Notices by Steve Herrick (steve@social.coop), page 11

@ntnsndr I hear you, but I worry about reinventing the wheel (and not just in this case). Maybe there's a way that a new venture could be complementary to what they do, or at the very least, low-key competition.

@ntnsndr Could we talk May First into this? That seems faster/easier/simpler than starting from scratch.

@ntnsndr Yes, we could do that, but NextCloud has dozens of apps. Most people's eyes start to cross after eight or ten. I think we need not so much more apps, but better apps.

@ntnsndr What would this have that May First doesn't already offer?

@ntnsndr Also, I might know people who could help. Depends on the details.

@ntnsndr If I can create and share documents and spreadsheets (and calendars), and I can use email, and I can tie them all together seamlessly, then I'm in.

@GuerillaOntologist @cadwellsocialcoop @ntnsndr I want to, but my schedule doesn't allow it. Will it be recorded/transcribed?

@Matt_Noyes News to me.

Roses are red,
Violets are purple.
I see now why it's said
That violets are blue, because nothing rhymes with purple.

@amydentata No one could have anticipated this.

@emi I just finished it, and it was even better than I expected it to be.

@cocoron

@Matt_Noyes @cadwellsocialcoop @GuerillaOntologist Sounds good, but it depends on the timing.

@cadwellsocialcoop @Matt_Noyes @GuerillaOntologist Definitely agreed. Let's concentrate our efforts and build on each other's success.

@cadwellsocialcoop @Matt_Noyes @GuerillaOntologist I'm comfortable with incorporating. I started one worker co-op and now have a job developing more. In fact, I see that as the easy part. But, between GEO and my co-op (which is "for-profit, but not about-profit"), maybe we don't need to incorporate another organization. We already have a long-standing semiformal relationship to build on, and I have an ongoing series of translations I've done under the name of The Common Understanding Project.

@animo I have experience building co-ops. If you share where you live, I can look into local resources you might be able to tap into.

@Matt_Noyes @cadwellsocialcoop @GuerillaOntologist Being an imprint of, let's say, GEO, would save us the step of incorporating. I'm in favor if GEO is. My current translations are already a collaboration with them, if a rather informal one. But there would still be a range of questions to answer. If there's interest, we can look at them.

@cadwellsocialcoop @Matt_Noyes Assorted thoughts on publishing cooperatively... Probably the biggest reasons to do would be cross-publicizing, pooled resources (like printers), and shared administration. We'd have to have a discussion about licences. We'd also have to have a discussion about how to run a geographically distributed co-op. Would this work best as a platform co-op? What's the overarching theme, and what are the criteria for membership?