Here is a place for news and information about Cooperatives (Co-ops), Democratic Workplaces, Collectives, Communes, Intentional Communities, Eco-Vilages, etc. This community is the continuation/alternative to r/cooperatives on Reddit.
Regional/National Groups:
US Federation of Worker Cooperatives
Northwest Cooperative Development Center
Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (No Boss)
Worker-Owned and Run Cooperative Network of Greater Boston (Workin')
Valley Alliance of Worker Co-operatives (Vawk) NYC NoWC (Nic-knock)
Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Austin Cooperative Business Association
Alberta Community & Co-operative Association
Education & Development:
[Democracy at work](Democracy at work)
[Co-op Law](Co-op Law)
International Co-operative Alliance
[Cooperative Fund of New England]
(https://cooperativefund.org/)
[Shared Capital, formerly North Country Development Fund](Shared Capital, formerly North Country Development Fund)
California Center for Cooperative Development
University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
[Democracy at Work Network](Democracy at Work Network)
Fund for Democratic Communities
Sustainable Economies Law Center
(PDF File) A Technology Freelancer's Guide to Starting a Worker Cooperative
[North American Students of Cooperation](North American Students of Cooperation)
News/Blogs:
Co-operate And No One Gets Hurt
Grassroots Economic Organizing
Other Forums/Lists: r/Cooperatives
Mutual Interest Media tried to do something like this a couple of years ago. I don't think their model worked out all that well though, as the site hasn't been updated in some time. https://www.mutualinterest.coop/
A non-web model that has had some success, and that you might be able to learn from is the Many Worlds Collective, which is a co-op of fiction writers who create stories in a shared universe, and publish anthologies of their authors' works. https://www.manyworldsforum.com/
Thanks! I'd heard of MWC and that's definitely an interesting model that I'd like to drawn on.
I'll check out Mutual Interest, too.
There is part of fediverse(federated social network) that is specially for writting(like substack) it's called writefreely. You can check it out here
Thanks, I'll take a look!
np, hope you find it usefull
Please read "Slicing Pie Handbook", on equity & startups.
It is one of the most important books on understanding value in such things, & getting one thinking on it.
Thanks, I'll take a look.