Re: [tlug] Introduction to (Tech) Worker Cooperatives, 09:00AM on Sunday, July 12th JST

[furkan@example.com]

Hello,

I'm watching the thread, so much stuff to learn. Especially the details 
about
cooperatives in Germany. I will look into details of these.

We're running a semi-cooperative company (legally a KK though) in Japan, 
called
Rainlab. ( another shameless plug, https://rainlab.co.jp )

Although economically it's a cooperative, management wise it's mostly a 
BDFL approach.
It's more like nested 個人事業(individual businesses) under a corporation, 
benefiting
a shared public entity. etc.

So far (8~ years,) it is seriously difficult to achieve a reasonably 
fair internal
system. Definitely depends on software to calculate all the things. And 
needs fairness
/convinience trade-offs sometimes.

Cooperative management wise, actual cooperativeness of all members vary 
a lot, and
it effects many details. It all boils down to the mixture of people I 
guess. I find
it very difficult to manage something collectively in a democratic way, 
or a full
consensus way, or anarchist way. Although some expermental democratic 
methods could
be tried..

I'm very interested in discussions regarding this matter.

Furkan Mustafa