Notices tagged with coop

So, it looks like pretty much all of the real world offerings in terms of #coop hosting and digital infrastructure are aimed at the retail market. Fine if I'm buying services as a consumer or a small organisation.
If we are serious about growing the #platformcoop movement don't we need a full blown cooperative cloud service. Could all of these burgeoning tech coops collaborate to create such a thing? Cloud may be a commodity, but it sure looks like it's making a pile of money for Jeff Bezos.

Does anyone know of a Code of Conduct which assumes experience is subjective and focuses on how to reduce negative interactions cooperatively?

All the ones I come across focus on particular acts, and rely on bureacracy/admins for resolution.

#coc #forkoff #forktogether #coop #community

"In the tradition of their founders, #cooperative members believe in the #ethical #values of #honesty, #openness, #SocialResponsibility and #CaringForOthers"

#coop #ica #CoopValues

Interesting slide deck from 2013 on #Hawaii's co-op economy, with an intro to the #coop model.

http://kohalacenter.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/HINewWaveCoops.pdf

@tbeckett #Coops I am a member of:
- City Market
- Granite City Grocery
- VSECU
- #Vermont Federal Credit Union
- Intervale Community Farm
- REI
- #SocialCoop
- Full Barrel #Coop
- #Resonate
- #KeepBTLocal

I'm going to the https://2018.open.coop #platformcoop event in London 26/27 July. I would love to meet up with any #socialcoop people who will be there.

I'll be aiming to talk about https://platform6.coop and P2P crowdsourcing for #coop startups, https://diglife.comand the potential for Cooperation as a Service (CaaS), and looking collaborators, partners and funders 😉

I've been working on this #coop brewery project in #BTV for coming up on 5 years, and I keep having realizations that bits of foundational #solidarityeconomy infrastructure are required to get us where we need to go.

A two years ago, it was the need for the co-op investment club to start building a friendly capital base. This morning, I realized we need to pull together a Real Estate Investment Co-op to potentially secure a desirable space.

We'll get there eventually... 😩

@Antanicus There's #Enspiral too (the community of Loomio) - very sussed on the work involved, and processes for handling it transparently. #handbook is at https://legacy.gitbook.com/book/enspiral/enspiral-handbook/details . Financial transparency stuff is at https://handbook.enspiral.com/financial_transparency.html . Basic portal is https://enspiral.com

#Snowdrift.coop are VERY clear about their roles, processes &c. https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/about

After the #readinggroup was left wondering, some more, about relationships between #coop and #commons. Calls for thought?

I've heard the annual meetings are quite lively...

#HoneymoonMemories #coop #coops #NovaScotia #CapeBreton

Many #coop success stories I've read about seem to be about taking root in a community and meeting needs that aren't going away anytime soon: food, houses, childcare, etc.

Can #techcoops ever follow that model? Most tech work uses ephemeral tools to meet transient needs, and tech firms are rootless by default. Are there any meaningful generalizations we can draw from the exceptions?

Tech co-operatives are leaving the startup rat race behind
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/cotech-tech-cooperatives-blake-house-outlandish
#democracy #coop #coops #cooperative #cooperatives #ratrace #startup

#SavvyCoop, a #platformcoop that connects (and represents) #patients to studies related to their conditions, has a call out for ambassadors as the #coop grows and matures. I met their cofounder last year, and have been impressed with their progress thus-far...

Deets: https://www.savvy.coop/savvybassador

#chronicillness #disability