<p>I understand what a co-op hackerspace might look like, but I don't think it's a contentious question... for example HeatSync isn't a "co-op" per se but it is a 501c3 nonprofit whose members get to vote in the board of directors and also participate in self-governance via proposals and votes at regular meetings. But there is still a board, an organizational bank account, we're a registered nonprofit corporation with the state.</p>
<p>I suppose a co-op would include more strict language in its bylaws indicating that paying members are all given an equal vote and are the highest authority in the organization (as opposed to a board-based org.)</p>
<p>But colloquially, I'm pretty sure that some form of member self governance is a very common feature of hackerspaces.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 22, 2011 5:34 PM, "Rubin Abdi" <<a href="mailto:rubin@starset.net">rubin@starset.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Rhys Rhaven wrote, On 2011-11-22 15:11:<br>
> What do you mean by co-op?<br>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-op" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-op</a><br>
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