I’ve got this idea that I want to hire illustrators off #Banchan to illustrate templates of plain-language cooperative bylaws…

Then I’ll find someone on #ArtisansCoop to print them into hand bound sustainable materials

Then the (oft overwrought) legal aspects of incorporating a new coop is as easy as ordering a book for your state, reading it, and signing together.

Then the work can get started!

@22 @elight Well, if you're doing it as a grind it's not going to work. You need to find a way to sustainably pace yourself for the long haul.

There are a number of coops that would benefit from engaged, committed engineering support (#BlackSocialists/#DualPowerApp, #ArtisansCoop and #ZincCoop are top of mind for me)

Counter #Enshittification w/#PlatformCoops like #ArtisansCoop (@coopartisans) and #CartoonistCoop

> Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.
>
> I call this enshittification,

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

- by @pluralistic

@digifox Yes, for example; #ArtisansCoop is a producer's cooperative of handmade goods. They're stewarding their budget by leveraging off-the-shelf services. #ZincCoop is soliciting guidance and feedback from them on how to design #Convene's Marketplace feature; in the hope they'll be able to transition off proprietary/venture-backed eCommerce and onto a Cooperatively stewarded one.

@smallcircles @the_Effekt @LibertyForward1

Yep, that's the point of Convene.

Build it with #Convene, it will run on any of the regional data cooperatives. Convene instances play well with each other, so if you're an artist and you list a product for sale in the #NoBAWC Neighborhood; you can also cross-publish it to the #USFWC Neighborhood and the #ArtisansCoop Neighborhood.

Just filled out the @coopartisans marketplace poll: https://artisans.coop/blog/take-the-handmade-marketplace-priorities-poll/

Looking forward to my gift-giving in 2023 being split between #BanChan, #ArtisansCoop, and #IndieSellersGuild

I love that there are more regional and topical #Cooperatives to break down the economic stranglehold of big tech!

Lovely conversation with a potential #CommunityDevelopment contributor for #ZincCoop! Already intersects with the #IndieSellersGuild and #ArtisansCoop!