Comment on Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of Mastodon's new US nonprofit | TechCrunch
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 years ago
I would like to do more research on alternative non-profit governance structures. In my experience, non-profit boards seem to be just another mechanism by which the wealthy control decision-making in society. However, I don’t know what kind of structure would be better.
koncertejo@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
Workers co-op
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 years ago
I think workers coops are definitely better than private ownership but it seems like there should also be some involvement of the broader community being served (or negatively impacted in some cases) in the case of non-profits.
jarfil@beehaw.org 2 years ago
Workers coops tend to fall apart when they’re made of non business savvy workers who just want to do their job. They tend to delegate the business “chores” onto someone more savvy… who ends up simply stealing from them.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 years ago
Source?
Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
Cecosesola.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfE6Nsuaf50
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 years ago
Love me some Anark—I did watch this but I don’t remember seeing much detail on how community governance works. Is it in there and I missed it?
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 years ago
So the employees who are employed by donations, or all contributors? Not trying to throw a wrench in your suggestion, just wondering what this would look like for masto