The first #SocialCoop #TootUp will take place on Friday, 10-11am EST. Join the conversation about our co-op #instance, #platformcoop, #buytwitter, and #coops generally!

#mastodon @ntnsndr @xj9 @emily @mayel @platformcoop @steph @cuwarrior @Antanicus @tbeckett @TheScienceRobot @coopchange @strypey @josemurilo @darius @thebestsophist @jd #governance

Are you part of a group of strangers thrown together by the internet and desperately trying to figure out how to build trust and work effectively together on a project of huge strategic importance? You might want to listen to this talk from Richard Sennett... :)

https://youtu.be/qf0gLjfd_RY?t=2m56s

#Mastodon #instance #cooperation #coop

In a world where #authoritarian relations are the norm (online and off), learning how to relate to each other in liberated, #selfgoverned spaces is hard. We internalize so much behavior that's adaptive for our survival under authoritarianism, but turns incredibly #toxic when enacted in free spaces.

There's much learning & unlearning to do, and the struggles of earlier radical projects & spaces have much to teach #Mastodon.

https://emmibe.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/the-conversations-we-cant-have/

Happy #MayDay! I'm celebrating by going to a meeting of the #Vermont #Solidarity #Investing Club tonight to learn about a local #WorkerCoop.

Members invest $20-100/month into the club, and then democratically decide where to #invest the funds to best support the growth of the #coop economy.

If anyone's interested in getting a similar #coops #InvestmentClub going, check this article: http://www.coopwatercooler.com/discussions//building-to-co-op-movement-base-with-investment-clubs

Seeing all the end-of-month #Patreon chatter, I'm wondering how close we are to a #UserOwned alternative?

The model is absolutely a key piece of the future of support for creative endeavors, but with $47.1MM in #Unicorn-hopeful VC to pay off, it's rate of #extraction can be expected to ramp up in coming years. I know #Gratipay seems like it has some of the pieces (but is still a ways off); anyone aware of other promising #platformcoop versions?

@ntnsndr @KevinCarson1 @mayel

#Loomio (the #coop group decision-making platform) just added a bunch of new voting tools, including a scheduling function (buh-bye, #Doodle!).

Testing it out now to schedule our first #SocialCoop #TootUp for this week... 🐘 💨 ⬆

https://www.loomio.org/d/tA4lYq23/-socialcoop-toot-up-

#platformcoop #coops #democracy @ntnsndr @mayel @cuwarrior @Antanicus @emily @tbeckett @coopchange @ebel

#FF #followfriday - Some #coop folks on #socialCoop instance thus far:

@mayel - #instance admin
@cuwarrior - US #CreditUnions, organizer of #cuDisrupt conference
@emily - Met via #CoopYouth organizing
@tbeckett - #coops lawyer out of #NC
@coopchange - #organizer #platformcoop #enspiral
@ntnsndr - Platform Co-op organizer in #CO, #UCBoulder
@aarondesrochers - #Vermont #workercoop #snowboarding @Matt_Noyes - American teacher in #Japan w/ #labor background

#BernieSanders just called for the creation of a #Vermont #StateBank tonight at a rally at the #Barre Old #Labor Hall.

I'd personally prefer that the state would be allowed to place deposits in #CreditUnions and become one #coop owner among many for #AntiMonopoly reasons, but none-the-less a bold (left) #populist move...

Video:

https://www.facebook.com/michael.taub1/videos/vb.1334694829/10212744706075902/?type=2&theater

#politics #Bernie #FeelTheBern #PublicBank #coops #commons #vt