Notices by Zane Selvans (zaneselvans@social.coop)

@brainblasted Yeah, I've got that installed, and it works when I'm using an OpenVPN connection I've configured through NM, but when I'm using OpenPyn, it doesn't reflect the current VPN conection status for some reason.

@brainblasted Yes!

I'm using NordVPN on Ubuntu, with a little python based service/daemon called OpenPyn that stands in for the GUI NordVPN has on other platforms. But there's no obvious status indicator -- am I connected? To where? Is there a good VPN indicator applet for Gnome3 that would be able to detect and display the connection details continuously?

"It is possible to change the system through reason, but humans often need a deep crisis to get reasonable." Andreas Hofer, speaking about the real estate crisis that allowed Zurich's co-op renaissance to begin, 25 years ago: http://assemblepapers.com.au/2018/01/25/co-op-city-zurichs-experiment-with-non-profit-housing/

@mattcropp Personally I don't think there's anything wrong with co-ops renting capital and paying a return. Obviously there's a risk, if you can't pay it back, but it enables other startup models beyond the slow-growth bootstrapping, and I think in some cases that can make sense.

What if Usufruct had become the dominant property rights paradigm? We're ephermeral beings. Our "time of enjoyment" is temporary. What if Abusus was always held in common, in the public trust?

"The Fructuarius could make such changes or alterations in the thing as would improve it, but not such as would in any way deteriorate the thing, or even render the maintenance of it a greater burden."

More on the history of Usus, Fructus, et Abusus -- the three aspects of civil property rights in Roman law: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Ususfructus.html

McSweeny's should really join DSA... https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-will-do-anything-to-end-homelessness-except-build-more-homes

@ntnsndr Those Romans thought through a lotta stuff pretty well.

@ntnsndr Somehow it's easy for us to recognize the unjust capture of public wealth in the post-Soviet context, but hard to acknowledge we've built an economy that structurally concentrates wealth almost as effectively... and still from the public, ultimately, but through different means.

@ntnsndr Because Myth of Meritocracy.

@gc I think it would really be a good idea for the board to reach out to some folks elsewhere in the NASCO universe to chat. @cornucoopia and @corrigan might be good places to start. Or student representatives on any of the NASCO boards. Brel from MCC in Madison is also a good resource.

My new favorite word is usufruct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usufruct

@gc Like, is your beef with the policy vs. operations division that PG creates generally, or is it something in particular that the ED is doing, that you feel is inconsistent with the stated policy direction?

@gc Nah, go for it. What don't you like about it?

@gc What do you think about policy governance as a system? How often are your policies revisited?