Matt Cropp 🌲🌲 @mattcropp@social.coop

@mattcropp I wrote a take on it. "Book Review: The Diamond Age" https://c4ss.org/content/49414

Anybody got good contacts in Cooperative Home Care Associates in NYC?

I am helping a great Japanese co-op group organize their visit in the fall.

@mattcropp Yeah, I've since done a 180 on Bitcoin -- it's revealed itself as a deflationary, specie-like medium that's more an investment asset than a medium of exchange.

Last night coop preschool parent/member orientation meeting. Some interesting observations.

Established in 1979.

3 classes. 2 Staff teachers supported by rotating parent teachers.

38 families. 38 different occasional commitment family jobs.

9 member board. Almost all women.

Super organized. Transparent.

There was an open Treasurer seat which I (foolishly) volunteered to fill.

Excited to be part of an eclectic group taking a cooperative approach to early childhood education/enrichment.

@mattcropp This article is exactly how our was formed back around year 2000... retiring owners, and we bought it. Great situation, and the profit sharing model is phenomenal... I'll actually be able to retire with this company because of my stock vlaue.

This is the champagne a bunch of #ESOP people are about to drink after talking about employee owned #Colorado beer. #kelsoworkshop

Socially Cooperative Friends!

Please read our discussion starter on equity and diversity in operations and tell us what you think. What's useful? What's not? What questions do you have? What changes can you suggest?

https://www.loomio.org/d/I53Omaes/social-coop-equity-diversity-in-operations-initiative-discussion-starter

#equity #diversity #operations #socialcoop

@clhendricksbc, @emi, @mattcropp, @Matt_Noyes, @meia, @merouan, and @rbenjamin

An instance only for people named matthew, mattstodon

The Onion respond to Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen, who may or not get Trump impeached due to his alleged collusion with foreign powers.

Tweeting at @michaelcohen212 The Onion said:
"We will gladly delete this article, per your request, in exchange for influence over the president’s decision-making. "

See thread, including Michael Cohen's threatening letter to The Onion.
https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/998681314588004352

https://social.coop/media/9KCC85plGraVUAydPx4

@mattcropp

My Consulting firm is, and it's the best place I've ever worked.

Apparently some silly USians want to extend copyright again: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/18/orrin-fucking-hatch.html

Repeating my Twitter reaction:

When will musicians realize that their biggest competitor is ALL THE PAST RECORDINGS EVER and revolt against this madness?

The Internet is not what makes music hard work. Never was! It's competing with Elvis & Mozart.

Demand the right to build on the past, not compete with it.

So down for a dialogue between
http://geo.coop/story/cooperative-manifesto
and
http://geo.coop/story/manifesto-wholesome-cooperation

Hey all, I guess now is a good time to annouce that I'm delighted to be working with @mayel on the #MoodleNet project. He's joining Moodle on a six-month Technical Architect contract.

You may see some toots from us referencing a design sprint in London this week for the project. We're partnering with Outlandish, a worker-owed tech #coop, for that 👍

More about the project: https://moodle.com/moodlenet

@oatmealraisin check out the democracy at work institute (https://institute.coop), the US federation of worker coops (https://usworker.coop), the tech worker coop (https://techworker.coop), or this handy guide - https://feeltrain.com/blog/operating-agreement/.

and don't forget that co-opers are, by nature, very friendly people! please don't hesitate to reach out to someone at any of the cooperatives both I and other people have mentioned or any others you're interested in, they'd love to help.

@ButterflyOfFire @mattcropp this looks like something that could be easily hosted by social.coop and is a good alternative service that helps decentralization.