Thoughts on a Tiny Co-op

I'm pretty excited about a conversation with all of the tiny garden members this past week. And I have been thinking a lot about what it would mean to create a co-op-style community. I wanted to drop down some thoughts to share with you here in the hopes that they can create a foundation that was shared with the larger community as we figure out what this next transition looks like for the tiny garden.
 
 

Transitioning #

Some thoughts on how we can get from where we are not to where we would love to be:
 

• Create a collection of tasks
• Craft a message to the existing group about the transaction or migration of the group.
• How do we create start to loop people into even this document.
• Guidelines for entering and leaving the group
   
   

Governance #

• How do we select new members
• How do we, onboard new members
• Is there a trial period
• How do we distribute groups tasks
   
   

Finances #

• How do funds get spent?
• How do we collect and when?
• How do we make funds transparent? (I feel like this should be a two-party system. For example, we vote on when funds get spent)
   
   

Group Representation #

• How do members want to be represented on the site?
• How can we work as a group on projects?
• How is credit communicated for a group project concerning tiny factories
• What types of information do we want to share publicly and privately?
  • New letter
  • Zine
  • Profiles
  • group chats
  • group working calls
• How can we increase the diversity
   
   

A Online Co-op would mean #

• Shared group funds
• Max number of people
• Share brand to leverage
• Community to get support and feedback from
• Voting to make decisions
  • Small decisions can be emoji-reaction voted
  • Big decisions can be through online forms and a few days