Risabee ☸ @risabee@social.coop

Ever wonder who keeps the SC lights on? Who updates SC software? Who responds when something goes wrong and our beloved instance goes dark?

Well for the past year it's been two dedicated volunteers (@mayel @vmatekole ) but it's time we make it a team effort.

#socialcoop Tech Admin Ops Team needs you.

Nominations are now open for (2) Coordinator, (2) Critical Infrastructure Maintenance Developer, and (1-10) Project Developer positions.

https://www.loomio.org/d/e49bvwiA/place-to-dicuss-the-formation-of-the-tech-admin-ops-team-proposal-

@mattcropp @Antanicus Have uploaded notes to Loomio following yesterday's discussion https://www.loomio.org/d/OEHyl6jb/ours-to-hack-and-to-own-the-rise-of-platform-cooperativism-a-new-vision-for-the-future-of-work-and-a-fairer-internet-/75

Thoughts on #paidwork, #economic outcomes and multipliers, social #usevalue of the social.coop platform architecture (much bigger than UX), #facilitation skills and commitments. To read alongside the toot from @rbenjamin an hour ago, on urgent tech issues. https://social.coop/@rbenjamin/100306497898863288

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

#coop #ica #CoopValues

I am invited to run a workshop at an event hosted by prodii.com on building #trust in #distributedteams.

One of the questions we'll explore is:

*How do you build trust digitally?
How do you create trust & collaboration with people you don’t know and have never meet in real life?

What do you think? What kind behaviours & conditions are supportive?

@Matt_Noyes
@clhendricksbc
@emi @mattcropp
@mayel
@rbenjamin
@ntnsndr

Who else here knows a lot about this?

#collaboration #patterns

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

An idea: a solidarity economy footprint chart (commons chart, p2p chart, platform coop chart...) showing where in your life you do and don't use cooperatives, commons, sharing, etc. and where you don't. (Food, Energy, Banking, Music, Education, Clothing, Sex?, Sports, Buying, Work, Travel, Housing...) ideally with an easy-to-use form & cool graphics with links to solidarity economy resources.

Level Two: your intercooperation footprint...

Inspired by @tbeckett post

https://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx

Awesome news: thanks to the support of SolidFund we have 10 #free tickets available for low-income people in worker #coops to join our #UK workshops. 🎉

Please share with cooperators around #Manchester + #London.

https://www.thehum.org/events

The future is cooperative 🌶

'He's a political prisoner': Standing Rock activists face years in jail - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/22/standing-rock-jailed-activists-water-protect

Interesting article about the development of new natural yarns, necessary because most of the micro plastic pollution in the Ocean comes from synthetic fibres in our clothes.

https://fashnerd.com/2018/06/fashionforgood-sustainability-accelerator-innovators

Social democratic parties are standing on two pillars, trade unionism and cooperativism.

- Unions offer higher wages and working conditions.
- Coops offer cheaper goods and services.

These pillars enabled economic self-help for people. It's different (not better) than general uni activism or a NGO with equally or more noble cause.

Relevant article by @ntnsndr

http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/solidarity/a-populism-of-hope-begins-when-people-feel-their-own-power-20180116

Lack of focus on economic self-help might help explain Pikettys findings below:

https://social.coop/media/rljj1Uj2Sc6ahxvU45o

Reality Winner is the textbook definition of a whistle blower, who helped the US public understand the state of our electoral system. It is unconscionable that she was not given an opportunity to defend herself & that her story has largely been forgotten.

https://theintercept.com/2018/06/26/reality-winner-plea-deal/