diff --git a/content/blog/april-2023-funding-report.md b/content/blog/april-2023-funding-report.md index acb1ab9..fe86c76 100644 --- a/content/blog/april-2023-funding-report.md +++ b/content/blog/april-2023-funding-report.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ At the start of 2023, we announced [our next major round of funding](https://coo ## Tooling updates -There’s a new `abra` available and if you haven’t upgraded, [please go ahead](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/abra/upgrade/)! There’s a [migration guide](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/abra/upgrade/#06x-beta-07x-beta) available and the full changelog is [here](https://git.coopcloud.tech/coop-cloud/abra/releases/tag/0.7.0-beta). +There’s a new `abra` available and if you haven’t upgraded, [please go ahead](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/abra/upgrade/)! There’s a [migration guide](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/abra/upgrade/#06x-beta-07x-beta) available and the full changelog is [here](https://git.coopcloud.tech/coop-cloud/abra/releases/tag/0.7.0-beta). The idea behind the `0.7.x` series of `abra` was to fix several critical bugs and also re-factor - and, in some cases, remove - some of the more unreliable parts of the tool. Some of the main improvements are: @@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ The idea behind the `0.7.x` series of `abra` was to fix several critical bugs an Lastly, we’re also happy to share news of `kadabra`, a server-side companion tool which is available for general alpha-testing (here be dragons!) which has been developed by `@Moritz`, a member of [Local-IT](https://local-it.org). Thank you `@Moritz` and Local-IT! -`kadabra` is about helping perform automatic upgrades of apps in your Co-op Cloud deployment. `abra` now attaches some extra metadata to the deployed app, and `kadabra` can read that and make a decision about whether or not to perform an automated upgrade. It’s all new, and we welcome brave alpha-testers to check it out! +`kadabra` is about helping perform automatic upgrades of apps in your Co-op Cloud deployment. `abra` now attaches some extra metadata to the deployed app, and `kadabra` can read that and make a decision about whether or not to perform an automated upgrade. It’s all new, and we welcome brave alpha-testers to check it out! -## The Co-op Cloud Federation bootstrap meeting +## The Federation bootstrap meeting + +> Update: read more about our progress on [this post](/blog/federation-bootstrapped/) We’re delighted to announce that we have finally bootstrapped the federation 🎉 The process is far from over, but the wheels are now officially turning: we had 13 in attendance at the founding meeting, representing 7 collectives. diff --git a/content/blog/federation-bootstrapped.md b/content/blog/federation-bootstrapped.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bc18eaa --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/federation-bootstrapped.md @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +--- +title: "The Federation is bootstrapped" +date: 2023-04-17T11:32:59+02:00 +draft: false +image: "/img/solifedi.jpg" +imageCredit: "Solidarity by Roger Peet (instagram.com/toosphexy)" +description: "The democratic wheels are turning." +--- + +The democratic wheels are turning. We've successfully had the Federation Boostrap ™ meeting and things are up and running! Here's what we now know. + + + +### Public documentation + +As of [Resolution 005](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/resolutions/passed/005/), we now have public documentation for the federation. + +Grab a beverage and dive in on [`docs.coopcloud.tech/federation`](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation). + +### Decision making + +In the [bootstrap meeting](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/minutes/2022-03-03/), we decided on a decision making protocol in [Resolution 001](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/resolutions/passed/001/). This has since been put to great use and we're seeing resolutions coming in and getting voted on. All resolutions that are passed are documented over [here](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/resolutions/). + +### Membership & dues + +The federation currently has [9 members](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/membership/) 🤓 As per [Resolution 002](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/resolutions/passed/002/), all members present at the [bootstrap meeting](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/minutes/2022-03-03/) are now members. Thanks everyone for turning up and joining in! + +We've done some Open Collective adminstration and It is now possible to pay membership dues 🤑 Please submit an expense on behalf of your collective against the "Federation membership dues" tier. You can do that by clicking [here](https://opencollective.com/coop-cloud/contribute/federation-membership-dues-55111/checkout). + +Membership is open if you're interested in joining! See [this FAQ question](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/faq/#how-do-i-join-the-federation) for more information on how to get started. If you're hosting, developing or using free software which has some relation to Co-op Cloud, we'd encourage you to join the federation! + +### Finances + +Autonomic has published documentation about how the federation finances work [here](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/finance/). If anything is unclear, please let us know! + +As of today, the Open Collective balance represents the total sum of money available to the federation. This is currently **6,507.14 GBP** 🎉 This money is made up the ongoing Open Collective "Infrastructure Sustainability" tier donations and the remainder of [our previous round of funding](/blog/april-2023-funding-report/) (budget for this funding available to review [here](/blog/new-year-status-update/)). Thanks again for the support folks 😍 + +In [Resolution 003](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/resolutions/passed/003/), we decided on budgets for paid work and an hourly rate. If you're a member of the federation, please submit budget proposals to get paid for your work! + +### Meeting schedule + +There is a poll currently flying around in the members only federation channel on Matrix. Please take a look and fill in your times! We will aim to discuss a fixed meeting schedule (which takes all members timezones into account) going forward, so we can avoid the organisational churn of online polls. + +-- decentral1se on behalf of Autonomic diff --git a/static/img/solifedi.jpg b/static/img/solifedi.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5146384 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/solifedi.jpg differ