Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr
Scholr: @CUBoulderMDST / Authr: #coop #OWS #God / Regulr: @AmericaMag @YesMagazine / Reportr: @TheNation @ChronicleReview @VICE / Organizr: #platformcoop #IoO
The #keepbtlocal campaign has made it to the final round of bidding for our effort to divert the #privatization of our local telecom into #mutualization.
The major public critique from our opponents is that our cost of capital is too high (though our opponent is a heavily leveraged publicly traded company), so would welcome suggestions as to sources of friendly $$ to bite off pieces of the high interest loan that is currently most of our #coop's financing! #btv
Someday I look forward to spending more time on Social.coop than on the Social.coop Loomio forums.
Focusing on corporate ownership for a few years has left me a lot less excited than I once was about IP debates.
Nice intro piece by @ntnsndr . I think we need more like this with examples of how specific tools could be used.
"The Rise of a Cooperatively Owned Internet"
https://www.thenation.com/article/the-rise-of-a-cooperatively-owned-internet/ https://social.coop/media/XzkTDb_kqd918qqPDF0
@Steve Good question. I'm in discussion with NCBA about supporting a feasibility study.
Jeremy Corbyn suggests 'gig economy' should be replaced by cooperatives
"Corbyn suggested "gig economy" firms like ride-hailing service Uber or food delivery firm Deliveroo could be replaced by co-operatives, in which drivers collectively set pay and conditions and share or reinvest the profits from their work.
He vowed that a Labour Government would promote cooperative groups with the aim of doubling the size of the sector."
https://www.itv.com/news/2017-10-14/corbyn-gig-economy-should-be-replaced-by-cooperatives/
Labours subreddits most upvoted post today
@h @fabianhjr @mattcropp @mayel @Antanicus that's strange. I find loomio is even good at saving text that I hadn't even posted yet if the window crashes.
What's the best alternative you've seen to comments below articles or blog posts?
@samtoland New to me! Does seem like a great candidate for a consumer co-op or joint consumer and business co-op.
@ross @h @mattcropp @Antanicus @mayel so glad this integration convo is happening. Beautiful.
@samtoland theselc.org has been working on creating functional legal dox in comic-book form!
@mayel @Antanicus @mattcropp Well we need to finalize that darn logo so we can replace it!
@h I keep my sigs pretty simple, but they've got hyperlinks (to website and encryption key) and a non-Ascii character for prettiness. Images in SIG's are where I draw the line.
Poll: Should one use email signatures on replies?
@tbeckett @mattcropp Mucho, I mean
@mattcropp btw a real highlight of my week was meeting @tbeckett and seeing him masterfully leading a tough discussion. Much gusto.
Shout out to #SocialCoop in this coverage of my #CoopIMPACT keynote: https://www.thenews.coop/122924/sector/retail/co-operative-impact-conference-can-make-platform-co-operativism/ @tbeckett @mattcropp
@samtoland I'm a listener! And looks good in general. I'm very interested in how #platformcoop/s can do ToS UX differently. Are there ways you're integrating the ToS into the user interface, rather than as a big block of text at the outset?
"Social is economic." Sonja Novkovic, St. Mary's University
@tbeckett @mattcropp I'll definitely be sharing screenshots about our governance in my talk to the purchasing co-ops.