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Open Co-ops: Inspirations, Legal Structure and Tools

August 14, 2014 by jdaviescoates 1 Comment

this post originally appeared in Stir Magazine illustration by Daksheeta Pattni In 2002 I described United Diversity as “a member owned and stakeholder governed network of mutual advantage.” In truth, it was aspirational. At the time, the flexible off-the-shelf legal structures and open source tools needed to make such a network a reality simply didn’t exist. Now they do. Co-ops that combine best practices from the international co-operative movement with best practices from the open source … [Read more...]

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Legal Structures for Community Land groups

May 11, 2006 by jdaviescoates 1 Comment

I was recently lucky enough to find myself being cc'd in a fascinating and informative discussion about legal structures for Community Land groups... Sharon Pollitt from Land Roots wrote: Please find attached a legal status questionaire, sound really boring and your probebly gonna consider deleting it, but it could be of great general interest to groups who are considering co-ownership of land it certainly is for land roots. www.landroots.co.uk We would really appreciate your assistance in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All stories, Ecovillages, Land Tagged With: All stories, Ecovillages, Land, Legal, Projects, Structures

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