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   Boris Mann (bmann@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 20-Nov-2022 10:38:58 JST Boris Mann

   • Evan Prodromou

   What is #cosocialca? Federated social communications for #Canada, structured as a #coop

   In the word’s of original catalyst @evan —

   I think my hope is that we have a legal entity, the co-op, that runs one or more servers for its members.

   One server is pan-Canadian http://cosocial.ca with more specific geographic ones available as we launch them (kitsilano.example, winnipeg.example, newfoundland.example).

   We want local communities, but membership is in the whole org

   #nomoa

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     Boris Mann (bmann@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 20-Nov-2022 10:38:56 JST Boris Mann

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     To me, this means support for members, admins & moderators across technical, legal, and financial realms.

     Right now the call is for a diverse set of people to get involved with co-creating & leading #CoSocialCa, so you’ll see me and others boosting the hashtag.

     Fill out the form http://cosocial.ca or DM me for more info.

     #nomoa

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Sunday, 20-Nov-2022 11:56:45 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Steve has ☕️ for brains

     @sivy @bmann

     I agree! My experience is that having one person physically, financially, legally and emotionally responsible for the service is really hard. Burnout is high.

     I hold in my heart every Mastodon admin doing the hard work right now.

     And having a sort of mushy idea of community participation without any formal structure is also frustrating for both the admin and people on the service.

     Coop structure is way clearer. Members have votes. Ownership is by an incorporated legal entity.

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     Steve has ☕️ for brains (sivy@toot.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 20-Nov-2022 11:56:49 JST Steve has ☕️ for brains

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @bmann @evan I think the coop idea is so interesting, and puts a legal wrapper around a social good, and that's going to be so important esp. in the light of DMCA/CEI/etc issues

     https://twitter.com/rahaeli/status/1593819064161665024?s=20&t=JvaRjCY_fTvmuO4v8mRz2A