# Organization circle

**URL:** https://forum.meet.coop/c/org-circle/18.md

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## [About the Organization circle category](https://forum.meet.coop/t/about-the-organization-circle-category/194)

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**Author:** [@benhylau](https://forum.meet.coop/u/benhylau)\
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Organisation category contains Org circle stuff, including accounting, financial sustainability, contribution economy, distribution of surplus revenue and routine internal admin including the Register of members. It car…

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## [Proposal to reunite users with recordings](https://forum.meet.coop/t/proposal-to-reunite-users-with-recordings/1795)

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**Author:** [@wouter](https://forum.meet.coop/u/wouter)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [20 March 2026 16:18 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/proposal-to-reunite-users-with-recordings/1795 "2026-03-20T16:18:45Z")

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Proposal Plan to reunite users with their recordings. See the forum thread, and specifically this post by @kawaiipunk We have some costs from our friends at ColloCall: 500 EUR per month it’s up (lets give one month f…

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## [Community meeting 2026/03/13 at 14 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/community-meeting-2026-03-13-at-14-utc/1768)

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**Author:** [@kawaiipunk](https://forum.meet.coop/u/kawaiipunk)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [13 March 2026 16:20 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/community-meeting-2026-03-13-at-14-utc/1768 "2026-03-13T16:20:28Z")

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I think the time has come to get together to have come sort of community get together. It’s clear that me, Nick (another freelancer friend of mine) and @Graham aren’t able to do everything we would like to move beyond th…

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## [femProcomuns change of relationship and internalisation of BBB service](https://forum.meet.coop/t/femprocomuns-change-of-relationship-and-internalisation-of-bbb-service/1765)

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**Author:** [@CommonsCloud](https://forum.meet.coop/u/CommonsCloud)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [27 January 2026 18:20 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/femprocomuns-change-of-relationship-and-internalisation-of-bbb-service/1765 "2026-01-27T18:20:58Z")

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Hello co-operators from MeetCoop At femProcomuns cooperative (SomNúvol/SomosNube/CommonsCloud) we have participated in MeetCoop since 2020 and would like to continue to participate in this space for knowledge sharing, b…

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## [Evolution #3 - Migrate membership. Voice of the commons community(ies)](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-3-migrate-membership-voice-of-the-commons-community-ies/1331)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [15 October 2025 20:55 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-3-migrate-membership-voice-of-the-commons-community-ies/1331 "2025-10-15T20:55:13Z")

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This is a sub-thread of Evolution 3 - Migrate the membership In discussion between meet. coop Evolution team @evolution and @gcotnoir , the issue of members’ voice has been opened. A spectrum of options has emerged, to …

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## [Meet.coop 2.1](https://forum.meet.coop/t/meet-coop-2-1/1698)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [25 July 2025 16:19 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/meet-coop-2-1/1698 "2025-07-25T16:19:07Z")

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Here’s a thread for exchanges on the re-assembling of meet.coop, July 2025.

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## [Proposals - Regional federated infrastructure in the commons](https://forum.meet.coop/t/proposals-regional-federated-infrastructure-in-the-commons/1464)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [19 March 2024 19:05 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/proposals-regional-federated-infrastructure-in-the-commons/1464 "2024-03-19T19:05:42Z")

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A thread to discuss practical proposals for regional federated digital infrastructure in the commons, for civil society organisers in South Asia and South America. It commences with a re-posted email from @mikemh to Glo…

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## [Community Cooperative Commons Governance for Decentralized Internet service providers ISPs](https://forum.meet.coop/t/community-cooperative-commons-governance-for-decentralized-internet-service-providers-isps/1419)

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**Author:** [@drronsuarez](https://forum.meet.coop/u/drronsuarez)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [12 November 2023 17:40 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/community-cooperative-commons-governance-for-decentralized-internet-service-providers-isps/1419 "2023-11-12T17:40:19Z")

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Our mission is to restore the Internet as a Public Commons. While we have started in the United States, our goal is to produce a global federation of cooperatives that can promote community ownership of Internet networks…

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## [Meet.coop 2.0 and governance](https://forum.meet.coop/t/meet-coop-2-0-and-governance/1409)

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**Author:** [@Graham](https://forum.meet.coop/u/Graham)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [20 October 2023 16:37 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/meet-coop-2-0-and-governance/1409 "2023-10-20T16:37:40Z")

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As part of the broad programme of work that the new meet.coop cooperators have undertaken, a key element is how we can effectively govern the organisation into the future, and enable users of meet.coop to participate eff…

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## [Evolution #2 - A \`commons.hour\` on data privacy and regulatory regimes](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-2-a-commons-hour-on-data-privacy-and-regulatory-regimes/1354)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2023 09:42 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-2-a-commons-hour-on-data-privacy-and-regulatory-regimes/1354 "2023-10-17T09:42:27Z")

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meet. coop intends to migrate to platform hosting by WebTV, a Canadian coop. This opens the possibility of choosing which data protection regulatory regime to be under - Canadian or European - or even of operating under …

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## [Evolution 1 - Find a new home](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-1-find-a-new-home/1293)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 45\
**Last updated:** [12 September 2023 11:41 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-1-find-a-new-home/1293 "2023-09-12T11:41:16Z")

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The central thread of the evolution project is to find a sustainable home for meet. coop’s BBB platform operation in a community-oriented coop. This thread below contains the brief, job list, actions log and discussion f…

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## [Allocation of the balance and handover of meetcoop to the new stewards](https://forum.meet.coop/t/allocation-of-the-balance-and-handover-of-meetcoop-to-the-new-stewards/1391)

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**Author:** [@wouter](https://forum.meet.coop/u/wouter)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [4 September 2023 14:45 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/allocation-of-the-balance-and-handover-of-meetcoop-to-the-new-stewards/1391 "2023-09-04T14:45:02Z")

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Proposal Given the current phase, where meet.coop was stewarded by up to a dozen of cooperative entities in Europe and North America and is handed over to the new leadership or stewardship formed by webTV and Innovation.…

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## [Evolution 4 - Do the learning, evolve the legacy](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-4-do-the-learning-evolve-the-legacy/1296)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [21 August 2023 12:24 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-4-do-the-learning-evolve-the-legacy/1296 "2023-08-21T12:24:23Z")

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The fourth thread of the evolution project is to develop learning and leave a legacy from three years’ operation of meet. coop. This thread below contains the brief, job list, actions log and discussion. Background and …

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## [Evolution #2 - Infrastructuring through federating](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-2-infrastructuring-through-federating/1355)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [8 July 2023 20:33 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-2-infrastructuring-through-federating/1355 "2023-07-08T20:33:28Z")

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Infrastructuring of tools platforms thro coop-to-coop federating was surfaced as a strategic topic in the meet. coop Board 27april : Evolution 1 - Find a new home - #44 by mikemh. The purpose of this thread is to assembl…

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## [Evolution 2 - Migrate the platform](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-2-migrate-the-platform/1294)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [29 May 2023 02:47 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-2-migrate-the-platform/1294 "2023-05-29T02:47:27Z")

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The second thread of the evolution programme is to migrate the BigBlue Button platform to a new host coop - a set of technical issues. This thread below contains the brief, job list, actions log and discussion. Backgrou…

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## [Federating](https://forum.meet.coop/t/federating/1310)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [3 May 2023 16:32 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/federating/1310 "2023-05-03T16:32:59Z")

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In Evolution 1 - Find a new home federating has emerged as a possible medium-term strategy, once the meet.coop BBB instance (and hopefully the mebership community too) has a new coop home. This thread is for exploring th…

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## [Evolution #1 - Task lists](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-1-task-lists/1356)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [3 May 2023 16:17 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-1-task-lists/1356 "2023-05-03T16:17:11Z")

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The Board of Stewards on 27april suggested a thread for task-listing the actions required by migrating meet.coop (Item 4 Evolution 1 - Find a new home - #44 by mikemh). Here we go… Each main thread in the forum has a t…

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## [Evolution #2 - Migrate the platform. SSO, privacy](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-2-migrate-the-platform-sso-privacy/1334)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [3 May 2023 15:43 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-2-migrate-the-platform-sso-privacy/1334 "2023-05-03T15:43:48Z")

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It’s not initially clear that WebTV will want to adopt the Single Sign On (SSO) arrangements that are in place on BBB/OpenCollective/membership registry. This thread is to explore that. Also to discuss matters of data s…

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## [Evolution #1 - meet.coop mission. Review](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-1-meet-coop-mission-review/1332)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [17 April 2023 16:47 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-1-meet-coop-mission-review/1332 "2023-04-17T16:47:27Z")

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It’s super important to go back to original intention of meet. coop. @otisyves and @gcotnoir both were stressing this in the recent WebTV/meet. coop meeting. Here we discuss the mission and any need to revise it.

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## [Handbook evolves - moves into Outline](https://forum.meet.coop/t/handbook-evolves-moves-into-outline/1337)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [12 April 2023 11:51 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/handbook-evolves-moves-into-outline/1337 "2023-04-12T11:51:13Z")

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A revised version of a handbook will help to support the evolution of meet. coop into a partnership with WebTV https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-1-find-a-new-home/1293/. On one hand, transparent protocols of collabor…

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## [Evolution #1 - meet.coop Board & WebTV board Define the relationship](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-1-meet-coop-board-webtv-board-define-the-relationship/1330)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [5 April 2023 18:44 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-1-meet-coop-board-webtv-board-define-the-relationship/1330 "2023-04-05T18:44:10Z")

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We need to reschedule a deferred meeting of the meet. coop Board of Stewards, and define the future relationship between this Board and the Board of WebTV.

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## [Evolution 3 - Migrate the membership](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-3-migrate-the-membership/1295)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [5 April 2023 18:02 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-3-migrate-the-membership/1295 "2023-04-05T18:02:45Z")

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The third thread of the evolution project is to migrate meet. coop’s members safely and transparently to another multistakeholder coop, maintaining and developing the social relations of digital commons. This thread belo…

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## [Advice for others interested in starting or supporting platform cooperatives?](https://forum.meet.coop/t/advice-for-others-interested-in-starting-or-supporting-platform-cooperatives/1314)

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**Author:** [@Ali](https://forum.meet.coop/u/Ali)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [27 February 2023 20:54 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/advice-for-others-interested-in-starting-or-supporting-platform-cooperatives/1314 "2023-02-27T20:54:01Z")

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Hi! Is anyone willing to share their advice on organization for others interested in starting or supporting platform cooperatives? I’m relatively new to the platform cooperative space, though I’ve been thinking about w…

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## [Valueflows and contribution accounting](https://forum.meet.coop/t/valueflows-and-contribution-accounting/1308)

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**Author:** [@lynnfoster](https://forum.meet.coop/u/lynnfoster)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [28 February 2023 09:49 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/valueflows-and-contribution-accounting/1308 "2023-02-28T09:49:17Z")

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Per request, I’m starting a new topic, coming here from “Evolution 1”… @EduMerco wrote: Do you believe that a small (90 min), realtime VF workshop could be useful to start to imagine what form could this federation co…

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## [Changes coming to meet.coop – discussion](https://forum.meet.coop/t/changes-coming-to-meet-coop-discussion/1288)

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**Author:** [@wouter](https://forum.meet.coop/u/wouter)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [13 February 2023 13:10 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/changes-coming-to-meet-coop-discussion/1288 "2023-02-13T13:10:00Z")

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As announced today, meetcoop as we know it, is coming to an end. We open this thread as a place to debate the options on how to go from here. As a starter, with the meet.coop tech.circle we have elaborated a brief Techn…

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## [Evolution of meet.coop - Background and framework](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-of-meet-coop-background-and-framework/1292)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [11 February 2023 12:44 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/evolution-of-meet-coop-background-and-framework/1292 "2023-02-11T12:44:56Z")

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Major changes in meet.coop are announced in Changes coming to meet.coop – discussion. Initial responses to that announcement appear in that thread. This present thread offers accounts of the background to the change, and…

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## [Greening social economy SMEs and entrepreneurs in the proximity and social economy ecosystem through transnational co-operation](https://forum.meet.coop/t/greening-social-economy-smes-and-entrepreneurs-in-the-proximity-and-social-economy-ecosystem-through-transnational-co-operation/1267)

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**Author:** [@petter](https://forum.meet.coop/u/petter)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [23 January 2023 07:20 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/greening-social-economy-smes-and-entrepreneurs-in-the-proximity-and-social-economy-ecosystem-through-transnational-co-operation/1267 "2023-01-23T07:20:15Z")

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Hi, I thought this could be interesting for us. The deadline is 14 February, so not much time though. Let me know if you find it interesting, Collective Tools would be up for being one of the partners.

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## [Tools for a handbook](https://forum.meet.coop/t/tools-for-a-handbook/873)

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**Author:** [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [9 January 2023 16:43 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/tools-for-a-handbook/873 "2023-01-09T16:43:41Z")

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Here we assemble information and assess documentation tools that are suited for a handbook.

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## [CommonsCloud reseller programme - results](https://forum.meet.coop/t/commonscloud-reseller-programme-results/832)

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**Author:** [@dvdjaco](https://forum.meet.coop/u/dvdjaco)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [14 December 2022 09:00 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/commonscloud-reseller-programme-results/832 "2022-12-14T09:00:21Z")

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Hi all! the spreadsheet linked below has all invoces generated by CommonsCloud for the meet.coop backed service at meet.commonscloud.coop. All invoices have dates in 2021 except a single 2020 invoice is dated on 29/12/…

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## [Co-working and chatting](https://forum.meet.coop/t/co-working-and-chatting/88)

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**Author:** [@decentral1se](https://forum.meet.coop/u/decentral1se)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [30 November 2022 16:43 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/co-working-and-chatting/88 "2022-11-30T16:43:00Z")

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For anyone putting hours into meet.coop and wanting to hang out and chat, please join us on #meetcoop on the Freenode IRC network. You can easily join via the web client (no account required): Kiwi IRC. IRC is not very a…

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