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Jonny
Jonny
* Used to live in a housing coop and has experience of setting up a physical coop.
* Used to live in a housing coop and has experience of setting up a physical coop.
* So another option, we could setup a 501-74? coop.  Less paperwork than 501(c)3. But maybe more paperwork than joining platform 6.
* So another option, we could setup a 501(c)7? coop.  Less paperwork than 501(c)3. But maybe more paperwork than joining platform 6.


Nick
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* Manisha - more outreach. Bring in a diverse set of voices to show how (neuro)science and academia work around the world - especially the parts of the world that are severely underrepresented (like the global south).
* Manisha - more outreach. Bring in a diverse set of voices to show how (neuro)science and academia work around the world - especially the parts of the world that are severely underrepresented (like the global south).
* Nick - interested in experimenting with different team and governance structures (like our cooperative governance is quite different from Neuromatch, Inc. which runs based on decisions made by a Board of Directors).
* Nick - interested in experimenting with different team and governance structures (like our cooperative governance is quite different from Neuromatch, Inc. which runs based on decisions made by a Board of Directors).
* Jonny - yes and interested in using the internet as a tool for experimenting with what the community wants
* Jonny - yes and interested in using the internet as a tool for experimenting with digital governance
* Nick - talked about the R&D process he's establishing at Neuromatch. How to prioritize community needs and wants.
* Nick - talked about the R&D process he's establishing at Neuromatch. How to prioritize community needs and wants.
* Jonny and Manisha had very similar discussions just a day ago. [https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/111796166984085509 See thread]. Would be nice to do a followup meeting to discuss this further.
* Jonny and Manisha had very similar discussions just a day ago. [https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/111796166984085509 See thread]. Would be nice to do a followup meeting to discuss this further.
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* Nick asked the question
* Nick asked the question
* Jonny and Manisha enthusiastically say heck yeah! :) We were just talking about how posts [https://neuromatch.social/@PessoaBrain/111789681291364222 like this one] by Luiz Pessoa give us a warm feeling - that people are having fun here. Around the time of the meeting, there was another [https://neuromatch.social/@PessoaBrain/111806332781588907 positive post about collegiality on mastodon]. [https://neuromatch.social/@skarthik/111496225808545600 See also].
* Jonny and Manisha enthusiastically say heck yeah! :) We were just talking about how posts [https://neuromatch.social/@PessoaBrain/111789681291364222 like this one] by Luiz Pessoa give us a warm feeling - that people are having fun here. Around the time of the meeting, there was another [https://neuromatch.social/@PessoaBrain/111806332781588907 positive post about collegiality on mastodon]. [https://neuromatch.social/@skarthik/111496225808545600 See also].
* Jonny - building trust is important and we are also not really aiming to become a large community. [Manisha's post meeting thought on this - that would defeat the purpose of decentralization but would be nice to see more communities experimenting with different governance structures and we'd love to share our experiences with the experiments we undertake]  
* Jonny - building trust is important and we are also not really aiming to become a large community. [Manisha's post meeting thought on this - that would defeat the purpose of decentralization but would be nice to see more communities experimenting with different governance structures and we'd love to share our experiences with the experiments we undertake]


== Action Items ==
== Action Items ==