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@ntnsndr I'm struggling to get into (i.e. understand ) 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

@ntnsndr
Are there formative events boiled down to story form? The "should we federate with Facebook's thing?" is the only one that comes to mind.

@ntnsndr 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 decisions.

@ntnsndr 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.

@ntnsndr 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,
>
> Platform 6 Co-operative, Ltd.
>
> Social.coop

@ntnsndr 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.

@ntnsndr 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.

vote.makerdao.com/?network=mai

vote.makerdao.comMaker Governance - Governance PortalThe MakerDAO Governance Portal allows for anyone to view governance proposals, and also allows for MKR holders to vote.

@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.

@dckc part of me would like to try building a lower touch fediverse coop.

@ntnsndr dunno if it's a trap... Maybe just a natural stage of growth.

@ntnsndr 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. madmode.com/2023/office-hours

www.madmode.comMadMode: Office Hours: Patterns of Cooperation without Vulnerability | CodeMadMode by Dan Connolly

@dckc working groups set their own rhythms! The FWG meets quarterly

@ntnsndr The facebook threads decision seems to be July 11: option 4 noop.

loomio.com/d/AZcJK6y2/discussi

Did I get that right?

How did Brian Vaughan become the person to announce the decision?

How was the form of the question decided? I see several related proposals.

LoomioDiscussion: Support the Anti-Meta Fedi PactFor some time, there have been rumors that Meta (Facebook) has plans to impose itself on the Fediverse. These rumors have recently been confirmed, with the news that Meta is developing a clone of Mastodon, referred to as "Project 92", "Barcelona", or "Threads", and that it has had a meeting with the administrators of several large Mastodon instances, possibly including Eugen Rochko, while silencing them with a non-disclosure agreement.Meta is an oligopoly that has aggressively sought to control social media, through absorption of other social media companies, and through policies of "embrace, extend, and extinguish", as with the RSS and XMPP protocols. Meta, through Facebook, is infamous for condoning the spread of far right ideology and of dangerous misinformation.There have been calls for pre-emptively blocking Meta's project. In particular, @vantablack@beach.city, administrator of a small Mastodon instance, beach.city, has proposed the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact.https://fedipact.online/I see our best hope in collective resistance.Therefore, I would like us to discuss whether we should support this move, and if so, how best to do so. As a starting point for discussion, I suggest the following:<br>Social.Coop commits to blocking any Fediverse instances that Meta creates.<br>We, as a body, sign the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact.<br>We follow up by collectively drafting and issuing a public statement.<br>(As I have not been active in Social.Coop discussions, I hope that the way I am presenting this is appropriate, and I welcome constructive criticism.)