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README.md

@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ If you find this handbook helpful in your work, please [let us know](https://loo
 
 You can find the code [on Github](github.com/loomio/loomio-coop-handbook), and download the handbook in different formats [from Gitbooks](https://www.gitbook.com/book/loomio/loomio-cooperative-handbook/details).
 
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SUMMARY.md

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 * [Introduction](README.md)
 * [Our Cooperative*](our_cooperative.md)
    * [History](history.md)
-   * [Purpose & Vision](purpose_&_vision.md)
+   * [Purpose & Vision](purpose_and_vision.md)
    * [Cooperative Principles](cooperative_principles.md)
    * [Constitution](constitution.md)
    * [Governance](governance.md)
 * [Getting aligned](getting_aligned.md)
    * [Strategy](strategy.md)
    * [Planning](planning.md)
-   * [Working Groups](working_groups.md)
    * [Sprints](sprints.md)
    * [Product Prioritisation](product_prioritisation.md)
 * [Working together*](working_together.md)
    * [Coordination](coordination.md)
+   * [Working Groups](working_groups.md)
    * [Loomio Using Loomio](using_loomio.md)
    * [Communications tools](communications.md)
    * [Marketing tools](marketing_tools.md)
    * [Dev tools*](dev_tools.md)
-   * [Retreats*](retreats.md)
 * [Looking after people*](looking_after_people.md)
    * [Stewarding](stewarding.md)
    * [Well Working Group](well_working_group.md)
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@
    * [Conflict Resolution Resources](conflict_resolution_resources.md)
    * [Health & Safety*](health_&_safety.md)
    * [Annual Leave](annual_leave.md)
+   * [Retreats*](retreats.md)
    * [Staff Wellbeing Budget](staff_wellbeing_budget.md)
 * [Employment & Membership*](employment_and_membership.md)
    * [Employment](employment.md)

cooperative_principles.md

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 Our coop shares the seven cooperative principles:
 
-<img src='co-op-principles.png' class='img-50pc'>
+<img src='co-op-principles.png'>
 
 *The content on this page has been gratefully borrowed from the [Worker Cooperative Code](https://github.com/cooperativesuk/workercode/blob/master/SUMMARY.md#summary). We are re-sharing it here for our co-op member and others, to support the 5th Principle: Education, training and information.* 
 

getting_aligned.md

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 ### The evolution of our organisational structure
 
-In the earliest days of Loomio, we were organised as a "swarm" - we had open door meetings once a week, and anyone could rock up and help out. We ran a [tiny crowdfunding campaign](https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/166-loomio), and founded an LLC so we could have a bank account. 
+In the earliest days of Loomio, we were organised as a "swarm" - we had open door meetings once a week, and anyone could rock up and help out. We ran a [tiny crowdfunding campaign](https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/166-loomio), and founded an LLC so we could have a bank account.
 
 In 2012, the core team committed to the project, and we formed a worker-owned cooperative. There were still a lot of people contributing on a casual part time basis, but there was also a group of full time people who became co-owners. We raised a round of loans from friends and family, and convened a board. 
 
 Internally, we were "self-organised" and it was somewhat chaotic, but it worked for extremely flexible adaptation and lots of learning quickly. We focused on peer-to-peer support systems like stewardship, and having regular retreats.
 
 In mid-2014, we completed a major [crowdfunding campaign](https://www.loomio.org/crowdfunding_celebration), which meant we suddenly had 1,600 new external stakeholders who were expecting us to deliver on our promises. This triggered us to develop a more explicit organisational structure.
 
-We broke the team up into work programs, and nominated coordinators. Every program had a mandate to deliver a specific outcome, a share of the budget as allocated by the coop members, and a coordinator to maintain alignment within and between programs. 
+We broke the team up into work programs, and nominated coordinators. Every program had a mandate to deliver a specific outcome, a share of the budget as allocated by the coop members, and a coordinator to maintain alignment within and between programs.
 
-This system worked pretty well: we delivered on our crowdfunding promises and we learned a lot about how a democratic workplace can be super efficient. 
+This system worked pretty well: we delivered on our crowdfunding promises and we learned a lot about how a democratic workplace can be super efficient.
 
 Then we evolved again, and became a fully agile team. We had always drawn on elements of agile organising in our software development practices, but it was when we started incorporating all work across the co-op into agile sprints that it really clicked together.
 
 Every 3 months we stop and reassess the programs, coordinators, and budget to check: are we still making the absolute best use of this money that’s been entrusted to us? This made us super adaptive and efficient, but of course it was really disruptive too.
 
 In late 2015 we raised some more money from impact investors, which finally brought us to a level of financial security where we could think more than 3 months ahead. This has enabled us to thinking long-term, resource a solid core team, and settle into a set of functional processes that address different perspectives and time-scales of our work.
 
-* our [purpose](https://loomio.gitbooks.io/loomio-cooperative-handbook/content/purpose_&_vision.html) is our forever reason for being
-* we do [strategy](https://loomio.gitbooks.io/loomio-cooperative-handbook/content/strategy.html) to tell stories from 3 years in the future
-* we do [annual/quarterly planning](https://loomio.gitbooks.io/loomio-cooperative-handbook/content/planning.html) so everyone is focussed on the same thing
-* we self-organise into dynamic [working groups](https://loomio.gitbooks.io/loomio-cooperative-handbook/content/working_groups.html) to address areas of work
-* we run [two-week sprints](https://loomio.gitbooks.io/loomio-cooperative-handbook/content/sprints.html) to maintain agility, clarity, and accountability
-* we have a collaborative process to [prioritise product development](https://loomio.gitbooks.io/loomio-cooperative-handbook/content/product_prioritisation.html)
+* our [purpose](purpose_and_vision.html) is our forever reason for being
+* we do [strategy](strategy.html) to tell stories from 3 years in the future
+* we do [annual/quarterly planning](planning.html) so everyone is focussed on the same thing
+* we self-organise into dynamic [working groups](working_groups.html) to address areas of work
+* we run [two-week sprints](sprints.html) to maintain agility, clarity, and accountability
+* we have a collaborative process to [prioritise product development](product_prioritisation.html)
 

history.md

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ Loomio began in 2011, when activists from Occupy Wall Street and social entrepre
 
 In 2013, we ran a successful international crowdfunding campaign, enabling us to work on a new version of the software, Loomio 1.0, which was released the following year. In 2015, we raised a round of ethical capital, and are working to bring collaborative decision-making to millions more people around the world. 
 
-You can see a detailed timeline of our history between 2011 and 2015 here: http://www.loomio.org/timeline 
+You can see a detailed timeline of our history between 2011 and 2015 here: http://www.loomio.org/timeline
 
 (we hope to update it with the more recent stuff soon)
 
+If you prefer video to text, here's a beautiful story from Ben Knight, one of our cofounders (33min). Or check [this 3-minute version from Rich](https://vimeo.com/169658755).
+
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our_cooperative.md

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 # Our Cooperative
 
+In this section, you can find out [some of our history](history.html), and why we chose to incorporate as a worker-owned cooperative.
 
-Why we're a co-op, what it means
-
-We decided that a co-op is the legal structure that best fits our values.
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-Ownership has an impact on your social mission
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-Aligned with open source company
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-We don't have traditional equity
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-Aligns incentives, mission, and stakeholding.
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-Link to Yes! magazine article about funding.
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-Link to http://loomio.coop/cooperative_principles.html
+We have a [fierce commitment to our values](purpose_and_vision.html), which is reflected in our all the choices we make, from the legal structure, to [how we choose what to work on](getting_aligned.html), the [daily practices for working together](working_together.html), how we [look after our people](looking_after_people.html) and manage [employment and co-op membership](employment_and_membership.html), to financing.
 
+For more on that topic, check this beautiful article from Nathan Schneider: [How a Worker-Owned Tech Startup Found Investors—and Kept Its Values](yesmagazine.org/new-economy/how-a-worker-owned-tech-startup-found-investors-and-kept-its-values-20160426).

purpose_&_vision.md → purpose_and_vision.md

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 **The Loomio Co-operative exists to create a world where it’s easy for anyone to participate in decisions that affect them.**
 
 With the right collaborative process, groups generate better ideas, decisions and actions than any individual would by themselves. The Loomio Co-operative aims to break down the barriers to participation in decision-making at every level: in neighbourhoods, community organisations, businesses, social movements, and local and national governance.
-Co-operative social enterprise
+
+## Values
+
+### Co-operative social enterprise
 
 Loomio is a social enterprise collectively owned by the people building it. Unlike a traditional profit-maximising company, revenue is not an end in itself, but a means towards achieving a core social purpose. A worker-owned cooperative structure is a powerful way to live our values of collaboration and collective ownership.
 
-**Independent and neutral**
+### Independent and neutral
 
 Loomio is committed to remaining independent so it can provide a neutral place for any group to come together.
 
-**Open-source collaboration**
+### Open-source collaboration
 
 Loomio aims to develop open-source tools that make collaboration accessible to everyone.
 
-**Adaptive, reflexive, user-driven**
+### Adaptive, reflexive, user-driven
 
 Loomio aims to develop tools which are iterative, self-reflexive and adaptive, driven by the collective wisdom of the user community.
 
-**Transparency**
+### Transparency
 
 The Loomio Co-operative will be surrounded by a valued community of users and contributors. This community must be confident that the Loomio Co-operative is doing what it says it is. We are committed to high standards for sharing information.
 

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