Convener: Hamish

Participants (add yourself here if you want to be listed, no obligation): Name and Fediverse handle

• N.N
• Steve Ediger

Key points:

• Current State of Governance: https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/ideating-organization-structure-for-the-grassroots-fediverse-wiki/3037/2
• Is W3C an open organization or a chokepoint for large corporations?
• Fediverse Extension Proposals
• It’s currently feudalism
• King (Mastodon)
• Princes (other codebases, Pixelfeed, etc.)
• Lords
• Peasants

Hamish

• journalist
• runs instances 3 - 4
• SocialHub
• grass roots of alternative culture

Boris Mann

• Long time OSS builder, blogger, community –> eg Northern Voice blogging conference
• Drupal and OSS licensing in the early days
• Now building Fission https://fission.codes on top of IPFS

Chris Lozinski (@UncensoredNews@Mastodon.Social)

• Focused on climate change news, and censorship
• after that the issue of governance will be my top priority.

Steve Ediger

• long co-op background
• data commons – list of co-ops for the US https://datacommons.coop/
• ChiCommons.coop

Marlene Breitenstein

• end user
• artist and photographer
• web design and web management
• medical massage therapist
• interested in the admin side of Mastodon, ActivityPub
• experience with community organizing

https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/openwebgovernancebody

Worried about the future of the fediverse and large companies coming in.