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+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 ran the Federation Boostrap ™ meeting and things are up and running! Here's what we now know.
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+### 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 delighted to report that we've seen proposals coming in and votes being tallied. All resolutions that are passed are documented over [here](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/resolutions/).
+
+### 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 [our previous round of funding](https://coopcloud.tech/blog/april-2023-funding-report/). 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!
+
+### Public documentation
+
+As of [Resolution 005](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/resolutions/passed/005/), we now have public documentation for the federation. We're hoping that this will be the most convenient method to publish our work going forward to members and non-members alike. Grab a beverage and dive in on [docs.coopcloud.tech/federation](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation).
+
+### Membership
+
+The federation currently has 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!
+
+It is also now possible to pay membership dues 🤑 Please submit an expense on behalf of your collective against the "Federation membership dues" tier on the Open Collective. You can do that by clicking [here](https://opencollective.com/coop-cloud/contribute/federation-membership-dues-55111/checkout).
+
+Membership is open for those who would like to join. 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 the Co-op Cloud project, we'd encourage you to join the federation!
+
+### 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.