And this time with so many new, lovely faces (and voices!)
Here are the minutes: https://www.loomio.com/d/yh0aFRbU/community-working-group-ops-team-minutes/54
note: they are only available to those who are members of social.coop loomio members so if you can't see 'em it's because you haven't joined our governance platform!
They are long but JUICY. Read to the end for the latest goss on the spam wave ;)
Looking forward to collaborating with MORE lovely people moving forward!
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 £24k, for instance, exceeds our total spend over 5 years of £22k.Loomio
@Matt_Noyes I would love to support all those and have tried several times to initiate proposals in #Socialcoop to support cooperative tech.
Bluesky is gaining a lot of traction, and I think it is worth experimenting with how far we can take co-op control in that protocol. If nothing else to understand whether the federation they propose involves real control.
Hey #Socialcoop friends, a question: what would you think of us piloting a Personal Data Server for Bluesky under the co-op? No commitment, just an experiment.
Docs: https://atproto.com/guides/overview
Discussion with @robin @boris: https://bsky.app/profile/ntnsndr.in/post/3kl3hwzd5we2x
- Love it, propose it in Loomio! (46%, 7 votes)
- Meh I'm putting my concerns in the comments (53%, 8 votes)
Tagging @aeisenberg @rndeon @roland @evan who wanted to participate, please boost the above post and vote for meeting times.
@Matt_Noyes @ntnsndr please spread the word to #SocialCoop folks who would like to participate by boosting the post above this - everyone welcome!
#SocialCoop inline poll: should SocialCoop be one of the signatories of the [[Fedipact]] effort to *preemptively defederate* with Threads.net?
https://www.loomio.com/d/AZcJK6y2 is an ongoing Loomio discussion about this but I wanted to see some in-instance discussion ideally.
Discussion: Support the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact
For some time, there have been rumors that Meta (Facebook) has plans to impose itself on the Fediverse.Loomio
- yes (say why) (44%, 4 votes)
- no (say why) (55%, 5 votes)
- maybe (0%, 0 votes)
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.
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.
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
#Socialcoop Loomio / recent discussions:
Explicit rules should be added to server "Rules": https://www.loomio.com/d/NVQsFHkU/explicit-rules-should-be-added-to-server-rules
Changes to the fiscal hosting arrangements for social.coop: https://www.loomio.com/d/bHO9Nizd/changes-to-the-fiscal-hosting-arrangements-for-social-coop
On-boarding Q&A for New Members!: https://www.loomio.com/d/weg1CJB5/on-boarding-q-a-for-new-members
More: https://loomio.org/socialcoop
Explicit rules should be added to server "Rules"
Right now, Social.coop only has two "Rules" in the admin settings:Loomio
As a cooperative, social.coop is based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity.
See the Social.
Reminder to #Socialcoop members from the Finance Working Group:
Today’s balance
£18,630.05 GBP
Total raised
£40,696.13 GBP
Total disbursed
£22,066.08 GBP
https://opencollective.com/socialcoop#category-BUDGET
That is:
- We have spent just over half of our total revenue, ever
- We are not nearly spending what we're contributing
Editorial part (from me):
- We should be more intentional about budgeting for and investing in our community and the broader fediverse ecosystem
social.coop - Open Collective
social.coop: a coop-run corner of the fediverse with a co-operative and transparent approach to operating a social platformopencollective.com
#SocialCoop members, please check out this important discussion about the future of our fiscal host relationship: https://www.loomio.com/d/bHO9Nizd/changes-to-the-fiscal-hosting-arrangements-for-social-coop
This is about the legal underpinning of our co-op, and I believe it is good news.
Changes to the fiscal hosting arrangements for social.coop
Providing this information by way of background/context, and to raise awareness, and stimulate discussion, with a view to one or two proposals:For the last couple of years or so social.coop has worked with Platform 6 Development Cooperative.Loomio
Developing a Social.coop cohesive budget
This is a thread to discuss the idea of developing and passing a comprehensive budget for Social.coop.In the Finance Working Group, one observation we've had is that our income as a co-op exceeds our spending significantly.Loomio
How User-Designed Social Media Could Create Healthier Online Communities
The emerging non-profit social media ecosystem is a testing ground for new ways to organize our communications, says Eryk Salvaggio.Eryk Salvaggio (Tech Policy Press)
#SocialCoop members:
Loomio now allows custom poll templates: https://help.loomio.com/en/user_manual/polls/poll_templates/index.html
I've just created a poll template based on our bylaws here (click Poll and choose "Social.coop bylaws-compatible proposal"): https://www.loomio.com/p/new?group_id=56943
Not sure why custom templates only work for polls, not proposals, or if that matters. But I reached out to Loomio about this.
Discussion: Support the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact
For some time, there have been rumors that Meta (Facebook) has plans to impose itself on the Fediverse.Loomio
Thanks! Glad you're doing this, and please let me know if I can support you in participating in #SocialCoop governance.
What do you think is the best next step? Reformulate the proposal to address the concerns raised here?
#Socialcoop members, if you haven't yet, please participate in this important vote about defederating Meta's fediverse app preemptively: https://www.loomio.com/d/AZcJK6y2/proposal-to-support-the-anti-meta-fedi-pact/1
I voted no, but I'm glad to see healthy discussion on all sides. However we make this decision, it matters that it is *ours*.
CORRECTION: This is not a formal vote; it is an initial poll for a discussion that will continue to develop.
Proposal to support the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact
For some time, there have been rumors that Meta (Facebook) has plans to impose itself on the Fediverse.Loomio
MANY WORLDS, OR THE SIMULACRA https://radixmedia.org/product/many-worlds-or-the-simulacra/
New book of collective sci-fi, co-edited by #Socialcoop's own @cadwellsocialcoop!
MANY WORLDS, Or The Simulacra — Radix Media
Ten authors. Fourteen stories. An infinite multiverse. MANY WORLDS, OR THE SIMULACRA is a cooperative sci-fi anthology coming in June 2023.Radix Media — Printing & Publishing
#PSA for #Socialcoop: our wiki (https://wiki.social.coop) will be occasionally unavailable through this weekend as we move to our new Mediawiki instance, available for your preview at wiki-alpha.social.coop.
The content of the site available up to now at wiki.social.coop, including our registration form, remains available at https://join.social.coop.
My co-op people, DO NOT MISS this upcoming event on Thursday featuring the important new book on worker co-ops, "Cooperatives at Work": https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cooperatives-at-work-book-launch-tickets-619402177587
Featuring great #Socialcoop luminaries @Matt_Noyes @emi @GeorgeCheney!
"Cooperatives at Work" (book launch)
Cooperatives at Work presents a range of success stories in employee ownership and worker owned-and-governed cooperatives.Eventbrite
How is your effort on #Socialcoop governance going? https://www.loomio.com/d/txYOWJ4q/organizing-a-growing-social-coop-an-idea-for-a-proposal
I'm curious if there are overlaps with my thread on working group structure: https://www.loomio.com/d/4u7oCqaP/working-group-turnover-time
Should we be conjoining these discussions? Or keeping them separate?
Glad to have company in seeing some degree of necessary #Socialcoop reinvention.
Organizing a growing Social.Coop: an idea for a proposal
As Rene Magritte wrote, "this is not a proposal." This is a draft for discussion that may lead to a formal proposal for a new organizational body for Social.Coop.Loomio
Working group turnover time?
TLDR: This is an attempt to start a discussion about changing the membership in our working groups.Particularly with the large membership growth, I think it's time to more intentionally orchestrate turnover in the working groups.Loomio
I just kicked in some bucks, and consider doing the same if you have capacity.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/boyfriend-co-op-coffee-cocktails-for-gay-gals#/
BOYFRIEND co-op: coffee & cocktails for gay gals
BOYFRIEND is a coffee & cocktail cooperative based in Ridgewood, Queens for gay gals and their pals. | Check out 'BOYFRIEND co-op: coffee & cocktails for gay gals' on Indiegogo.Indiegogo
#OGB @ogb
https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/openwebgovernancebody
openwebgovernancebody
(OGB) This is a space for working through Governance of horizontal projects - using #KISS online tools.Open Media Network
Revitalizing Online Sociality: Exploring New Forms of Community Ownership | Platform Cooperativism Consortium
By Trebor Scholz Last week, a veritable who's who of researchers and community technologists from Boulder, Vancouver/Tokyo, Oakland, and Leeds convened at the kick off for Platform Co-op School to…Platform Cooperativism Consortium
@ntnsndr I really enjoyed your talk on the historical context of #SocialCoop as well!
Big thanks to both you and @platformcoop for holding the space! 😊
Theory Jam Sessions | Platform Cooperativism Consortium
These virtual roundtables, symposia, and talks are free to the public. They are academic in nature and will serve as the foundation for the sections that follow, in which these themes will be unpacked…Platform Cooperativism Consortium
Join Platform Co-op School from the good folks at @platformcoop: https://platform.coop/school/
(I'll be talking about #Socialcoop there!)
Platform Co-op School | Platform Cooperativism Consortium
Adriane Clomax (ICDE fellow), Erik Forman (Drivers Cooperative), Ra Criscitiello (SEIU United Healthcare Workers West), Jad Esber (ICDE fellow), Anita Gurumurthy (IT4Change), Denise Kasparian (ICDE…Platform Cooperativism Consortium
On this @richdecibels post: https://medium.com/enspiral-tales/towards-a-politics-of-listening-ff5173f35260
Why doesn't the #Socialcoop home page look like that anymore?
Towards a Politics of Listening - Enspiral Tales - Medium
If you’ve read any of my writing, you will have guessed I have some opinions about how we could do large scale governance differently. But the tool we’re building is designed only for small scale: If…Richard D. Bartlett (Enspiral Tales)