From 6f5bffeaa76770cd1a453ee01f397acbe26710cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Bartlett Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:32:41 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] updates --- README.md | 2 +- SUMMARY.md | 6 +++--- cooperative_principles.md | 2 +- getting_aligned.md | 18 +++++++++--------- history.md | 4 +++- our_cooperative.md | 18 +++--------------- purpose_&_vision.md => purpose_and_vision.md | 13 ++++++++----- styles/website.css | 2 ++ 8 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) rename purpose_&_vision.md => purpose_and_vision.md (89%) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cc369b8..c69968f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/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). -Creative Commons License +Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). diff --git a/SUMMARY.md b/SUMMARY.md index dbe7f7c..566e78e 100644 --- a/SUMMARY.md +++ b/SUMMARY.md @@ -3,23 +3,22 @@ * [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) diff --git a/cooperative_principles.md b/cooperative_principles.md index f7157a0..557c724 100644 --- a/cooperative_principles.md +++ b/cooperative_principles.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Our coop shares the seven cooperative principles: - + *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.* diff --git a/getting_aligned.md b/getting_aligned.md index d10782f..c5c17dd 100644 --- a/getting_aligned.md +++ b/getting_aligned.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ### 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. @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ Internally, we were "self-organised" and it was somewhat chaotic, but it worked 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. @@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ Every 3 months we stop and reassess the programs, coordinators, and budget to ch 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) diff --git a/history.md b/history.md index ce3e0b0..6a9bbec 100644 --- a/history.md +++ b/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). + {% video %} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJnjTd9u4zg {% endvideo %} diff --git a/our_cooperative.md b/our_cooperative.md index f2b8413..563ecde 100644 --- a/our_cooperative.md +++ b/our_cooperative.md @@ -1,19 +1,7 @@ # 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. - -Ownership has an impact on your social mission - -Aligned with open source company - -We don't have traditional equity - -Aligns incentives, mission, and stakeholding. - -Link to Yes! magazine article about funding. - -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). \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/purpose_&_vision.md b/purpose_and_vision.md similarity index 89% rename from purpose_&_vision.md rename to purpose_and_vision.md index ce73141..a22a59e 100644 --- a/purpose_&_vision.md +++ b/purpose_and_vision.md @@ -3,23 +3,26 @@ **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. diff --git a/styles/website.css b/styles/website.css index 46ff8f7..df50437 100644 --- a/styles/website.css +++ b/styles/website.css @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +/* IMAGES */ + .img-left{ float: left; margin-right: 1em;