Introduction to Town Hall 1- Cooperation: Best Practices as part of Who Owns the World? PCC conference at The New School 2019

Summary

Micky Metts introducing speakers and guests to Town Hall 1- Cooperation: Best Practices at Who Owns the World Conference, convened by the Platform Cooperativism Consortium at The New School in November 2019.

About This Town Hall
Many in the movement are starting a business for the first time. They urgently need to know how and where to incorporate, write bylaws, how to become investor-ready, create a financial model, test with users, and establish a sales funnel. They want to learn how to hire, set up a bonus plan, and establish fair performance reviews of members-owners. Founders need to determine how to attract people will provide and use their service. While the United States has somewhat accommodating co-op laws, the laws in other countries such as Canada, Brazil, and Japan are still just developing. How do we help national cooperative associations develop the legal frameworks and language to accomodate platform co-ops in their co-op law? Come and learn about these legal strategies and hands-on practices.

Micky is involved in the “free software for community building” movement and the Platform Cooperativism movement. She helps Agaric’s work contribute back to these movements. She also handles some administrative tasks, public outreach, and support as part of the team.

Micky is a worker/owner of Agaric and a member of the “free software for community building” movement – using tools like VOIP, Drupal, and GNU/Linux. She is liaison between the US Solidarity Economy Network (SEN) a group devoted to ongoing dialog on building the new economy network – and US Federation of Worker Cooperatives (USFWC), the national grassroots organization of 4,000 US worker-owners “building power with national and international partners to advance an agenda for economic justice rooted in community-based, shared ownership.”