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Federation of Foundations for Small Projects π‘ A multinational network of nonprofits and co-ops that provide a legal home for projects, pairing a flexible but standardized set of governance with a flexible but standardized set of services. Could be a project's forever home, or 'just' a way point between, say, Open Collective and landing at a mature and more specific Foundation. If I didn't need a ~salaried job, this is what I'd be trying to build right now. Today, the Klamath River is flowing freely for the first time in more than 100 years. The dams have been removed. The ecosystems are being nurtured. And sovereignty has been restored to the Shasta Indian Nation over another 2800 acres. Good things are happening. Great things are possible. https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/aug/28/today-klamath-river-flowing-free-first-time-more-c/ Happy #Caturday, my friends! π» Can you join me and Pico-cat in celebrating #Pride month by helping our friend Ravyn get gender affirming care? We're more than $2500 toward our goal of $17K! Give the gift of gender euphoria: https://gofund.me/ae759faf Hoo boy. I'm not naming names because I don't want to fan the flames, but the knives are out: Events around #xz have rightly emboldened volunteer-driven open source projects to take their hyper-wealthy downstream users to task. Wild to think that many large companies have hollowed out their open source program offices (OSPOs), the internal teams who have been working on addressing these resource issues. I fear this will get worse before it gets better. Stop treating open source projects and foundations like consumer-facing businesses. Unless you've got a paid support contract that's being neglected, or there's a grave concern, it's inappropriate to escalate issues to massively public forums. Maintainers and the staffers and volunteers at foundations are already overworked. Don't make it harder for them to address your issue by ALSO making them waste time firefighting in public.
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 @josh Some BDFLs in the open source community should be aware of this as well.  @josh Or just keep treating them that way, because your money is at stake here. It won't have a negative impact for you. π
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  Oh, uh, my SoundCloud can be found over at https://union.place β a well moderated home for all labor-minded people on Fedi! You can follow my alt β @josh@union.place β for a more concentrated feed of pro-worker goodness. Please take a moment to drink in the :sparkles_pink: absolute spectacle :sparkles_indigo: that is the Brands.town instance: https://brands.town/explore To all the lovely humans starting Mastodon instances: Please think about succession planning, resourcing, and rules of engagement (aka Code of Conduct) as a matter of priority for your instance. When you create a community resource, you're making a commitment. If you're new to stewarding a community, ask for help. #AskACommunityManager It'd be really sad if in 3, 6, 12 months we start losing a ton of instances and Fediverse community members with them.
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 @josh Where is the default Code of Conduct? I changed a few settings on my server and I guess it decided "Hey, you're not standard any more" so it doesn't show one any more. @josh I think this will be the biggest ongoing challenge to a Twitter replacement. Not everyone is cut out to moderate or manage a community and the sparkly newness of it will wear off pretty quick, I'm guessing. @josh an excellent resource for #MastodonAdmins and uhh i guess #admins generally is https://runyourown.social/ written by @darius Being an admin for a community is hard work, not to be taken lightly. |
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Nonprofits and co-ops because I think having investors who expect an ROI in the mix is a nonstarter.
Federated because single points of failure and monocultures are dead ends.
Standardized (but flexible) because that can make governance coherent, legible, and trustworthy for downstream users, while also simplifying offerings for project leaders and maintainers who are trying to find a home that fits their project's needs.
@josh Well, one way to do that while still doing the job would be to do it with others.
@josh Are you aware of https://commonsconservancy.org/ ?
Michiel Leenars and the team at Commons Conservancy have built a model that could easily be extended worldwide. All of the legal documents are themselves Open and reusable.