7. A cooperative supports the communities with which it works.
#CooperativePrinciples
6. A cooperative works with and supports other cooperatives.
So let us support each other!
5. A cooperative provides education and training to all participants so that they can develop the cooperative and promote the benefits of cooperation.
4. A cooperative is an independent business owned and controlled by its members.
3. Every member contributes financially in some way - from buying products, working for the cooperative, investing in it, or deciding how to spend its profits.
Workers should have a say in their own work. There are no remote, exploitative, useless bosses telling them how to do their work, and how much of the money should go to them. Workers work, so they should be their own bosses! That's the cooperative ethos!
2. A cooperative is democratic - that is, every member has an equal say in how it's run and how profits are spent.
1. A cooperative is owned and controlled by its members. It exists for the benefit of its members, who may be customers, employees, suppliers, or the community at large.
👉 #Poll with #MultipleChoice
›Should a #cooperative operating #Fediverse #instance|s be #NonProfit or #ForProfit?‹
Consider on my #Friendica:
🧷 (1) https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-5963-a78a-1fdb-280674518614
🧷 (2) https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-6963-a78d-48a0-6a2325471766
And the #ICA ›#GuidanceNotes on the #CooperativePrinciples‹ (several languages available):
🧷 https://www.ica.coop/en/media/library/research-and-reviews/guidance-notes-cooperative-principles
🏷️ #Coop #RochdalePrinciples #PlatformCooperative #SurveillanceCapitalism #Distributism #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Capitalism #Classism #Matrix #Mutualism #MutualAid #Genossenschaft
On #Friendica:
›Running #Fediverse instances by for-profit #cooperative societies‹
🔗 (1) https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-5963-a78a-1fdb-280674518614
🔗 (2) https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-6963-a78d-48a0-6a2325471766
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🏷️ #PlatformCooperative #Coop #Genossenschaft #Distributism #Mastodon #Pixelfed #ICA #InternationalCooperativeAlliance #SCE #SocietasCooperativaEuropaea #EuropeanCooperative #CooperativePrinciples #Compliance #Governance #Representation #NonProfit #ForProfit #Participation #WorkerCooperative #Surplus #Refund #Liquidity #Microcredit #Dividend
The original thread is here:
→ https://mastodon.social/@jpreisendoerfer/109552277076676043
→ https://mastodon.social/@jpreisendoerfer/109554400617465445
→ https://mastodon.social/@jpreisendoerfer/109559462383908619
→ https://mastodon.social/@jpreisendoerfer/109560057915790659
It refers to establishing #ForProfit #PlatformCooperative|s running #Fediverse #Instances like #Mastodon or #Pixelfed.
🏷️ #ICA #InternationalCooperativeAlliance #SCE #SocietasCooperativaEuropaea #Genossenschaft #Coop #Cooperative #CooperativePrinciples
Have a look at #ICA's #GuidanceNotes on the #CooperativePrinciples:
🔗 http://www.ica.coop/sites/default/files/2021-11/ICA%20Guidance%20Notes%20EN.pdf
It's worth it. 🌺
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