2020-11-26 Hypha Worker Co-op: (Governance &) Operations

Time: 9:00-11:00pm ET
Location: https://link.hypha.coop/calls
Attending: pc, dc
Cultivator: dc
Notetaker: dc

Agenda

Item	Time (min)
Personal Checkins	5
Announcements	5
Task Board Review	15
Discussions	30
Co-work	50
Process Checkout	5

Notes

Task Board Review

skipped

Discussions

Discussion about Open Collective Fiscal Agreement (with bl)
- https://handbook.hypha.coop/fiscal-sponsorship.html
- gut-check: feel good someone looked at us and gave feedback
- “intended services/roles of the different personas, and what separates them”
- bl: inconsistencies between legal and ben looking at it
  - model A/B
  - alana: is this income to coop?
- context
  - first person with legal perspective reviewing. USA or Canada? Not clear. #ask
  - Sean _______
- Each part (4)
  - 1. “silent on workflow”, but dc: platform contains the workflow. Do we need to define here?
  - 1. bl: does membership have ability to make this decision without board?
    - we said it should be “all members” in bylaws, re: entering into contract.
    - Section 8. treats all members in WGs as “Managers”
    - Our interpretation:
      - Correct balance of Board oversight v. Operations (e.g. board approve collectives), or full Operations (WG has full authority)?
      - We don’t think they are collective members are employees because they don’t meet the definition and determine their own activities
    - TRUST ACCT versus OUR INCOME
      - trust acct makes you a payment processor (TransferWise then won’t deal with us, see: Platform 6 situation)
      - we classify this as Our Income
    - dc: we’re maybe overloading “fiscal sponsorship” an established term that’s used for orgs that help groups enter into leases, hire, etc.
  - 1. IP
    - needs more clarification, we think this might be a mismatch of expectations and workstyles. Don’t see this as a concern
  - 1. Things we offer / we are responsible for:
    - “what levels of compliance, security, international reach, etc. can a participant expect of Hypha’s services/fiscal sponsorship (other than its incorporation in Toronto)?”
      - Things NOT included: Insurance,
    - We would like some intangible soft benefits but not able to define at this stage
    - #todo draft sentence for intro of fiscal page
- next steps:
  - Set up this call with Sean – Is Sean coming to tomorrow meeting?
  - #todo draft sentence for intro of fiscal page about 4
  - circle back after info sesh
Holiday hours
- Lite tracking
- Operations proposal:
  - Sat, Dec 19, 2020 - Jan 3, 2021
  - Jan 4 - 10, 2021 NO INTERNAL CALLS?
  - Propose the 3 weeks, individually people able to be “back” after Jan 4 (maybe we want someone to monitor email that week and respond) BUT plan for internal WG business to resume Jan 11, 2021.
Holiday party planning
- Sun, Dec 13 4-6:30pm ET [UTC-05]
- Among Us. Invite collaborators + clients.
- #todo cowork on this next Ops call
  - create a yulelog background screen.
  - create door graphics for each “room”
  - cheesy clipart invite for “Holidy Drop-In Party”
  - Miro board?
  - bbb = bad for this. Jitsi instead.
- 2.5h; 1h “drop in” and then among us playtime
- multi-breakouts
- inspo: https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-run-a-zoom-cocktail-party-and-have-better-classes-conferences-and-meetings-too-dc2c5b58f8be
- Few of us show up at Meet.coop <– Dec 4 party
#todo:
- dc: get pc up on forwarder (operations@)
#later conflict resolution protocols
- #todo:dc create stub issue

Process Checkout

Action Items for Cultivator

Migrate items with #todo:person to task board
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- governance: open access, or publicly indexed with restricted access
- operations: open access, or publicly indexed with restricted access
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