Comment on Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of Mastodon's new US nonprofit | TechCrunch
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 6 months 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 6 months ago
Workers co-op
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago
Source?
Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Cecosesola.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfE6Nsuaf50
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 6 months 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 6 months 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