Stefanie Schulte @stefanieschulte@mastodon.cloud

@schlink "If all people were exactly like me, then more free software, more open standards and more open hardware would automatically empower everybody." This is not the case, though.

@schlink Yes, I believe there is often a certain - unacknowledged - degree of elitism in the hacking community. Which is problematic.

"Yes, much of the internet is and should be commercial — but it is important that significant parts of the internet also remain dedicated to the public interest. The current dot org ecosystem is clearly one of these parts" - Mark Surman, executive director of the Mozilla Foundation, on the sale of #DotOrg: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/12/03/questions-about-org/ #SaveDotOrg

@bortzmeyer @dredmorbius Of course, since they are a cooperative (and a member of my employer, Genossenschaftsverband). No, I was referring to ISOC‘s views, as described in the tweet: Is it true that they generally prefer for-profit companies to take care of top level domains?

@bortzmeyer @dredmorbius It's interesting to note that Verisign (.com, .net) is for profit, and that ISOC allegedly favors this approach (not sure whether it's true what Malthouse is saying here, though): https://twitter.com/jacobmalthouse/status/1200520427128311808

@dredmorbius It's also interesting to note that unlike PIR, Denic, the manager of the .de domain, is organized as a #cooperative. I don't think such a sale would be possible here without the agreement of the majority of members. #DotOrg #SaveDotOrg

For my German-speaking followers: Podcast by Holger Klein about "Nordstadt braut!", a new brewery #cooperative in Hannover: https://wrint.de/2018/01/13/wr775-brauereigenossenschaft/

More information about "Nordstadt braut!": https://www.nordstadt-braut.de/

@syndikalista Our GenoAkademie provides various trainings for managers and supervisory board members of cooperatives (e. g. management skills, sales, accounting etc.). I'll give you their contact info in a separate post. If you are considering to start a cooperative in Germany, you can contact our startup team as well: https://www.genossenschaftsverband.de/genossenschaft-gruenden/ansprechpartner-fuer-gruenderfragen/

@samtoland @dazinism I've talked to my colleagues from our GenoAkademie. They are happy to provide trainings for non-members (including co-ops headquartered outside Germany, of course). I'm going to send you their contact info in a private message!

@samtoland @dazinism As a member-financed organization which is regulated as an auditor, we are subject to some restrictions. On the other hand, we provide a number of services to third parties as well. Therefore I need to check with my colleagues about this particular case!

@samtoland @dazinism I can't give you a definitive answer here, but I think it partly depends on the kind of support they seek.

@samtoland @dazinism Hi, we audit and represent cooperatives according to German law (and European Cooperative Society). What are you asking for specifically?