Social.coop - User contributions [en]

March 2026 Hackathon

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Following up on our [[December 2025 Onboarding Improvements|December 2025]] and [[January 2026 Hackathon|January 2026]] efforts, we're planning a third hackathon in late March to work on more of our onboarding tasks.

On Sunday March 22, 2026, we will hold a joint working session to improve both co-op's onboarding procedures. It will run from 9:30a ([https://everytimezone.com/s/62819b3f in your timezone]) to 11:30a Pacific

Signup here if you want a reminder of the event: https://luma.com/isxxidcf

=== Past Topics that could be expanded on: ===

==== Clarify Co-op Membership ====
Who do we want to join our co-op? How can we better communicate this?

(We made some progress on this in December - see new description on server about page and [[Main Page|wiki front page]])

==== Content Audit ====
What other public-facing surfaces do we have? Can we update them to be consistent with the blurb from the Co-op Membership track of work?

==== Improve Discovery ====
How can we improve discovery of social.coop? what is stopping us from being on <nowiki>http://joinmastodon.org/</nowiki>

==== Multiple language support ====
What would we like this to look like? how can we start down a path to supporting multiple languages?

=== Potential Topics that could be started: ===

==== Design Welcome ====
How could we best welcome people to our community? This is where we might brainstorm onboarding cohorts or mentors, or something else entirely!

==== Anything else folks want to work on! ====
Feel free to pitch other ideas that you want to work on with people!

=== Who is this session for: ===
Members of either co-op who wish to contribute to the documentation and improve the processes of onboarding.

Joint Efforts with Cosocial.ca

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[https://cosocial.ca/ Cosocial.ca] is another cooperative on the Fediverse. They also provide Mastodon service to their users.

We have a lot of values and ideas in common. We will sometimes do joint activities.

[[December 2025 Onboarding Improvements]]

[[January 2026 Hackathon]]

[[March 2026 Hackathon]]

Reporting guide

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== How to report [[Code of conduct|Code of Conduct]] violations ==

Social.Coop is based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, cooperative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.

Our top priority is the safety of each of our members and our community as a whole. We will not tolerate bigotry, including fascist, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, or transphobic content and will act swiftly and decisively to protect our members from abuse.

We would rather get "false alarms" than have Code of Conduct violations go unaddressed.

If you think someone is violating the Code of Conduct, please report them to the social.coop CWG Ops Team.

Detailed instructions on how to report a user can be found in [https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moderating/#report Mastodon's reporting documentation].

== What happens after I make a report? ==

You will get an automated email acknowledging that we've received it. We will do our best to get back to you within 24 hours (understanding that people live in different time zones, have different schedules, etc.).

Our first priority is making sure everyone is safe. If necessary, we will:

* Delete, edit, or hide a problem post
: This may be proactive to deal with the item in order to not wait for the person to take care of it, or this may be necessary when the person will not voluntarily address the item
* Privately tell the violator(s) to knock it off, delete/redact posts on Mastodon/Loomio/in Matrix chat, or apologize
* Publicly tell the violator(s) to knock it off, delete/redact, or apologize
* Mute or block the violator(s)

We may delay an official response until we have dealt with the immediate situation.

Once we have an understanding of what's going on, we will make a decision and contact you. We will take your feedback into account, but the action we take is our responsibility. This might involve:

* Nothing (if we determine no violation occurred)
* A temporary ban
* A permanent ban
* A request for a public or private apology
* A request to participate in mediation</code>

We embrace the principles of restorative justice. We want to give people a chance to correct mistakes and learn from them. If you disagree with our final decision, you can appeal it here: < link to CMT >
----''This is a revised version of the Reporting Guidelines that were approved in a membership vote on 9/1/2018.''

''Changes made on August 5 2023, these have not been brought to membership.''

== What happens behind the scenes of a report? ==
[[File:Header of report page.png|thumb|none|Moderators see user and report details]]

When a report is Marked as Resolved, it goes into our database of closed reports, however a closed report can be reopened if needed.
[[File:Posts reported section.png|thumb|none|If there's specific posts reported, they show up]]

[[File:Moderator action choices.png|thumb|none|These are the actions available to moderators: Resolve, Delete, Limit, and Suspend]]

=== What do these actions mean? ===

==== Delete ====
If the user is a member of social.coop, the Delete function removes the specified posts from the Fediverse.

If the user is a member of another server, the Delete function makes the specified posts no longer visible to users on social.coop.

==== Limit ====
Limited accounts are only visible to social.coop accounts that already follow them or who look them up directly.

Limited accounts can still be transferred to other servers. Sometimes we will Limit accounts on social.coop rather than Suspend so that they can move their account.

==== Suspend ====
If the user is a member of social.coop, the Suspend function makes it so that they can't post or interact on Mastodon. Suspension is revertable within 30 days.

If the user is a member of another server, the Suspend function makes them no longer visible to users on social.coop. It appears that non-server members can be unsuspended at any time if the user still exists.

=== What's the Custom action? ===

==== Social.coop users ====
[[File:Same server custom moderations.png|none|thumb|Custom actions include: Warning, Freeze, Sensitive, Limit, Suspendand the ability to notify the use by email]]

==== Users from other servers ====
[[File:Mod actions other servers.png|none|thumb|Custom actions for members of other servers are only: Sensitive, Limit, and Suspend. As social.coop does not have access to other users emails we cannot email them about the action. ]]

== Previous Versions ==
'''[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/Reporting-Guide-v3-Release-Candidate-1 Reporting Guide v3] -''' Approved by membership vote on September 1, 2018. (But also challenged in a separate poll.)

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/combined-reporting-docs '''Combined Reporting Guide v1''']

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/reporting-guide-v2 Reporting Guide v2]

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/reporting-guide-v1 Reporting Guide v1]

Reporting guide

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== How to report [[Code of conduct|Code of Conduct]] violations ==

Social.Coop is based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, cooperative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.

Our top priority is the safety of each of our members and our community as a whole. We will not tolerate bigotry, including fascist, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, or transphobic content and will act swiftly and decisively to protect our members from abuse.

We would rather get "false alarms" than have Code of Conduct violations go unaddressed.

If you think someone is violating the Code of Conduct, please report them to the social.coop CWG Ops Team.

Detailed instructions on how to report a user can be found in [https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moderating/#report Mastodon's reporting documentation].

== What happens after I make a report? ==

You will get an automated email acknowledging that we've received it. We will do our best to get back to you within 24 hours (understanding that people live in different time zones, have different schedules, etc.).

Our first priority is making sure everyone is safe. If necessary, we will:

* Delete, edit, or hide a problem post
: This may be proactive to deal with the item in order to not wait for the person to take care of it, or this may be necessary when the person will not voluntarily address the item
* Privately tell the violator(s) to knock it off, delete/redact posts on Mastodon/Loomio/in Matrix chat, or apologize
* Publicly tell the violator(s) to knock it off, delete/redact, or apologize
* Mute or block the violator(s)

We may delay an official response until we have dealt with the immediate situation.

Once we have an understanding of what's going on, we will make a decision and contact you. We will take your feedback into account, but the action we take is our responsibility. This might involve:

* Nothing (if we determine no violation occurred)
* A temporary ban
* A permanent ban
* A request for a public or private apology
* A request to participate in mediation</code>

We embrace the principles of restorative justice. We want to give people a chance to correct mistakes and learn from them. If you disagree with our final decision, you can appeal it here: < link to CMT >
----''This is a revised version of the Reporting Guidelines that were approved in a membership vote on 9/1/2018.''

''Changes made on August 5 2023, these have not been brought to membership.''

== What happens behind the scenes of a report? ==
[[File:Header of report page.png|thumb|none|Moderators see user and report details]]

When a report is Marked as Resolved, it goes into our database of closed reports, however a closed report can be reopened if needed.
[[File:Posts reported section.png|thumb|none|If there's specific posts reported, they show up]]

[[File:Moderator action choices.png|thumb|none|These are the actions available to moderators: Resolve, Delete, Limit, and Suspend]]

=== What do these actions mean? ===

==== Delete ====
If the user is a member of social.coop, the Delete function removes the specified posts from the Fediverse.

If the user is a member of another server, the Delete function makes the specified posts no longer visible to users on social.coop.

==== Limit ====
Limited accounts are only visible to social.coop accounts that already follow them or who look them up directly.

Limited accounts can still be transferred to other servers. Sometimes we will Limit accounts on social.coop rather than Suspend so that they can move their account.

==== Suspend ====
Suspension is revertable within 30 days.

If the user is a member of social.coop, the Suspend function makes it so that they can't post or interact on Mastodon.

If the user is a member of another server, the Suspend function makes them no longer visible to users on social.coop.

=== What's the Custom action? ===

==== Social.coop users ====
[[File:Same server custom moderations.png|none|thumb]]

==== Users from other servers ====
[[File:Mod actions other servers.png|none|thumb]]

== Previous Versions ==
'''[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/Reporting-Guide-v3-Release-Candidate-1 Reporting Guide v3] -''' Approved by membership vote on September 1, 2018. (But also challenged in a separate poll.)

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/combined-reporting-docs '''Combined Reporting Guide v1''']

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/reporting-guide-v2 Reporting Guide v2]

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/reporting-guide-v1 Reporting Guide v1]

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Reporting guide

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== How to report [[Code of conduct|Code of Conduct]] violations ==

Social.Coop is based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, cooperative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.

Our top priority is the safety of each of our members and our community as a whole. We will not tolerate bigotry, including fascist, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, or transphobic content and will act swiftly and decisively to protect our members from abuse.

We would rather get "false alarms" than have Code of Conduct violations go unaddressed.

If you think someone is violating the Code of Conduct, please report them to the social.coop CWG Ops Team.

Detailed instructions on how to report a user can be found in [https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moderating/#report Mastodon's reporting documentation].

== What happens after I make a report? ==

You will get an automated email acknowledging that we've received it. We will do our best to get back to you within 24 hours (understanding that people live in different time zones, have different schedules, etc.).

Our first priority is making sure everyone is safe. If necessary, we will:

* Delete, edit, or hide a problem post
: This may be proactive to deal with the item in order to not wait for the person to take care of it, or this may be necessary when the person will not voluntarily address the item
* Privately tell the violator(s) to knock it off, delete/redact posts on Mastodon/Loomio/in Matrix chat, or apologize
* Publicly tell the violator(s) to knock it off, delete/redact, or apologize
* Mute or block the violator(s)

We may delay an official response until we have dealt with the immediate situation.

Once we have an understanding of what's going on, we will make a decision and contact you. We will take your feedback into account, but the action we take is our responsibility. This might involve:

* Nothing (if we determine no violation occurred)
* A temporary ban
* A permanent ban
* A request for a public or private apology
* A request to participate in mediation</code>

We embrace the principles of restorative justice. We want to give people a chance to correct mistakes and learn from them. If you disagree with our final decision, you can appeal it here: < link to CMT >
----''This is a revised version of the Reporting Guidelines that were approved in a membership vote on 9/1/2018.''

''Changes made on August 5 2023, these have not been brought to membership.''

== What happens behind the scenes of a report? ==
[[File:Header of report page.png|thumb|none|Moderators see user and report details]]

[[File:Posts reported section.png|thumb|none|If there's specific posts reported, they show up]]

[[File:Moderator action choices.png|thumb|none|These are the actions available to moderators: Resolve, Delete, Limit, and Suspend]]

=== What do these actions mean? ===

==== Delete ====
If the user is a member of social.coop, the Delete function removes the specified posts from the Fediverse.

If the user is a member of another server, the Delete function makes the specified posts no longer visible to users on social.coop.

==== Limit ====
Limited accounts are only visible to social.coop accounts that already follow them or who look them up directly.

Limited accounts can still be transferred to other servers. Sometimes we will Limit accounts on social.coop rather than Suspend so that they can move their account.

==== Suspend ====
If the user is a member of social.coop, the Suspend function makes it so that they can't post or interact on Mastodon.

If the user is a member of another server, the Suspend function makes them no longer visible to users on social.coop.

== Previous Versions ==
'''[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/Reporting-Guide-v3-Release-Candidate-1 Reporting Guide v3] -''' Approved by membership vote on September 1, 2018. (But also challenged in a separate poll.)

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/combined-reporting-docs '''Combined Reporting Guide v1''']

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/reporting-guide-v2 Reporting Guide v2]

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/reporting-guide-v1 Reporting Guide v1]

Reporting guide

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== How to report [[Code of conduct|Code of Conduct]] violations ==

Social.Coop is based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, cooperative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.

Our top priority is the safety of each of our members and our community as a whole. We will not tolerate bigotry, including fascist, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, or transphobic content and will act swiftly and decisively to protect our members from abuse.

We would rather get "false alarms" than have Code of Conduct violations go unaddressed.

If you think someone is violating the Code of Conduct, please report them to the social.coop CWG Ops Team.

Detailed instructions on how to report a user can be found in [https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moderating/#report Mastodon's reporting documentation].

== What happens after I make a report? ==

You will get an automated email acknowledging that we've received it. We will do our best to get back to you within 24 hours (understanding that people live in different time zones, have different schedules, etc.).

Our first priority is making sure everyone is safe. If necessary, we will:

* Delete, edit, or hide a problem post
: This may be proactive to deal with the item in order to not wait for the person to take care of it, or this may be necessary when the person will not voluntarily address the item
* Privately tell the violator(s) to knock it off, delete/redact posts on Mastodon/Loomio/in Matrix chat, or apologize
* Publicly tell the violator(s) to knock it off, delete/redact, or apologize
* Mute or block the violator(s)

We may delay an official response until we have dealt with the immediate situation.

Once we have an understanding of what's going on, we will make a decision and contact you. We will take your feedback into account, but the action we take is our responsibility. This might involve:

* Nothing (if we determine no violation occurred)
* A temporary ban
* A permanent ban
* A request for a public or private apology
* A request to participate in mediation</code>

We embrace the principles of restorative justice. We want to give people a chance to correct mistakes and learn from them. If you disagree with our final decision, you can appeal it here: < link to CMT >
----''This is a revised version of the Reporting Guidelines that were approved in a membership vote on 9/1/2018.''

''Changes made on August 5 2023, these have not been brought to membership.''

== What happens behind the scenes of a report? ==
[[File:Header of report page.png|thumb|none|Moderators see user and report details]]

[[File:Posts reported section.png|thumb|none|If there's specific posts reported, they show up]]

[[File:Moderator action choices.png|thumb|none|These are the actions available to moderators: Resolve, Delete, Limit, and Suspend]]

=== What do these actions mean? ===

==== Delete ====
If the user is a member of social.coop, the Delete function removes the specified posts from the Fediverse

If the user is a member of another server, the Delete function makes the specified posts no longer visible to users on social.coop.

==== Limit ====
Limited accounts are only visible to social.coop accounts that already follow them or who look them up directly.

Limited accounts can still be transferred to other servers. Sometimes we will Limit accounts on social.coop rather than Suspend so that they can move their account.

==== Suspend ====
If the user is a member of social.coop, the Suspend function makes it so that they can't post or interact on Mastodon.

If the user is a member of another server, the Suspend function makes them no longer visible to users on social.coop

== Previous Versions ==
'''[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/Reporting-Guide-v3-Release-Candidate-1 Reporting Guide v3] -''' Approved by membership vote on September 1, 2018. (But also challenged in a separate poll.)

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/combined-reporting-docs '''Combined Reporting Guide v1''']

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/reporting-guide-v2 Reporting Guide v2]

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/reporting-guide-v1 Reporting Guide v1]

Reporting guide

2026-02-06T22:43:09Z

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== How to report [[Code of conduct|Code of Conduct]] violations ==

Social.Coop is based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, cooperative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.

Our top priority is the safety of each of our members and our community as a whole. We will not tolerate bigotry, including fascist, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, or transphobic content and will act swiftly and decisively to protect our members from abuse.

We would rather get "false alarms" than have Code of Conduct violations go unaddressed.

If you think someone is violating the Code of Conduct, please report them to the social.coop CWG Ops Team.

Detailed instructions on how to report a user can be found in [https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moderating/#report Mastodon's reporting documentation].

== What happens after I make a report? ==

You will get an automated email acknowledging that we've received it. We will do our best to get back to you within 24 hours (understanding that people live in different time zones, have different schedules, etc.).

Our first priority is making sure everyone is safe. If necessary, we will:

* Delete, edit, or hide a problem post
: This may be proactive to deal with the item in order to not wait for the person to take care of it, or this may be necessary when the person will not voluntarily address the item
* Privately tell the violator(s) to knock it off, delete/redact posts on Mastodon/Loomio/in Matrix chat, or apologize
* Publicly tell the violator(s) to knock it off, delete/redact, or apologize
* Mute or block the violator(s)

We may delay an official response until we have dealt with the immediate situation.

Once we have an understanding of what's going on, we will make a decision and contact you. We will take your feedback into account, but the action we take is our responsibility. This might involve:

* Nothing (if we determine no violation occurred)
* A temporary ban
* A permanent ban
* A request for a public or private apology
* A request to participate in mediation</code>

We embrace the principles of restorative justice. We want to give people a chance to correct mistakes and learn from them. If you disagree with our final decision, you can appeal it here: < link to CMT >
----''This is a revised version of the Reporting Guidelines that were approved in a membership vote on 9/1/2018.''

''Changes made on August 5 2023, these have not been brought to membership.''

== What happens behind the scenes of a report? ==
[[File:Header of report page.png|thumb|none|Moderators see user and report details]]

[[File:Posts reported section.png|thumb|none|If there's specific posts reported, they show up]]

[[File:Moderator action choices.png|thumb|none|These are the actions available to moderators: Resolve, Delete, Limit, and Suspend]]

=== What do these actions mean? ===

==== Delete ====
If the user is a member of social.coop, the Delete function removes the specified posts from the Fediverse

If the user is a member of another server, the Delete function makes the specified posts no longer visible to users on social.coop.

==== Limit ====

==== Suspend ====
If the user is a member of social.coop, the Suspend function makes it so that they can't post or interact on Mastodon.

If the user is a member of another server, the Suspend function makes them no longer visible to users on social.coop

== Previous Versions ==
'''[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/Reporting-Guide-v3-Release-Candidate-1 Reporting Guide v3] -''' Approved by membership vote on September 1, 2018. (But also challenged in a separate poll.)

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/combined-reporting-docs '''Combined Reporting Guide v1''']

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/reporting-guide-v2 Reporting Guide v2]

[https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/-/wikis/Reporting-Guide/reporting-guide-v1 Reporting Guide v1]

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January 2026 Hackathon

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Following up on our [[December 2025 Onboarding Improvements|December 2025]] efforts, we're planning a second hackathon in late January to work on more of our onboarding tasks.

On Saturday Jan 24, 2026, we will hold a joint working session to improve both co-op's onboarding procedures. It will run from 9:30a ([https://everytimezone.com/s/18adc5da in your timezone]) to 11:30a Pacific

Signup here if you want a reminder of the event: [https://luma.com/04uq2wu6?tk=jlWVQa https://luma.com/04uq2wu6]

=== What do we hope to accomplish: ===

==== Clarify Co-op Membership ====
Who do we want to join our co-op? How can we better communicate this?

(We made some progress on this in December - see new description on server about page and [[Main Page|wiki front page]])

==== Content Audit ====
What other public-facing surfaces do we have? Can we update them to be consistent with the blurb from the Co-op Membership track of work?

==== Design Welcome ====
How could we best welcome people to our community? This is where we might brainstorm onboarding cohorts or mentors, or something else entirely!

==== Improve Discovery ====
How can we improve discovery of social.coop? what is stopping us from being on <nowiki>http://joinmastodon.org/</nowiki>

==== Anything else folks want to work on! ====
Feel free to pitch other ideas that you want to work on with people!

=== Who is this session for: ===
Members of either co-op who wish to contribute to the documentation and improve the processes of onboarding.

=== Outcome: ===
We wound up in 3 breakout rooms that worked on improving the onboarding experience, supporting multiple languages, and exploring tech we are using for sign-on (keycloak) and would like to try out (bonfire).

The onboarding experience group updated the co-op description on Loomio, and changed the default mastodon cover art (a step toward making us visible on joinmastodon)

December 2025 Onboarding Improvements

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== Social.coop x Cosocial.ca New Member Journey Walkthrough ==
Come to a session to review the present state and discuss improvements to sign-up and onboarding at Social.coop and CoSocial.

We will hold a workshop on Monday, Dec 1, at 4:30p Pacific time. ([https://everytimezone.com/s/4b710a1a in your timezone])

Signup here if you want a reminder of the event: https://luma.com/yz59gq9c

In this 90-minute workshop we will:

* Review CoSocial and Social.coop's respective new member sign-up and onboarding journeys
* Identify pain points and potential improvements
* Collectively brainstorm what onboarding to the digital cooperative ecosystem could look like All this is in preparation for our upcoming hackathon (see details below)

=== Who is this session for: ===
Members of either co-op who are interested in the details of our onboarding process, especially if they wish to provide feedback and help brainstorm.

== Social.coop x Cosocial Digital Coop Onboarding Hackathon ==
On Saturday Dec 6, we will hold a joint working session to improve both co-op's onboarding procedures. It will run from 10a ([https://everytimezone.com/s/74d4c725 in your timezone]) to 2:30p Pacific

Signup here if you want a reminder of the event: https://luma.com/7cd4ttb7

Join us to hack on our new member sign-up and onboarding flows! The goal is to make updates and changes to our current docs and practices, so by the end of the day we will have real improvements ready to use.

=== Plan for the day: ===

==== [Intro]: 10:00 - 11:00 PT ====
- Kickoff - check-in (1 word about how you feel today) and setting the space - 15 mins (Matt)

- Assumptions for today (Code of conduct, equal opp for participation, show up how you'd like)

- If you tend to dominate, can you turn that into asking a question

- Brief overview of walkthrough, open space, breakout rooms and identified priorities - 15 mins (Melissa)

- Breakout!: In rooms, assign tasks and get into breakouts - 30 mins ()

==== [Open Work]: 11:00 - 13:00 PT ====
- In breakouts: Self-organized work, take a bio break, work asynchronously if you need like

==== [Wrap up]: 13:00 - 14:30 PT ====
- In breakouts: Final wrap up of tasks (breakout room[s]) - 30 mins

- Group share-back - 45 mins

- Closing - 15 mins

=== Who is this session for: ===
Members of either co-op who wish to contribute to the documentation and improve the processes of onboarding.

=== Outcome of session: ===
Updated the co-op description on the mastodon about page and on the front page of the wiki

Operations

2026-01-29T16:20:41Z

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Social.coop's official governance takes place mainly on its [https://www.loomio.org/socialcoop/ Loomio space]. Anything that folks want to share with the entire community, or make open to discussion by the community should go on Loomio. To manage day to day operations, the community empowers some members to participate in working groups. As of mid-2025, the working groups have started using Zulip to coordinate those day to day operations. We are still discussing the best way to allow Zulip access, but for now: anyone who is interested in the working groups and the nitty gritty of the operations is welcome to ask a working group member for a Zulip invite.

The various working groups use [[Calendars|shared calendars]] on [[May First Movement Technology|May First]] to organize meetings.

We have recently started compiling an [[Operations Q&A]] page to answer questions from other instance admins.

== Working Groups ==

* [[Community Working Group]] - moderation, and anything concerning members and outreach.
* [[Finance Working Group]] - payments, budgeting, fundraising, and related planning.
* [[Legal Working Group]] (currently dormant) - oversight on legal matters
* [[Tech Working Group]] - all things hosting, site maintenance, and development.
* [[Organizing Circle]] - new in 2024! Aims to coordinate the work of working groups and ops teams, providing a space for ongoing strategic conversation and facilitating greater member participation in both operations and governance. Each other working group sends one member to be part of the Organizing Circle.

Working groups (and their affiliated ops teams) are elected from and accountable to the membership, to execute the roles and responsibilities needed to keep social.coop running. They have greater administration access than would be afforded general membership, but work according to policies provided by their corresponding working group.

The groups are self-managed. Some are paid with stipends, while others volunteer.

* [https://www.loomio.org/p/eoZSHn7p/creation-of-admin-ops-teams The proposal to create admin op teams itself], and
* The [https://www.loomio.org/d/URY9AKci/creation-of-admin-ops-teams related discussion thread].

As a general principle rather than a strict rule: in order to mitigate either burnout, or power accruing through the development of specialized knowledge, the rotation of team members is sought, along with a mutual education approach in which people who have the skills needed for the operations train their replacements.

== Budget ==
Starting in 2024, Social.coop has an annual budget for the full organization.

* [https://www.loomio.com/d/xqw7FtUT/toward-an-annual-budget 2024 Budget in Loomio]

== Open Community Calls ==

# [[Open Community Call 2025-08-31]]

== SMW Query Demo ==

(U can delete me or replace the other list with me if u want)

{{#ask:
[[Category:Working Group]]
|?Has Description=Description
|format=broadtable
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January 2026 Hackathon

2025-12-18T14:35:51Z

Ansate: add ideas

January 2026 Hackathon

2025-12-09T18:50:15Z

Ansate: create jan hackathon page

Joint Efforts with Cosocial.ca

2025-12-09T18:46:03Z

Ansate: add a link for jan's hackathon

Main Page

2025-12-06T21:44:49Z

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[https://social.coop Social.coop] is cooperatively-run, long-running, stable provider of social media. We primarily provide a member-moderated Mastodon server for microblogging on the Fediverse, but we a have a variety of additional services for members and tools for coordinating within the coop.

We are also a community. Our values include: honesty, openness, social responsibility, and caring for others. We celebrate diversity and do not tolerate bigotry or prejudice. Members contribute funds and volunteer labor to set our community policies, steward our data, and manage our shared technologies. As well as maintaining the current services, members can be part of experiments with new social media platforms and tools such as Bonfire.

While many of our members are co-ops or associated with co-ops, anyone who is interested in being part of this cooperatively run community and willing to adhere to our [[Code of conduct|Code of Conduct]] is welcome to join: [https://Join.social.coop join.social.coop].

[[Social.coop]] was founded in 2017 in the wake of the [https://buytwitter.org/ BuyTwitter] campaign. Since then, we have worked toward the goal of placing ever more of our online social lives under good cooperative governance. To get a sense of how we operate, or to start your own fediverse cooperative, see our guide on "[[How to Make the Fediverse Your Own]]."

New to the Fediverse? Check out the [[Social.coop guide to Mastodon]].

==Learn more==
*[[Governance]] - How power flows, including processes and documents
*[[Operations]] - How we organize our activities
*[[Platforms]] - The online spaces we use and manage
*[[Tutorials]] - Guides for how to do things on Social.coop
*[[Meta]] - Wiki pages about the wiki!

== Working groups ==

* [[Organizing Circle]] (OC)
** coordinates efforts between the working groups and catches anything that does not cleanly fall into work group domains.
* [[Community Working Group]] (CWG)
** moderates our Mastodon instance, coordinates with other instances, and looks for ways to build intra-social.coop community. This group generally maintains a budget for moderator stipends.
* [[Tech Working Group]] (TWG)
** maintains our instances and generally tends our tech stack. This group generally maintains a budget for tech services.
* [[Legal Working Group]] (LWG)
** mitigates legal risk to our volunteers and organization. This group will maintain a budget for legal and professional consultations.
* [[Finance Working Group]] (FWG)
** Finance Working Group issues reimbursements to cover expenses as well as develops annual spending and budgeting reports.

== Common questions ==
1. Are there any coop jobs available to me? How do I find out about those?

There are a number of working groups involved in the [[Operations]] of the coop - check them out at that link. We intend to rotate in members regularly to prevent burnout, so please reach out to any group you are interested in participating in.

2. How do I ask a meta-question about the server or propose a change to Social.coop policy?

Great question! [[When and how to use Threads, Polls, and Proposals]]

3. Where does all the money go?

Our [https://www.loomio.com/d/xqw7FtUT/toward-an-annual-budget budget] was outlined and discussed in [[Loomio]]. As of writing, less than a 1/3 of funds go to stipends for various [[Operations]] groups, a little less than that is contributed to allied cooperative and technology projects (determined by the [[Finance Working Group]] .) The rest is split between reserves and hosting the server, paying for [[Loomio]], [[Meet.coop]], and other [[Platforms]].

4. Is this instance based in the US or somewhere else?

Our [[Platforms]] page says our hosting is [[wikipedia:Hetzner|Hetzner]], which appears to be based in Germany.

5. What's the Matrix chat thing and should I be on that?

[[Matrix]] is an open chat network, where we have a few rooms that you might be interested in. In particular, the Open Chatroom hosts a small amount of meta talk about the coop, and the tech chat is probably where to go if the server is down and you want to see what is happening.[[File:Organizational map of social.coop.png|thumb|alt=An organizational map of social.coop|An organizational map of social.coop]]

==About this wiki==
This wiki is maintained by Social.coop's working groups and ops teams. Members are welcome to make an account and contribute. ''Please register with the same username you use on Social.coop''.

===TODOs for this wiki ===
* Migrate Tech Working Group content
* Enable multi-theme support so it renders in an accessible way on mobile
* Document setup steps in the wiki proper, currently these are at https://anagora.org/wiki-migration
* Test coop-cloud-based backups/restores

Welcome Email

2025-12-06T21:19:05Z

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Greetings!

Thanks for joining us! I want to welcome you to our community at Social.coop and to let you know that your application for membership has been approved! We're so glad you're here.

Social.coop is pioneering the process of participatory democratic ownership of platform coops and you have the power to shape the future of our platform and organization.

To set up your account on the Social.coop Mastodon, click this link. Once your account is set up, you’ll automatically be following the @Social.coop admin account. For your first toot, please write an introduction post that includes #introduction and any other hashtags of things that interest you.

Then, if you have not already, please set up your subscription payment on OpenCollective via this link. The fee is sliding scale $1-10/month, and setting up payments on an annual rather than monthly cycle saves our co-op a bit in terms of transaction fees.

Social.coop is a member of Meet.coop, the cooperative online meeting service. Get a free account via this link.

Our instance is democratically governed by its members, which now includes you! To be an effective co-operative, it's important that members participate in its governance by generally keeping informed on the goings-on and strategic direction of social.coop.

To participate in governance, please request to join the members' Loomio group via this link.

Note: when you register on Loomio, please include your Social.coop username in the title so we can recognize you as a member (see Instructions).

You’re getting this email from me because I’m the member of the Community Working Group Operations Team who is on-call this week.

Feel free to follow up with me if you have any issues. You can reach me by mentioning or direct messaging me on Social.coop at @handle and by replying to this email.

In Solidarity!

Community Working Group

2025-12-06T21:17:33Z

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{{Working Group
|Description=moderation, and anything concerning members and outreach.
}}
== Working Documents ==
'''[[Bylaws]]''' - The bylaws indicate how social.coop is governed: including how decisions are made and budget allocated.

[[Code of conduct|'''Code of Conduct''']] - The Code of Conduct lists the terms a user agrees to when joining social.coop.

[[Federation abuse policy|'''Federation Abuse Policy''']] - The Federation Abuse Policy applies to conduct on other instances.

'''[[Defederation of instances]]''' - The list of instances that have been suspended or muted.

[[Reporting guide|'''Reporting Guide''']] - The Reporting Guide explains how to report violations of the Code of Conduct.

[[Conflict resolution guide|'''Conflict Resolution Guide''']] - The Conflict Resolution Guide offers steps to take to resolve conflicts.

[[Welcome Email]] - a wiki view of the welcome email we send to new members

[[Community Working Group Ops Team|'''Community Working Group Ops Team''']] - The Community Working Group Ops Team currently handles day-to-day Community Working Group duties, including on-boarding, and receiving reports from Mastodon.

== Resources ==
[[Federation with Threads]]

[[Joint Efforts with Cosocial.ca]]

'''[https://www.ica.coop/en/whats-co-op/co-operative-identity-values-principles ICA Cooperative Identity, Values and Principles]'''

Whilst development of our Code of Conduct is underway, social.coop has agreed to adhere to the International Cooperative Alliance's Statement on Co-operative Values, with which member behavior in social.coop spaces is expected to be in alignment:<blockquote>Co-operatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, co-operative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.</blockquote>'''[https://www.loomio.org/g/0uqIXEbc/social-coop-community-working-group Community Working Group on Loomio]'''

[[Category:Working Group]]

Main Page

2025-12-06T19:47:11Z

Ansate: fix link

[https://social.coop Social.coop] is cooperatively-run, long-running, stable provider of social media. We primarily provide a member-moderated Mastodon server for microblogging on the Fediverse, but we a have a variety of additional services for members and tools for coordinating within the coop.

We are also a community. Our values include: honesty, openness, social responsibility, and caring for others. We celebrate diversity and do not tolerate bigotry or prejudice. Members contribute funds and volunteer labor to set our community policies, steward our data, and manage our shared technologies. As well as maintaining the current services, members can be part of experiments with new social media platforms and tools such as Bonfire.

While many of our members are co-ops or associated with co-ops, anyone who is interested in being part of this cooperatively run community and willing to adhere to our [[Code of conduct|Code of Conduct]] is welcome to join: [https://Join.social.coop join.social.coop].

[[Social.coop]] was founded in 2017 in the wake of the [https://buytwitter.org/ BuyTwitter] campaign. Since then, we have worked toward the goal of placing ever more of our online social lives under good cooperative governance. To get a sense of how we operate, or to start your own fediverse cooperative, see our guide on "[[How to Make the Fediverse Your Own]]."

New to the Fediverse? Check out the [[Social.coop guide to Mastodon]].

==Learn more==
*[[Governance]] - How power flows, including processes and documents
*[[Operations]] - How we organize our activities
*[[Platforms]] - The online spaces we use and manage
*[[Tutorials]] - Guides for how to do things on Social.coop
*[[Meta]] - Wiki pages about the wiki!

== Working groups ==

* [[Organizing Circle]] (OC)
* [[Community Working Group]] (CWG)
* [[Tech Working Group]] (TWG)
* [[Legal Working Group]] (LWG)
* [[Finance Working Group]] (FWG)

== Common questions ==
1. Are there any coop jobs available to me? How do I find out about those?

There are a number of working groups involved in the [[Operations]] of the coop - check them out at that link. We intend to rotate in members regularly to prevent burnout, so please reach out to any group you are interested in participating in.

2. How do I ask a meta-question about the server or propose a change to Social.coop policy?

Great question! [[When and how to use Threads, Polls, and Proposals]]

3. Where does all the money go?

Our [https://www.loomio.com/d/xqw7FtUT/toward-an-annual-budget budget] was outlined and discussed in [[Loomio]]. As of writing, less than a 1/3 of funds go to stipends for various [[Operations]] groups, a little less than that is contributed to allied cooperative and technology projects (determined by the [[Finance Working Group]] .) The rest is split between reserves and hosting the server, paying for [[Loomio]], [[Meet.coop]], and other [[Platforms]].

4. Is this instance based in the US or somewhere else?

Our [[Platforms]] page says our hosting is [[wikipedia:Hetzner|Hetzner]], which appears to be based in Germany.

5. What's the Matrix chat thing and should I be on that?

[[Matrix]] is an open chat network, where we have a few rooms that you might be interested in. In particular, the Open Chatroom hosts a small amount of meta talk about the coop, and the tech chat is probably where to go if the server is down and you want to see what is happening.[[File:Organizational map of social.coop.png|thumb|alt=An organizational map of social.coop|An organizational map of social.coop]]

==About this wiki==
This wiki is maintained by Social.coop's working groups and ops teams. Members are welcome to make an account and contribute. ''Please register with the same username you use on Social.coop''.

===TODOs for this wiki ===
* Migrate Tech Working Group content
* Enable multi-theme support so it renders in an accessible way on mobile
* Document setup steps in the wiki proper, currently these are at https://anagora.org/wiki-migration
* Test coop-cloud-based backups/restores

Main Page

2025-12-06T19:46:19Z

Ansate: update front matter

[https://social.coop Social.coop] is cooperatively-run, long-running, stable provider of social media. We primarily provide a member-moderated Mastodon server for microblogging on the Fediverse, but we a have a variety of additional services for members and tools for coordinating within the coop.

We are also a community. Our values include: honesty, openness, social responsibility, and caring for others. We celebrate diversity and do not tolerate bigotry or prejudice. Members contribute funds and volunteer labor to set our community policies, steward our data, and manage our shared technologies. As well as maintaining the current services, members can be part of experiments with new social media platforms and tools such as Bonfire.

While many of our members are co-ops or associated with co-ops, anyone who is interested in being part of this cooperatively run community and willing to adhere to our [[Code of Conduct]] is welcome to join: [https://Join.social.coop join.social.coop].

[[Social.coop]] was founded in 2017 in the wake of the [https://buytwitter.org/ BuyTwitter] campaign. Since then, we have worked toward the goal of placing ever more of our online social lives under good cooperative governance. To get a sense of how we operate, or to start your own fediverse cooperative, see our guide on "[[How to Make the Fediverse Your Own]]."

New to the Fediverse? Check out the [[Social.coop guide to Mastodon]].

==Learn more==
*[[Governance]] - How power flows, including processes and documents
*[[Operations]] - How we organize our activities
*[[Platforms]] - The online spaces we use and manage
*[[Tutorials]] - Guides for how to do things on Social.coop
*[[Meta]] - Wiki pages about the wiki!

== Working groups ==

* [[Organizing Circle]] (OC)
* [[Community Working Group]] (CWG)
* [[Tech Working Group]] (TWG)
* [[Legal Working Group]] (LWG)
* [[Finance Working Group]] (FWG)

== Common questions ==
1. Are there any coop jobs available to me? How do I find out about those?

There are a number of working groups involved in the [[Operations]] of the coop - check them out at that link. We intend to rotate in members regularly to prevent burnout, so please reach out to any group you are interested in participating in.

2. How do I ask a meta-question about the server or propose a change to Social.coop policy?

Great question! [[When and how to use Threads, Polls, and Proposals]]

3. Where does all the money go?

Our [https://www.loomio.com/d/xqw7FtUT/toward-an-annual-budget budget] was outlined and discussed in [[Loomio]]. As of writing, less than a 1/3 of funds go to stipends for various [[Operations]] groups, a little less than that is contributed to allied cooperative and technology projects (determined by the [[Finance Working Group]] .) The rest is split between reserves and hosting the server, paying for [[Loomio]], [[Meet.coop]], and other [[Platforms]].

4. Is this instance based in the US or somewhere else?

Our [[Platforms]] page says our hosting is [[wikipedia:Hetzner|Hetzner]], which appears to be based in Germany.

5. What's the Matrix chat thing and should I be on that?

[[Matrix]] is an open chat network, where we have a few rooms that you might be interested in. In particular, the Open Chatroom hosts a small amount of meta talk about the coop, and the tech chat is probably where to go if the server is down and you want to see what is happening.[[File:Organizational map of social.coop.png|thumb|alt=An organizational map of social.coop|An organizational map of social.coop]]

==About this wiki==
This wiki is maintained by Social.coop's working groups and ops teams. Members are welcome to make an account and contribute. ''Please register with the same username you use on Social.coop''.

===TODOs for this wiki ===
* Migrate Tech Working Group content
* Enable multi-theme support so it renders in an accessible way on mobile
* Document setup steps in the wiki proper, currently these are at https://anagora.org/wiki-migration
* Test coop-cloud-based backups/restores

December 2025 Onboarding Improvements

2025-12-03T20:24:50Z

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December 2025 Onboarding Improvements

2025-11-20T17:12:54Z

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== Social.coop x Cosocial.ca New Member Journey Walkthrough ==
Come to a session to review the present state and discuss improvements to sign-up and onboarding at Social.coop and CoSocial.

We will hold a workshop on Monday, Dec 1, at 4:30p Pacific time. ([https://everytimezone.com/s/4b710a1a in your timezone])

Signup here if you want a reminder of the event: https://luma.com/yz59gq9c

In this 90-minute workshop we will:

* Review CoSocial and Social.coop's respective new member sign-up and onboarding journeys
* Identify pain points and potential improvements
* Collectively brainstorm what onboarding to the digital cooperative ecosystem could look like All this is in preparation for our upcoming hackathon (see details below)

=== Who is this session for: ===
Members of either co-op who are interested in the details of our onboarding process, especially if they wish to provide feedback and help brainstorm.

== Social.coop x Cosocial Digital Coop Onboarding Hackathon ==
On Saturday Dec 6, we will hold a joint working session to improve both co-op's onboarding procedures. It will run from 10a ([https://everytimezone.com/s/74d4c725 in your timezone]) to 2:30p Pacific

Signup here if you want a reminder of the event: https://luma.com/7cd4ttb7

Join us to hack on our new member sign-up and onboarding flows! The goal is to make updates and changes to our current docs and practices, so by the end of the day we will have real improvements ready to use.

=== Plan for the day: ===

==== [Session 1]: 10:00 - 11:00 PT ====
- Kickoff

- Brief overview of walkthrough outcomes, priorities, potential work

- Assigning tasks

==== [Break]: 11:00 - 13:00 PT ====
- Asynchronous work if you'd like

==== [Session 2]: 13:00 - 14:30 PT ====
- Work period (breakout room) - 60 mins

- Plenary share-back - 15 mins

- Work period - 45 mins

- Closing - 30 mins

=== Who is this session for: ===
Members of either co-op who wish to contribute to the documentation and improve the processes of onboarding.

Joint Efforts with Cosocial.ca

2025-11-07T00:01:35Z

Ansate: fix link

December 2025 Onboarding Improvements

2025-11-07T00:00:19Z

Ansate: added who the event is for

== Social.coop x Cosocial.ca New Member Journey Walkthrough ==
Come to a session to review the present state and discuss improvements to sign-up and onboarding at Social.coop and CoSocial.

We will hold a workshop on Monday, Dec 1, at 4:30p Pacific time.

Signup here if you want a reminder of the event: https://luma.com/yz59gq9c

In this 90-minute workshop we will:

* Review CoSocial and Social.coop's respective new member sign-up and onboarding journeys
* Identify pain points and potential improvements
* Collectively brainstorm what onboarding to the digital cooperative ecosystem could look like All this is in preparation for our upcoming hackathon (see details below)

=== Who is this session for: ===
Members of either co-op who are interested in the details of our onboarding process, especially if they wish to provide feedback and help brainstorm.

== Social.coop x Cosocial Digital Coop Onboarding Hackathon ==
On Saturday Dec 6, we will hold a joint working session to improve both co-op's onboarding procedures. It will run from 10a to 2:30p Pacific

Signup here if you want a reminder of the event: https://luma.com/7cd4ttb7

Join us to hack on our new member sign-up and onboarding flows! The goal is to make updates and changes to our current docs and practices, so by the end of the day we will have real improvements ready to use.

=== Plan for the day: ===

==== [Session 1]: 10:00 - 11:00 PT ====
- Kickoff

- Brief overview of walkthrough outcomes, priorities, potential work

- Assigning tasks

==== [Break]: 11:00 - 13:00 PT ====
- Asynchronous work if you'd like

==== [Session 2]: 13:00 - 14:30 PT ====
- Work period (breakout room) - 60 mins

- Plenary share-back - 15 mins

- Work period - 45 mins

- Closing - 30 mins

=== Who is this session for: ===
Members of either co-op who wish to contribute to the documentation and improve the processes of onboarding.

December 2025 Onboarding Improvements

2025-11-06T23:56:24Z

Ansate: add page for dec hackathon

== Social.coop x Cosocial.ca New Member Journey Walkthrough ==
Come to a session to review the present state and discuss improvements to sign-up and onboarding at Social.coop and CoSocial.

We will hold a workshop on Monday, Dec 1, at 4:30p Pacific time.

Signup here if you want a reminder of the event: https://luma.com/yz59gq9c

In this 90-minute workshop we will:

* Review CoSocial and Social.coop's respective new member sign-up and onboarding journeys
* Identify pain points and potential improvements
* Collectively brainstorm what onboarding to the digital cooperative ecosystem could look like All this is in preparation for our upcoming hackathon (see details below)

== Social.coop x Cosocial Digital Coop Onboarding Hackathon ==
On Saturday Dec 6, we will hold a joint working session to improve both coop's onboarding procedures. It will run from 10a to 2:30p Pacific

Signup here if you want a reminder of the event: https://luma.com/7cd4ttb7

Join us to hack on our new member sign-up and onboarding flows! The goal is to make updates and changes to our current docs and practices, so by the end of the day we will have real improvements ready to use.

=== Plan for the day: ===

==== [Session 1]: 10:00 - 11:00 PT ====
- Kickoff

- Brief overview of walkthrough outcomes, priorities, potential work

- Assigning tasks

==== [Break]: 11:00 - 13:00 PT ====
- Asynchronous work if you'd like

==== [Session 2]: 13:00 - 14:30 PT ====
- Work period (breakout room) - 60 mins

- Plenary share-back - 15 mins

- Work period - 45 mins

- Closing - 30 mins

Joint Efforts with Cosocial.ca

2025-11-06T23:50:47Z

Ansate: Created page with "[Cosocial.ca]([https://cosocial.ca/explore https://cosocial.ca/]) is another cooperative on the fediverse. They also provide Mastodon service to their users. We have a lot of values and ideas in common. We will sometimes do joint activities. December 2025 Onboarding Improvements"

[Cosocial.ca]([https://cosocial.ca/explore https://cosocial.ca/]) is another cooperative on the fediverse. They also provide Mastodon service to their users.

We have a lot of values and ideas in common. We will sometimes do joint activities.

[[December 2025 Onboarding Improvements]]

Community Working Group

2025-11-06T23:48:44Z

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{{Working Group
|Description=moderation, and anything concerning members and outreach.
}}
== Working Documents ==
'''[[Bylaws]]''' - The bylaws indicate how social.coop is governed: including how decisions are made and budget allocated.

[[Code of conduct|'''Code of Conduct''']] - The Code of Conduct lists the terms a user agrees to when joining social.coop.

[[Federation abuse policy|'''Federation Abuse Policy''']] - The Federation Abuse Policy applies to conduct on other instances.

'''[[Defederation of instances]]''' - The list of instances that have been suspended or muted.

[[Reporting guide|'''Reporting Guide''']] - The Reporting Guide explains how to report violations of the Code of Conduct.

[[Conflict resolution guide|'''Conflict Resolution Guide''']] - The Conflict Resolution Guide offers steps to take to resolve conflicts.

[[Community Working Group Ops Team|'''Community Working Group Ops Team''']] - The Community Working Group Ops Team currently handles day-to-day Community Working Group duties, including on-boarding, and receiving reports from Mastodon.

== Resources ==
[[Federation with Threads]]

[[Joint Efforts with Cosocial.ca]]

'''[https://www.ica.coop/en/whats-co-op/co-operative-identity-values-principles ICA Cooperative Identity, Values and Principles]'''

Whilst development of our Code of Conduct is underway, social.coop has agreed to adhere to the International Cooperative Alliance's Statement on Co-operative Values, with which member behavior in social.coop spaces is expected to be in alignment:<blockquote>Co-operatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, co-operative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.</blockquote>'''[https://www.loomio.org/g/0uqIXEbc/social-coop-community-working-group Community Working Group on Loomio]'''

[[Category:Working Group]]

Operations

2025-08-31T15:48:44Z

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Social.coop's official governance takes place mainly on its [https://www.loomio.org/socialcoop/ Loomio space]. To manage day to day operations, the community empowers some members to participate in working groups.

The various working groups use [[Calendars|shared calendars]] on [[May First Movement Technology|May First]] to organize meetings.

We have recently started compiling an [[Operations Q&A]] page to answer questions from other instance admins.

== Working Groups ==

* [[Community Working Group]] - moderation, and anything concerning members and outreach.
* [[Finance Working Group]] - payments, budgeting, fundraising, and related planning.
* [[Legal Working Group]] (currently dormant) - oversight on legal matters
* [[Tech Working Group]] - all things hosting, site maintenance, and development.
* [[Organizing Circle]] - new in 2024! Aims to coordinate the work of working groups and ops teams, providing a space for ongoing strategic conversation and facilitating greater member participation in both operations and governance. Each other working group sends one member to be part of the Organizing Circle.

Working groups (and their affiliated ops teams) are elected from and accountable to the membership, to execute the roles and responsibilities needed to keep social.coop running. They have greater administration access than would be afforded general membership, but work according to policies provided by their corresponding working group.

The groups are self-managed. Some are paid with stipends, while others volunteer.

* [https://www.loomio.org/p/eoZSHn7p/creation-of-admin-ops-teams The proposal to create admin op teams itself], and
* The [https://www.loomio.org/d/URY9AKci/creation-of-admin-ops-teams related discussion thread].

As a general principle rather than a strict rule: in order to mitigate either burnout, or power accruing through the development of specialized knowledge, the rotation of team members is sought, along with a mutual education approach in which people who have the skills needed for the operations train their replacements.

== Budget ==
Starting in 2024, Social.coop has an annual budget for the full organization.

* [https://www.loomio.com/d/xqw7FtUT/toward-an-annual-budget 2024 Budget in Loomio]

== Open Community Calls ==

# [[Open Community Call 2025-08-31]]

== SMW Query Demo ==

(U can delete me or replace the other list with me if u want)

{{#ask:
[[Category:Working Group]]
|?Has Description=Description
|format=broadtable
}}

Operations Q&A

2025-08-27T02:08:26Z

Ansate: initial operations Q&A page

====== How is the work organized for the administration and moderation of the server, compared to the amount of users? ======
As of August 2025, we have about 460 active users. About 15 volunteers attempt to keep up with them all.

====== Do you have or need a specific organizational structure? ======
We have a handful of Working Groups, described on our [[Operations]] page.

There are currently approximately

CWG - 4 members

TWG - 3 members

FWG - 2 members

LWG - 0 members

OC - 4 members, plus representatives from the working groups

Moderation is handled by the Community Working Group Ops Team: <nowiki>https://wiki.social.coop/wiki/Community_Working_Group_Ops_Team</nowiki>

====== Do you have regular meetings of the moderating team? ======
The Community Working Group meets every month.

====== How / By whom are the complaints/reports handled? ======
See both [[Reporting guide]] for the member-facing guide and [[Federation abuse policy]] for the actions that a moderator may take in response to report.

====== How many people-hours per week are needed? ======
See the section on the Community Ops Team Members Role: [[Community Working Group Ops Team]]

Each Moderation shift is 1 week, and the notes accurately show that the time spent varies greatly by the number of reports received. It can be as little as less than an hour/week or several hours if there are difficult reports or a spam wave.

====== Are there a lot of reports? ======
In the week of August 19-26 2025, we received 8 reports, 2 of which were reports by members of other servers about members of other servers. The other 6 were by members of our server, but about the behavior of members of other servers. Reports ABOUT members of our server are rare, but require a lot more thought and effort to handle.

====== How are the decision about moderation taken? ======
Generally, the oncall moderator relies on their own judgement (and refers to [[Federation abuse policy]] ) to handle most reports, but the rest of the Community Working Group is available (we have used Mastodon Private Messages in the past, and are currently experimenting with Zulip for this additional conversation) to discuss how to respond to a report.

====== How do you dispatch the tasks among the volunteers? ======
We try to have 4 or 5 active members of the Ops team so that the week-long shifts are spread out a bit. Whoever is on-call that shift makes an attempt to handle everything that comes in: reports, new member applications, etc.

====== Concerning federation, which policy do you apply? ======
Here is our [[Federation abuse policy]]

This covers both how we try to handle complaints against individuals and how and when we take action against instances.

Operations

2025-08-27T02:01:40Z

Ansate: add link to Q&A

Social.coop's official governance takes place mainly on its [https://www.loomio.org/socialcoop/ Loomio space]. To manage day to day operations, the community empowers some members to participate in working groups.

The various working groups use [[Calendars|shared calendars]] on [[May First Movement Technology|May First]] to organize meetings.

We have recently started compiling an [[Operations Q&A]] page to answer questions from other instance admins.

== Working Groups ==

* [[Community Working Group]] - moderation, and anything concerning members and outreach.
* [[Finance Working Group]] - payments, budgeting, fundraising, and related planning.
* [[Legal Working Group]] (currently dormant) - oversight on legal matters
* [[Tech Working Group]] - all things hosting, site maintenance, and development.
* [[Organizing Circle]] - new in 2024! Aims to coordinate the work of working groups and ops teams, providing a space for ongoing strategic conversation and facilitating greater member participation in both operations and governance. Each other working group sends one member to be part of the Organizing Circle.

Working groups (and their affiliated ops teams) are elected from and accountable to the membership, to execute the roles and responsibilities needed to keep social.coop running. They have greater administration access than would be afforded general membership, but work according to policies provided by their corresponding working group.

The groups are self-managed. Some are paid with stipends, while others volunteer.

* [https://www.loomio.org/p/eoZSHn7p/creation-of-admin-ops-teams The proposal to create admin op teams itself], and
* The [https://www.loomio.org/d/URY9AKci/creation-of-admin-ops-teams related discussion thread].

As a general principle rather than a strict rule: in order to mitigate either burnout, or power accruing through the development of specialized knowledge, the rotation of team members is sought, along with a mutual education approach in which people who have the skills needed for the operations train their replacements.

== Budget ==
Starting in 2024, Social.coop has an annual budget for the full organization.

* [https://www.loomio.com/d/xqw7FtUT/toward-an-annual-budget 2024 Budget in Loomio]

== SMW Query Demo ==

(U can delete me or replace the other list with me if u want)

{{#ask:
[[Category:Working Group]]
|?Has Description=Description
|format=broadtable
}}

When and how to use Threads, Polls, and Proposals

2024-11-26T23:02:45Z

Ansate: /* Sense Check */

=== Introduction ===
Whether you're new to social.coop or have been here awhile, you may have questions about how proposals and decisions are made. If you have ideas for things you'd like to see happen on the instance, changes or modifications, how and whom do you ask about that? If you have a proposal you'd like to put forth to all the instance members, what's the best process for doing that? This document aims to answer these questions and provide a guide.

Throughout this document we'll be using the example of a user who wants to make the change of increasing the post character limit.

=== Threads ===
To start a discussion or find out what others think about a topic, you can create a new thread. [link] (You may want to search for existing threads on the same topic, in case it has already been discussed. If it's been a bit (more than a month or so), you will want to start a new thread, but you will want to link to existing threads on the topic in the context field of yours. You may also take inspiration for tags from other threads!) You can use a thread to ask a question, too.

Here's a walk through of how to create a Thread:

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Threads - choose the Blank Template, unless we have put in some more interesting ones by then!
# Fill in the Title, Tags (optional), Context (the body of the thread - start a conversation!)
# Hit the "Start Thread" button! You will get email updates on your thread.

=== Polls ===
Sometimes you want to ask something that has a specific answer, yes/no, one of a number of choices, or allocated across a number of options.

To find out how others feel, you can also use a poll. Loomio has various types of polls: Simple, Score, Dot, and Ranked Choice.

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions. Click the Poll button type. (Above the list of proposal template types.)
# Choose the type of Poll from the options listed
## Simple Poll (find the most popular option)
## Score Poll (measure the degree of support for each option)
## Dot Poll (allocate a budget of points to reveal priorities)
## Ranked Choice (understand the ordered preference of options)
# This will give you a template you can fill in, that asks:
## What is this poll about? (Example: "The character limit on posts")
## Why is this important? (Example: "Some people want more space to write their entire thought and not need to break into threads as often")
## What are you asking people to do? (Example: "I would like people to indicate whether they want to raise the character limit or keep it the same")
## Click the "Add an Option" button to add as many options as you wish.
### each option has a "Option name" and a "Meaning" field
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 3 days, but as 3 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

=== Proposals ===
As a member of Social.Coop you can shape our policies and practices. One way to do that is to make a proposal, using Loomio. But how? If you are new to Loomio, it may be confusing.

Here's the relevant section of the [[bylaws]]:

"Members may operate on their own initiative based on pre-established policy (areas of activity, scope of working groups, terms of service, codes of conduct, moderation policies, etc.), but any new issue that affects other members should be brought before the appropriate working group, and any policy changes must be brought before the full group before implementation. Working groups are encouraged to make proposals among themselves to determine consensus and operate within their scope of responsibility, but only proposals passed by the full group may be considered binding for Social.coop. Any member may make a proposal to the full group, though it is encouraged to first discuss matters within the appropriate working group." - from [[bylaws]]

Social.coop has several working groups: [[Tech Working Group|Tech]], [[Community Working Group|Community]], [[Finance Working Group|Finance]], [[Legal Working Group|Legal]], and an [[Organizing Circle]] that coordinates and supports their work. (The Community Working Group also has an Ops Team that handles registration and moderation.) If you have an idea about a tech issue, you may want to contact members of the Tech Working Group. If your idea is about moderation policy, you can reach out to the [[Community Working Group Ops Team|Community Working Groups Ops Team]], etc. (how does one do this? Tech is in a [[Matrix]] chat) - if not sure take it to the Organizing Circle. (You might think that contacting @admin@social.coop would be a good first step, but it is seldom monitored, and more often used just for announcements, so please contact working group members instead!)

It's not mandatory to go through the working groups, but it is encouraged. If you have something to propose, you can raise it directly with the members of Social.Coop. Here's how:

If you are not sure exactly what you want to propose, you can start a thread for discussion or do a poll to see what people think. This is often a good way to start out. If you are ready to make a proposal you'll want to use our Make a Bylaws-Compatible Proposal template.

If you make a proposal, ideally, you will take responsibility for stewarding it to conclusion and reporting the result. If that's not possible, please try to find a person or working group to take over the communications about the proposal.

==== Bylaws Compatible proposal ====
Once you have done a Sense Check Decision, a Thread, or a Poll to understand more about how the community feels about your topic, it is probably time to put in a full proposal.
Here's a walk through of how to create a Social.coop bylaws compatible proposal:

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions, it will show you a list of template types, choose the "Social.coop bylaws compatible proposal" proposal type.
# It will ask you to fill in: Title, Tags (optional), and Details (the body of your proposal)
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 6 days, but as 6 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

==== Sense Check ====
If you want to get a sense of how people are feeling about your proposal, without having a formal vote, you can use a Sense Check.

Here's how:

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions, it will show you a list of template types, choose the "sense check" proposal type.
# This will give you a template you can fill in, that asks:
## What are you proposing? (Example: "Increase the character limit on posts")
## Why is this important? (Example: "It helps people write their entire thought and not need to break into threads as often")
## What are you asking people to do? (Example: "I would like the Tech Working Group to do whatever is necessary to increase the character limit")
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 3 days, but as 3 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

When and how to use Threads, Polls, and Proposals

2024-11-26T23:02:21Z

Ansate:

=== Introduction ===
Whether you're new to social.coop or have been here awhile, you may have questions about how proposals and decisions are made. If you have ideas for things you'd like to see happen on the instance, changes or modifications, how and whom do you ask about that? If you have a proposal you'd like to put forth to all the instance members, what's the best process for doing that? This document aims to answer these questions and provide a guide.

Throughout this document we'll be using the example of a user who wants to make the change of increasing the post character limit.

=== Threads ===
To start a discussion or find out what others think about a topic, you can create a new thread. [link] (You may want to search for existing threads on the same topic, in case it has already been discussed. If it's been a bit (more than a month or so), you will want to start a new thread, but you will want to link to existing threads on the topic in the context field of yours. You may also take inspiration for tags from other threads!) You can use a thread to ask a question, too.

Here's a walk through of how to create a Thread:

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Threads - choose the Blank Template, unless we have put in some more interesting ones by then!
# Fill in the Title, Tags (optional), Context (the body of the thread - start a conversation!)
# Hit the "Start Thread" button! You will get email updates on your thread.

=== Polls ===
Sometimes you want to ask something that has a specific answer, yes/no, one of a number of choices, or allocated across a number of options.

To find out how others feel, you can also use a poll. Loomio has various types of polls: Simple, Score, Dot, and Ranked Choice.

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions. Click the Poll button type. (Above the list of proposal template types.)
# Choose the type of Poll from the options listed
## Simple Poll (find the most popular option)
## Score Poll (measure the degree of support for each option)
## Dot Poll (allocate a budget of points to reveal priorities)
## Ranked Choice (understand the ordered preference of options)
# This will give you a template you can fill in, that asks:
## What is this poll about? (Example: "The character limit on posts")
## Why is this important? (Example: "Some people want more space to write their entire thought and not need to break into threads as often")
## What are you asking people to do? (Example: "I would like people to indicate whether they want to raise the character limit or keep it the same")
## Click the "Add an Option" button to add as many options as you wish.
### each option has a "Option name" and a "Meaning" field
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 3 days, but as 3 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

=== Proposals ===
As a member of Social.Coop you can shape our policies and practices. One way to do that is to make a proposal, using Loomio. But how? If you are new to Loomio, it may be confusing.

Here's the relevant section of the [[bylaws]]:

"Members may operate on their own initiative based on pre-established policy (areas of activity, scope of working groups, terms of service, codes of conduct, moderation policies, etc.), but any new issue that affects other members should be brought before the appropriate working group, and any policy changes must be brought before the full group before implementation. Working groups are encouraged to make proposals among themselves to determine consensus and operate within their scope of responsibility, but only proposals passed by the full group may be considered binding for Social.coop. Any member may make a proposal to the full group, though it is encouraged to first discuss matters within the appropriate working group." - from [[bylaws]]

Social.coop has several working groups: [[Tech Working Group|Tech]], [[Community Working Group|Community]], [[Finance Working Group|Finance]], [[Legal Working Group|Legal]], and an [[Organizing Circle]] that coordinates and supports their work. (The Community Working Group also has an Ops Team that handles registration and moderation.) If you have an idea about a tech issue, you may want to contact members of the Tech Working Group. If your idea is about moderation policy, you can reach out to the [[Community Working Group Ops Team|Community Working Groups Ops Team]], etc. (how does one do this? Tech is in a [[Matrix]] chat) - if not sure take it to the Organizing Circle. (You might think that contacting @admin@social.coop would be a good first step, but it is seldom monitored, and more often used just for announcements, so please contact working group members instead!)

It's not mandatory to go through the working groups, but it is encouraged. If you have something to propose, you can raise it directly with the members of Social.Coop. Here's how:

If you are not sure exactly what you want to propose, you can start a thread for discussion or do a poll to see what people think. This is often a good way to start out. If you are ready to make a proposal you'll want to use our Make a Bylaws-Compatible Proposal template.

If you make a proposal, ideally, you will take responsibility for stewarding it to conclusion and reporting the result. If that's not possible, please try to find a person or working group to take over the communications about the proposal.

==== Bylaws Compatible proposal ====
Once you have done a Sense Check Decision, a Thread, or a Poll to understand more about how the community feels about your topic, it is probably time to put in a full proposal.
Here's a walk through of how to create a Social.coop bylaws compatible proposal:

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions, it will show you a list of template types, choose the "Social.coop bylaws compatible proposal" proposal type.
# It will ask you to fill in: Title, Tags (optional), and Details (the body of your proposal)
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 6 days, but as 6 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

==== '''Sense Check''' ====
If you want to get a sense of how people are feeling about your proposal, without having a formal vote, you can use a Sense Check.

Here's how:

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions, it will show you a list of template types, choose the "sense check" proposal type.
# This will give you a template you can fill in, that asks:
## What are you proposing? (Example: "Increase the character limit on posts")
## Why is this important? (Example: "It helps people write their entire thought and not need to break into threads as often")
## What are you asking people to do? (Example: "I would like the Tech Working Group to do whatever is necessary to increase the character limit")
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 3 days, but as 3 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

When and how to use Threads, Polls, and Proposals

2024-11-26T23:00:14Z

Ansate:

=== Introduction ===
Whether you're new to social.coop or have been here awhile, you may have questions about how proposals and decisions are made. If you have ideas for things you'd like to see happen on the instance, changes or modifications, how and whom do you ask about that? If you have a proposal you'd like to put forth to all the instance members, what's the best process for doing that? This document aims to answer these questions and provide a guide.

Throughout this document we'll be using the example of a user who wants to make the change of increasing the post character limit.

=== Threads ===
To start a discussion or find out what others think about a topic, you can create a new thread. [link] (You may want to search for existing threads on the same topic, in case it has already been discussed. If it's been a bit (more than a month or so), you will want to start a new thread, but you will want to link to existing threads on the topic in the context field of yours. You may also take inspiration for tags from other threads!) You can use a thread to ask a question, too.

Here's a walk through of how to create a Thread:

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Threads - choose the Blank Template, unless we have put in some more interesting ones by then!
# Fill in the Title, Tags (optional), Context (the body of the thread - start a conversation!)
# Hit the "Start Thread" button! You will get email updates on your thread.

=== Polls ===
Sometimes you want to ask something that has a specific answer, yes/no, one of a number of choices, or allocated across a number of options.

To find out how others feel, you can also use a poll. Loomio has various types of polls: Simple, Score, Dot, and Ranked Choice.

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions. Click the Poll button type. (Above the list of proposal template types.)
# Choose the type of Poll from the options listed
## Simple Poll (find the most popular option)
## Score Poll (measure the degree of support for each option)
## Dot Poll (allocate a budget of points to reveal priorities)
## Ranked Choice (understand the ordered preference of options)
# This will give you a template you can fill in, that asks:
## What is this poll about? (Example: "The character limit on posts")
## Why is this important? (Example: "Some people want more space to write their entire thought and not need to break into threads as often")
## What are you asking people to do? (Example: "I would like people to indicate whether they want to raise the character limit or keep it the same")
## Click the "Add an Option" button to add as many options as you wish.
### each option has a "Option name" and a "Meaning" field
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 3 days, but as 3 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

=== Proposals ===
As a member of Social.Coop you can shape our policies and practices. One way to do that is to make a proposal, using Loomio. But how? If you are new to Loomio, it may be confusing.

Here's the relevant section of the [[bylaws]]:

"Members may operate on their own initiative based on pre-established policy (areas of activity, scope of working groups, terms of service, codes of conduct, moderation policies, etc.), but any new issue that affects other members should be brought before the appropriate working group, and any policy changes must be brought before the full group before implementation. Working groups are encouraged to make proposals among themselves to determine consensus and operate within their scope of responsibility, but only proposals passed by the full group may be considered binding for Social.coop. Any member may make a proposal to the full group, though it is encouraged to first discuss matters within the appropriate working group." - from [[bylaws]]

Social.coop has several working groups: [[Tech Working Group|Tech]], [[Community Working Group|Community]], [[Finance Working Group|Finance]], [[Legal Working Group|Legal]], and an [[Organizing Circle]] that coordinates and supports their work. (The Community Working Group also has an Ops Team that handles registration and moderation.) If you have an idea about a tech issue, you may want to contact members of the Tech Working Group. If your idea is about moderation policy, you can reach out to the [[Community Working Group Ops Team|Community Working Groups Ops Team]], etc. (how does one do this? Tech is in a [[Matrix]] chat) - if not sure take it to the Organizing Circle. (You might think that contacting @admin@social.coop would be a good first step, but it is seldom monitored, and more often used just for announcements, so please contact working group members instead!)

It's not mandatory to go through the working groups, but it is encouraged. If you have something to propose, you can raise it directly with the members of Social.Coop. Here's how:

If you are not sure exactly what you want to propose, you can start a thread for discussion or do a poll to see what people think. This is often a good way to start out. If you are ready to make a proposal you'll want to use our Make a Bylaws-Compatible Proposal template.

If you make a proposal, ideally, you will take responsibility for stewarding it to conclusion and reporting the result. If that's not possible, please try to find a person or working group to take over the communications about the proposal.

==== Bylaws Compatible proposal ====
Once you have done a Sense Check Decision, a Thread, or a Poll to understand more about how the community feels about your topic, it is probably time to put in a full proposal.
Here's a walk through of how to create a Social.coop bylaws compatible proposal:

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions! it will show you a list of template types, choose the "Social.coop bylaws compatible proposal" proposal type.
# It will ask you to fill in: Title, Tags (optional), and Details (the body of your proposal)
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 6 days, but as 6 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

==== '''Sense Check''' ====
If you want to get a sense of how people are feeling about your proposal, without having a formal vote, you can use a Sense Check.

Here's how:

# From the Loomio social coop page, <nowiki>https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls</nowiki>, scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions! it will show you a list of template types, choose the "sense check" proposal type.
# This will give you a template you can fill in, that asks:
## What are you proposing? (Example: "Increase the character limit on posts")
## Why is this important? (Example: "It helps people write their entire thought and not need to break into threads as often")
## What are you asking people to do? (Example: "I would like the Tech Working Group to do whatever is necessary to increase the character limit")
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 3 days, but as 3 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

When and how to use Threads, Polls, and Proposals

2024-11-26T22:57:36Z

Ansate:

=== Introduction ===
Whether you're new to social.coop or have been here awhile, you may have questions about how proposals and decisions are made. If you have ideas for things you'd like to see happen on the instance, changes or modifications, how and whom do you ask about that? If you have a proposal you'd like to put forth to all the instance members, what's the best process for doing that? This document aims to answer these questions and provide a guide.

Throughout this document we'll be using the example of a user who wants to make the change of increasing the post character limit.

=== Threads ===
To start a discussion or find out what others think about a topic, you can create a new thread. [link] (You may want to search for existing threads on the same topic, in case it has already been discussed. If it's been a bit (more than a month or so), you will want to start a new thread, but you will want to link to existing threads on the topic in the context field of yours. You may also take inspiration for tags from other threads!) You can use a thread to ask a question, too.

Here's a walk through of how to create a Thread:

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Threads - choose the Blank Template, unless we have put in some more interesting ones by then!
# Fill in the Title, Tags (optional), Context (the body of the thread - start a conversation!)
# Hit the "Start Thread" button! You will get email updates on your thread.

=== Polls ===
Sometimes you want to ask something that has a specific answer, yes/no, one of a number of choices, or allocated across a number of options.

To find out how others feel, you can also use a poll. Loomio has various types of polls: Simple, Score, Dot, and Ranked Choice.

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions. Click the Poll button type. (Above the list of proposal template types.)
# Choose the type of Poll from the options listed
## Simple Poll (find the most popular option)
## Score Poll (measure the degree of support for each option)
## Dot Poll (allocate a budget of points to reveal priorities)
## Ranked Choice (understand the ordered preference of options)
# This will give you a template you can fill in, that asks:
## What is this poll about? (Example: "The character limit on posts")
## Why is this important? (Example: "Some people want more space to write their entire thought and not need to break into threads as often")
## What are you asking people to do? (Example: "I would like people to indicate whether they want to raise the character limit or keep it the same")
## Click the "Add an Option" button to add as many options as you wish.
### each option has a "Option name" and a "Meaning" field
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 3 days, but as 3 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

=== Proposals ===
As a member of Social.Coop you can shape our policies and practices. One way to do that is to make a proposal, using Loomio. But how? If you are new to Loomio, it may be confusing.

Here's the relevant section of the [[bylaws]]:

"Members may operate on their own initiative based on pre-established policy (areas of activity, scope of working groups, terms of service, codes of conduct, moderation policies, etc.), but any new issue that affects other members should be brought before the appropriate working group, and any policy changes must be brought before the full group before implementation. Working groups are encouraged to make proposals among themselves to determine consensus and operate within their scope of responsibility, but only proposals passed by the full group may be considered binding for Social.coop. Any member may make a proposal to the full group, though it is encouraged to first discuss matters within the appropriate working group." - from [[bylaws]]

Social.coop has several working groups: [[Tech Working Group|Tech]], [[Community Working Group|Community]], [[Finance Working Group|Finance]], [[Legal Working Group|Legal]], and an [[Organizing Circle]] that coordinates and supports their work. (The Community Working Group also has an Ops Team that handles registration and moderation.) If you have an idea about a tech issue, you may want to contact members of the Tech Working Group. If your idea is about moderation policy, you can reach out to the [[Community Working Group Ops Team|Community Working Groups Ops Team]], etc. (how does one do this? Tech is in a matrix chat, we link to ) - if not sure take it to the Organizing Circle. You can find members of the OC here [link] (You might think that contacting @admin@social.coop would be a good first step, but it is seldom monitored, and more often used just for announcements, so please contact working group members instead!)

It's not mandatory to go through the working groups, but it is encouraged. If you have something to propose, you can raise it directly with the members of Social.Coop. Here's how:

If you are not sure exactly what you want to propose, you can start a thread for discussion or do a poll to see what people think. This is often a good way to start out. If you are ready to make a proposal you'll want to use our Make a Bylaws-Compatible Proposal template.

If you make a proposal, ideally, you will take responsibility for stewarding it to conclusion and reporting the result. If that's not possible, please try to find a person or working group to take over the communications about the proposal.

==== Bylaws Compatible proposal ====
Once you have done a Sense Check Decision, a Thread, or a Poll to understand more about how the community feels about your topic, it is probably time to put in a full proposal.
Here's a walk through of how to create a Social.coop bylaws compatible proposal:

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions! it will show you a list of template types, choose the "Social.coop bylaws compatible proposal" proposal type.
# It will ask you to fill in: Title, Tags (optional), and Details (the body of your proposal)
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 6 days, but as 6 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

==== '''Sense Check''' ====
If you want to get a sense of how people are feeling about your proposal, without having a formal vote, you can use a Sense Check.

Here's how:

# From the Loomio social coop page, <nowiki>https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls</nowiki>, scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions! it will show you a list of template types, choose the "sense check" proposal type.
# This will give you a template you can fill in, that asks:
## What are you proposing? (Example: "Increase the character limit on posts")
## Why is this important? (Example: "It helps people write their entire thought and not need to break into threads as often")
## What are you asking people to do? (Example: "I would like the Tech Working Group to do whatever is necessary to increase the character limit")
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 3 days, but as 3 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

When and how to use Threads, Polls, and Proposals

2024-11-26T22:54:46Z

Ansate: first rough of when and how to threads, polls, and proposals

=== Introduction ===
Whether you're new to social.coop or have been here awhile, you may have questions about how proposals and decisions are made. If you have ideas for things you'd like to see happen on the instance, changes or modifications, how and whom do you ask about that? If you have a proposal you'd like to put forth to all the instance members, what's the best process for doing that? This document aims to answer these questions and provide a guide.

Throughout this document we'll be using the example of a user who wants to make the change of increasing the post character limit.

=== Threads ===
To start a discussion or find out what others think about a topic, you can create a new thread. [link] (You may want to search for existing threads on the same topic, in case it has already been discussed. If it's been a bit (more than a month or so), you will want to start a new thread, but you will want to link to existing threads on the topic in the context field of yours. You may also take inspiration for tags from other threads!) You can use a thread to ask a question, too.

Here's a walk through of how to create a Thread:

# From the [https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls Loomio social coop page] scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Threads - choose the Blank Template, unless we have put in some more interesting ones by then!
# Fill in the Title, Tags (optional), Context (the body of the thread - start a conversation!)
# Hit the "Start Thread" button! You will get email updates on your thread.

=== Polls ===
Sometimes you want to ask something that has a specific answer, yes/no, one of a number of choices, or allocated across a number of options.

To find out how others feel, you can also use a poll. Loomio has various types of polls: Simple, Score, Dot, and Ranked Choice.

# From the Loomio social coop page, <nowiki>https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls</nowiki>, scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions. Click the Poll button type. (Above the list of proposal template types.)
# Choose the type of Poll from the options listed
## Simple Poll (find the most popular option)
## Score Poll (measure the degree of support for each option)
## Dot Poll (allocate a budget of points to reveal priorities)
## Ranked Choice (understand the ordered preference of options)
# This will give you a template you can fill in, that asks:
## What is this poll about? (Example: "The character limit on posts")
## Why is this important? (Example: "Some people want more space to write their entire thought and not need to break into threads as often")
## What are you asking people to do? (Example: "I would like people to indicate whether they want to raise the character limit or keep it the same")
## Click the "Add an Option" button to add as many options as you wish.
### each option has a "Option name" and a "Meaning" field
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 3 days, but as 3 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

=== Proposals ===
As a member of Social.Coop you can shape our policies and practices. One way to do that is to make a proposal, using Loomio. But how? If you are new to Loomio, it may be confusing.

Here's the relevant section of the [[bylaws]]:

"Members may operate on their own initiative based on pre-established policy (areas of activity, scope of working groups, terms of service, codes of conduct, moderation policies, etc.), but any new issue that affects other members should be brought before the appropriate working group, and any policy changes must be brought before the full group before implementation. Working groups are encouraged to make proposals among themselves to determine consensus and operate within their scope of responsibility, but only proposals passed by the full group may be considered binding for Social.coop. Any member may make a proposal to the full group, though it is encouraged to first discuss matters within the appropriate working group." - from [[bylaws]]

Social.coop has several working groups: [[Tech Working Group|Tech]], [[Community Working Group|Community]], [[Finance Working Group|Finance]], [[Legal Working Group|Legal]], and an [[Organizing Circle]] that coordinates and supports their work. (The Community Working Group also has an Ops Team that handles registration and moderation.) If you have an idea about a tech issue, you may want to contact members of the Tech Working Group. If your idea is about moderation policy, you can reach out to the [[Community Working Group Ops Team|Community Working Groups Ops Team]], etc. (how does one do this? Tech is in a matrix chat, we link to ) - if not sure take it to the Organizing Circle. You can find members of the OC here [link] (You might think that contacting @admin@social.coop would be a good first step, but it is seldom monitored, and more often used just for announcements, so please contact working group members instead!)

It's not mandatory to go through the working groups, but it is encouraged. If you have something to propose, you can raise it directly with the members of Social.Coop. Here's how:

If you are not sure exactly what you want to propose, you can start a thread for discussion or do a poll to see what people think. This is often a good way to start out. If you are ready to make a proposal you'll want to use our Make a Bylaws-Compatible Proposal template. [link]

If you make a proposal, ideally, you will take responsibility for stewarding it to conclusion and reporting the result. If that's not possible, please try to find a person or working group to take over the communications about the proposal.

[[Let's assume that you have partnered with a working group and want to start a proposal in Loomio! In a perfect world, the order of operations would be Open a Thread to Discuss -> Create a Sense Check Decision-> Create a Bylaws-Compatible Proposal Decision. After that may still follow a Question Round Decision if the proposal needs more clarification.

Question: are you ready to make a proposal? Would it make sense to start a discussion thread [link] and then see what to propose?

'''Sense Check'''

If you want to get a sense of how people are feeling about your proposal, without having a formal vote, you can use a Sense Check.

Here's how:

# From the Loomio social coop page, <nowiki>https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls</nowiki>, scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions! it will show you a list of template types, choose the "sense check" proposal type.
# This will give you a template you can fill in, that asks:
## What are you proposing? (Example: "Increase the character limit on posts")
## Why is this important? (Example: "It helps people write their entire thought and not need to break into threads as often")
## What are you asking people to do? (Example: "I would like the Tech Working Group to do whatever is necessary to increase the character limit")
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 3 days, but as 3 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

Once you have done a Sense Check Decision, a Thread, or a Poll to understand more about how the community feels about your topic, it is probably time to put in a full proposal.

Here's a walk through of how to create a Social.coop bylaws compatible proposal:

# From the Loomio social coop page, <nowiki>https://www.loomio.com/g/ibncxoDR/polls</nowiki>, scroll down to the middle of the page, right past the wiki link, you should see a set of tabs including Threads and Decisions
# Click Decisions! it will show you a list of template types, choose the "Social.coop bylaws compatible proposal" proposal type.
# It will ask you to fill in: Title, Tags (optional), and Details (the body of your proposal)
# You might want to increase the discussion time from the default of 6 days, but as 6 days is the default that's fine too.
# Leave it set to "Anyone in the Group" can vote, and "Notify everyone when proposal starts"

Main Page

2024-11-26T22:52:24Z

Ansate: /* Common questions */

'''[https://social.coop/about/more Social.coop]''' is a cooperative corner of the [[wikipedia:Fediverse|Fediverse]].

We primarily operate a [[wikipedia:Mastodon_(software)|Mastodon]] server. Our members fund our operations and decide how to set our community policies, steward our data, and manage our shared technologies. Members also provide the labor to run Social.coop at all levels.

We have a [[Code of conduct]].

If you are interested in joining Social.coop, please refer to our '''[https://join.social.coop/registration-form.html registration form]'''.

[[Social.coop]] was founded in 2017 in the wake of the [https://buytwitter.org/ BuyTwitter] campaign. Since then, we have worked toward the goal of placing ever more of our online social lives under good cooperative governance. To get a sense of how we operate, or to start your own fediverse cooperative, see our guide on "[[How to Make the Fediverse Your Own]]."

New to the Fediverse? Check out the [[Social.coop guide to Mastodon]].

==Learn more==
*[[Governance]] - How power flows, including processes and documents
*[[Operations]] - How we organize our activities
*[[Platforms]] - The online spaces we use and manage
*[[Tutorials]] - Guides for how to do things on Social.coop
*[[Meta]] - Wiki pages about the wiki!

== Common questions ==
1. Are there any coop jobs available to me? How do I find out about those?

There are a number of working groups involved in the [[Operations]] of the coop - check them out at that link. We intend to rotate in members regularly to prevent burnout, so please reach out to any group you are interested in participating in.

2. How do I ask a meta-question about the server or propose a change to Social.coop policy?

Great question! [[When and how to use Threads, Polls, and Proposals]]

3. Where does all the money go?

Our [https://www.loomio.com/d/xqw7FtUT/toward-an-annual-budget budget] was outlined and discussed in [[Loomio]]. As of writing, less than a 1/3 of funds go to stipends for various [[Operations]] groups, a little less than that is contributed to allied cooperative and technology projects (determined by the [[Finance Working Group]] .) The rest is split between reserves and hosting the server, paying for [[Loomio]], [[Meet.coop]], and other [[Platforms]].

4. Is this instance based in the US or somewhere else?

Our [[Platforms]] page says our hosting is [[wikipedia:Hetzner|Hetzner]], which appears to be based in Germany.

5. What's the Matrix chat thing and should I be on that?

[[Matrix]] is an open chat network, where we have a few rooms that you might be interested in. In particular, the Open Chatroom hosts a small amount of meta talk about the coop, and the tech chat is probably where to go if the server is down and you want to see what is happening.[[File:Organizational map of social.coop.png|thumb|alt=An organizational map of social.coop|An organizational map of social.coop]]

==About this wiki==
This wiki is maintained by Social.coop's working groups and ops teams. Members are welcome to make an account and contribute. ''Please register with the same username you use on Social.coop''.

===TODOs for this wiki ===
* Migrate Tech Working Group content
* Enable multi-theme support so it renders in an accessible way on mobile
* Document setup steps in the wiki proper, currently these are at https://anagora.org/wiki-migration
* Test coop-cloud-based backups/restores

Main Page

2024-11-26T22:51:50Z

Ansate: /* Common questions */

Guide-for-CWG-Ops-Team-"On-Call"

2024-10-04T16:32:53Z

Ansate: added link to loomio

The social.coop instance is moderated by a rotating member of the [[Community Working Group Ops Team]] "On Call" shifts run from Sunday at 12pm GMT to 11:59am GMT the following Sunday.

== Key Responsibilities ==

* Review reports made through the Mastodon platform ASAP, and decide on a course of action guided by our [[Code of conduct]], [[Federation abuse policy]], and [[Reporting guide]]. Contact the person who made the report to let them know the action taken or ask follow-up questions.

* Decisions to silence or suspend instances should be posted to [[Defederation of instances]]

* If a case feels ambiguous enough that you don't feel comfortable acting alone on it, DM your fellow Ops Team members to discuss.

* Toot announcements and welcomes from the official account, and respond to inquiries. The account should be checked for messages, and at least one announcement/post should be made from it, at least once per week.

* Check for new applications and on-board new members regularly to the Mastodon instance, Loomio, and Meet.Coop.

* At the end of your week, if there are any outstanding issues, message the next on-call person to provide context.

== Compensation ==

Compensation numbers can be found on the [[Community Working Group Ops Team]] page.

Submit your shift info to the spreadsheet linked in the [https://www.loomio.com/socialcoop-community-wg-operations-team/ CWG Ops Team Loomio group's description] prior to the monthly call, and compensation for the previous month will be reviewed and approved during the monthly call.

Once it is approved, you may submit an invoice to our [https://opencollective.com/socialcoop Open Collective].
== Submitting an Invoice ==

Get started by using our [https://cloud.disroot.org/s/9RGXZ26jYeTPeeC Invoice template]

Once your invoice is ready, save it as PDF and [https://opencollective.com/socialcoop/expenses/new submit a new expense] on Open Collective<blockquote>Open Collective has a guide for [https://docs.opencollective.com/help/expenses-and-getting-paid/submitting-expenses#invoices Submitting an Invoice], </blockquote>

Main Page

2024-06-29T03:16:28Z

Ansate: made a more direct link to the code of conduct, added a bunch of questions that I had heard and tried to answer them - most everything was available somewehre in the wiki!

'''[https://social.coop/about/more Social.coop]''' is a cooperative corner of the [[wikipedia:Fediverse|Fediverse]].

We primarily operate a [[wikipedia:Mastodon_(software)|Mastodon]] server. Our members fund our operations and decide how to set our community policies, steward our data, and manage our shared technologies. Members also provide the labor to run Social.coop at all levels.

We have a [[Code of conduct]].

If you are interested in joining Social.coop, please refer to our '''[https://join.social.coop/registration-form.html registration form]'''.

Social.coop was founded in 2017 in the wake of the [https://buytwitter.org/ BuyTwitter] campaign. Since then, we have worked toward the goal of placing ever more of our online social lives under good cooperative governance. To get a sense of how we operate, or to start your own fediverse cooperative, see our guide on "[[How to Make the Fediverse Your Own]]."

New to the Fediverse? Check out the [[Social.coop guide to Mastodon]].

==Learn more==
*[[Governance]] - How power flows, including processes and documents
*[[Operations]] - How we organize our activities
*[[Platforms]] - The online spaces we use and manage
*[[Tutorials]] - Guides for how to do things on Social.coop
*[[Meta]] - Wiki pages about the wiki!

== Common questions ==
1. Are there any coop jobs available to me? How do I find out about those?

There are a number of working groups involved in the [[Operations]] of the coop - check them out at that link. We intend to rotate in members regularly to prevent burnout, so please reach out to any group you are interested in participating in.

2. Where does all the money go?

Our [https://www.loomio.com/d/xqw7FtUT/toward-an-annual-budget budget] was outlined and discussed in [[Loomio]]. As of writing, less than a 1/3 of funds go to stipends for various [[Operations]] groups, a little less than that is contributed to allied cooperative and technology projects (determined by the [[Finance Working Group]] .) The rest is split between reserves and hosting the server, paying for [[Loomio]], [[Meet.coop]], and other [[Platforms]].

3. Is this instance based in the US or somewhere else?

Our [[Platforms]] page says our hosting is [[wikipedia:Hetzner|Hetzner]], which appears to be based in Germany.

4. What's the Matrix chat thing and should I be on that?

[[Matrix]] is an open chat network, where we have a few rooms that you might be interested in. In particular, the Open Chatroom hosts a small amount of meta talk about the coop, and the tech chat is probably where to go if the server is down and you want to see what is happening.[[File:Organizational map of social.coop.png|thumb|alt=An organizational map of social.coop|An organizational map of social.coop]]

==About this wiki==
This wiki is maintained by Social.coop's working groups and ops teams. Members are welcome to make an account and contribute. ''Please register with the same username you use on Social.coop''.

===TODOs for this wiki ===
* Migrate Tech Working Group content
* Enable multi-theme support so it renders in an accessible way on mobile
* Document setup steps in the wiki proper, currently these are at https://anagora.org/wiki-migration
* Test coop-cloud-based backups/restores

Operations

2024-06-29T02:52:08Z

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Social.coop's official governance takes place mainly on its [https://www.loomio.org/socialcoop/ Loomio space]. To manage day to day operations, the community empowers some members to participate in working groups.

The various working groups use [[Calendars|shared calendars]] on [[May First Movement Technology|May First]] to organize meetings.

== Working Groups ==

* [[Community Working Group]] - moderation, and anything concerning members and outreach.
* [[Finance Working Group]] - payments, budgeting, fundraising, and related planning.
* [[Legal Working Group]] (currently dormant) - oversight on legal matters
* [[Tech Working Group]] - all things hosting, site maintenance, and development.
* [[Organizing Circle]] - new in 2024! Aims to coordinate the work of working groups and ops teams, providing a space for ongoing strategic conversation and facilitating greater member participation in both operations and governance. Each other working group sends one member to be part of the Organizing Circle.

Working groups (and their affiliated ops teams) are elected from and accountable to the membership, to execute the roles and responsibilities needed to keep social.coop running. They have greater administration access than would be afforded general membership, but work according to policies provided by their corresponding working group.

The groups are self-managed. Some are paid with stipends, while others volunteer.

* [https://www.loomio.org/p/eoZSHn7p/creation-of-admin-ops-teams The proposal to create admin op teams itself], and
* The [https://www.loomio.org/d/URY9AKci/creation-of-admin-ops-teams related discussion thread].

As a general principle rather than a strict rule: in order to mitigate either burnout, or power accruing through the development of specialized knowledge, the rotation of team members is sought, along with a mutual education approach in which people who have the skills needed for the operations train their replacements.

== Budget ==
Starting in 2024, Social.coop has an annual budget for the full organization.

* [https://www.loomio.com/d/xqw7FtUT/toward-an-annual-budget 2024 Budget in Loomio]

== SMW Query Demo ==

(U can delete me or replace the other list with me if u want)

{{#ask:
[[Category:Working Group]]
|?Has Description=Description
|format=broadtable
}}