- Define the parameters of your cooperative environment.
It could be in Articles of Organization, ByLaws or a simple contractual agreement between members or even a handshake. A cooperative or collective is defined by the members.
- Find co-workers in your industry that value cooperative principles.
Talk to people in your personal network about your goal.
Let former co-workers know you are forming or seeking to work with a cooperative.
- Go to events where you will meet members of cooperatives and ask them how they are structured internally
There are meetups (meetup.com) or you could start one in your area.
Reach out to mailing lists you are on and ask if people are interested in working collectively.
- Search for cooperatives that are listed in online directories and research their strategies
Food:
Worker coops:
usworker.coop - member-directory
Open Directory search for all types of coops:
and Twitter - https://twitter.com/hashtag/cooperatives
- Join in the Free Software movement so we are building a cooperative society on a free, not proprietary, foundation.
- Invest in other cooperatives.
Encourage pooled funds from successful cooperatives to help bootstrap new proposed cooperatives
- Join a cooperative network or 2 or 3...
- We invite you to join the Show and Tell mailing list
Get involved in conversations, and create conversations. Let others know you are interested in cooperative work experiences and you are seeking information and connections.
