Hi Caitlin, yes i'm interested in talking about public banking. I'm also very interested in social impact bonds but I think that is indeed a very separate and contentious topic - I'm quite critical of them.

Yet another thing is I recently started hosting "Workers' Cafe" - we need more Cafes! https://patio.ica.coop/t/workers-cafe-tokyo-march-2022/570

And there is this video clip https://youtu.be/k9QIBw5TWBM

Another area I think about often is worker coop electronic transaction systems. GNU Taler is an interesting project.

I often also often think about some kind of securitization - if we create a standard enterprise plan, to which a worker coop chooses to subscribe, part of the plan is to borrow money on the promise of a share of future expected profits? For simple businesses this might do - say a worker coop is to build and operate a power station - then future profits can be easily calculated with a declared degree of uncertainty (price fluctuations, Act of God, etc)

Thus, some kind of reasonable securitization terms and conditions can be engineered? Then the worker coop can shop around banks that would be interested 😄

Hi Caitlin, yes i'm interested in talking about public banking. I'm also very interested in social impact bonds but I think that is indeed a very separate and contentious topic - I'm quite critical of them.

This is an excellent topic - For example, I would love to know what existing institutions think about "worker coop revolution". IMHO, this will create a solid business-line, along with others like home mortgage, etc. I think some enterprising ones can lead the way! weekdays = 3PM Eastern (5AM Tokyo) Weekends/Fridays = more flexible

I'd like to organize a discussion of public banking. Are you interested? Please share specific times on specific dates that would work for you, and I'll create a poll Also, please think about a few common reads that we might share with everyone on an optional reading list. (And, I also want to talk about social impact bonds, but I think it is too much to tack on to this discussion so maybe tell me your interest in that topic too.)

Hello! I have recently cleaned up the Community Cafe sign up doc, check it out here. We'd love to see some cafe's this fall! Cozy up in your home with your favorite fall beverage and spend some time chatting with your cooperatively-minded internet friends 😉

I put it on my calendar and invited a friend! 😎

... I'll just go for it :)

Ok, I picked a date/time and put it in the spreadsheet:

Hands on introductory session about Karrot: "Start a group, become a community" https://karrot.world

6th July (2021-07-06)

9am West Coast USA
12pm East Coast USA
5pm London
6pm Central Europe

would appreciate a nod (or otherwise) from @Matt Noyes (or someone else) that it's all good, then would go about promoting it (on mastodon only I guess...). I guess people from non-social.coop instances can join too? (and I signed up for meet.coop social.coop account, waiting for the invite link on that).

I think you have to experiment. Maybe @Mica Fisher has ideas?

Great! Is there a format/structure that you've found worked well so far? I'd like to do something as interactive as possible....probably create a demo group that people can play around with... that kind of thing...

Very interested. The key to these community cafes is to organize the participants you hope will come -- reach out directly to people you think might be interested, see why they are interested, if they know others who might be...

Hey! Would people be interested if I did a session about https://karrot.world? Open source community organising software, or from the blurb on our front page:

Karrot is a free and open-source tool for grassroots initiatives and groups of people that want to coordinate face-to-face activities on a local, autonomous and voluntary basis.

It is designed in ways to enable community-building and support a more transparent, democratic and participatory governance of your group.

Thank You for sharing this resource!

Peer-to-peer education of subjects that lend themselves to mutual verification! I have been quite productive with my friend's daughter doing this math/logic course https://jscoq.github.io/ext/sf/lf/full/Basics.html

If we create a thriving learning community, that might form a basis of future worker cooperatives, just like how Mondragon started with former students of their vocational school 😄

Hello again, friendly reminder that these meet ups continue, but we've rebranded! They are now social.coop Community Cafes (more fun right?) 🙂🍵. Come share your ideas, BYO beverage/snack of choice.

Sign up here!

I just posted:

Announcement - 

Social Coop Happy Hour / Round Table Discussion on Agrarian Commons and Trusts hosted by me

I scheduled it for April 8th, 11 AM Eastern Time (NYC) = UTC-4. Does that work for you? Are you coming? Should we reschedule? The place is BigBlueButton:  https://socialcoop.meet.coop/adm-udt-e

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for participating and sharing your ideas for Office Hours. We're moving forward with scheduling some weekly themed Office Hours. For those asking about details of the format--it's largely up to you! We want these to be informal spaces to get to know one another, share ideas, strategize, and just geek out on the wonderful world of coops. You can make your Office Hour as structured or unstructured as you like.

Please sign up for a date and time on this spreadsheet, and the Ops Team will help set up a video room for you.

Ah, I missed the check! But I was wondering if I could host one themed kind of broadly around those in the community who are in post-secondary education (students, faculty, staff).