Should Social.coop switch its Open Collective "host" to Platform6?
Nathan Schneider PublicSeen by 15The way our finance platform Open Collective works, every "collective" (that's us) is part of a "host," which provides the legal and financial backend for the collectives that are part of it. We're currently hosted by OC's default host, the Open Collective Host, a US C corp. It charges a 5% fee, in addition to OC's 5% software fee.
We now have another option. Platform6 is a new UK-based co-op in our network that offers host services on Open Collective. This would enable Social.coop to become legally a cooperative, and to support the broader co-op movement more directly. Platform6 also apparently charges a smaller host fee: 2%.
Shall we explore transferring our host status? I would be happy to take the lead on this.
I'm thrilled to announce that we have now officially transferred our fiscal host on Open Collective to Platform 6, thanks to @Graham. Social.coop is now legally part of a cooperative!
Hi. Apologies for not being here. Had a hectic few days. Let's go! As I recall the first thing you need to do is remove the funds from your collective and pay them over to P6, then OC can move the collective to our host, and we can re-add the funds. As I recall Alanna offered assistance?