2021-03-11 Hypha Worker Co-op: Operations

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

Agenda

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

Notes

Personal Checkins

dc: miro session
pc: call wtih FACTIC peeps
the wizardry of command line skills

Announcements

tech soup membership. needs article of incorp with proper NPO objects.
- dc: some tension around things not yet needed and cart before horse
- pc: no cost … preference for advocating a right to some “messiness”.
- tension not resolved, but not urgent to do so. future middle ground…?

Discussions

StART admin
- value based billing
  - NL wants hours to go away (to not think about tracking them)
- pc: Hypha has willingness for admin to take cut.
- c4c ok with double invoice
- hypha can still invoice hours to NL. Hypha can still track hours.
- dc: 30% admin overhead = normal to low. in Hypha discussions, sense that it should be higher than internal 25% clip.
  - 100% match in common for some contracting relationships
  - luisa interested to speak with bl re: finance process
    - dc also willing, re: admin rates
Articles of Amendment :((
- wendy rejected for not containing text. but we took example from fed.
- wendy knew this the whole time.
- #todo:dc new resolution new submission. share sigs, no PGP keys. bl+yj sign. +1 pc
  - #todo:dc director meeting announce 24h notice next week. only 3 for quorum.
  - PROTIP 35 biz days turnaround for co-op.
Open Collective
- Threads:
  - Onboarding
    - Templating
    - #todo pc: Actual onboarding (not blocked)
  - Pitch for OC Canada
    - following initiative template
    - https://hackmd.io/Kooq3QUcR0CJ2r83OHhemQ?view
  - Wrap up “refining” GH issue, https://github.com/hyphacoop/organizing/issues/374
    - Plain language
    - minimal viable support docs :)
  - Next steps aka get from soft launch to LAUNCH
    - dc: suggests 6 mo. fall? sept?
    - pc: might realize Hypha initiative folds into OC Canada. dc: maybe Hypha offering becomes “artisanal”.
    - dc: bl was eager to support [canadian] dweb projects
    - dc: all risk tolerance. maybe favour smaller project with high trust in BC, vs large unknown groups in Toronto. “good neighbors” anywhere.
  - pc: was imagining first-come-first-serve, but not good idea.
  - “Saying no” (reasons)
    - bad vibes
    - capacity
      - financial (finance group)
      - admin (initiative+ops groups)
  - Our guidelines
    - v1: up to 6 collectives. re-evaluate after 6 months. (6 incl existing) 666
      - x months: aligned with? (1) ctto return to physical, (2) OC Canada timelines [emergent]
      - committment is FISCAL HOCAL HOST IN NARROW SENSE
      - have calls/pool to gauge future opportunities
      - software licenses / hardware = liability
        
        **warranty
    - v2: up to X collectives–wanting room to bring on more
      - thinking about for now
  - Advertising strategy?
    - ~6
    - maybe more stale leads from OC (they are going back thru old requests)
    - don’t overcommit (so we don’t encourage ppl to cycle on us)
- #todo draft initiative? https://hackmd.io/Kooq3QUcR0CJ2r83OHhemQ?view
  - v1 of our offering of OC
    - adverstising OC
    - onboarding
    - operations
  - understanding relationship of Hypha to OC Canada
- At what stage would extended offerings happen?
  - a careful check-in on other needs without conferring that we are ALREADY DOING THEM

Co-work: OC Pitch

Initiative TEMPLATE https://hackmd.io/3cHZXCNoQOKOCHy0pYu8og
- pc comment: something about risks? (dc: +1 think in internal proposal)
- dc would like to also think about accountability
CMC example: https://hackmd.io/WxHHMw7LRwmxNhGKaSWR3Q?both
OC initiative proposal: https://hackmd.io/Kooq3QUcR0CJ2r83OHhemQ?edit

Template questions:

range of options for status
meta: questions to ask to determine scale?

Process Checkout

…(skipped)

Action Items for Cultivator

Migrate items with #todo:person to task board
Publish meeting notes as
- governance: open access, or publicly indexed with restricted access
- operations: open access, or publicly indexed with restricted access
Reset meeting pad for next meeting

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