Good initiative. Would it be better to keep applications here, but have the discussion about membership policy over at CoTech Community, then bring it here for decision once drafted?

Thought it would be good to collect this stuff together.

My understanding of the current situation is thus (see also https://coops.tech/join):

• self-identifies as a worker co-op that sells technology and conforms to Worker Co-op Code = automatically accepted
• multi-stakeholder co-ops where workers make up at least 50% controlling interest = proposal via Loomio
• not worker-controlled, not a co-op, not based in UK or not selling tech = can't join

Organisations that have not been allowed to join so far include:

• Brighton Digital Exchange - not a worker co-op (made up of privately owned companies)
• GreenNet - currently owned by a charity and therefore not technically autonomous. Asked to reapply once conversion to worker co-op complete
• Protozoa - based in New Zealand (an Enspiral venture) - we'll notify them if we go international
• Digital Life Collective - not a worker co-op - instead a meta-co-op-network-network which CoTech could join
• Buy Smart - consumer rather than worker co-op

Organisations that have been allowed to join that are not strictly worker co-ops include:
* Outlandish - constitutionally a consortium co-op, though only has worker members and no plans to change this
* Web Architects technically a multi-stakeholder co-op split 50/50 between employees and clients
* We Are Open - technically some sort of consortium/freelance co-op
* The Dot Project, Go Free Range, FolkLabs and others - proto-co-ops with articles that are compatible with worker co-ops, that work as co-ops and meet all the guidelines from the Worker Co-op Code but which are not formally/legally constituted as worker co-ops

Also CBN, a freelancer coop, is a member