ammar vouch for 038

docs/federation/resolutions/in-progress/038.md

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+title: "Resolution 038: Merri-bek Tech joins Co-op Cloud Federation"
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+- Topic: Merri-bek Tech joins Coopcloud
+- Date: 2026-03-02
+- Deadline: 2026-03-16
+- Size: Large
+
+### Summary
+
+Merri-bek Tech is working towards neighbourhood-first, community controlled web services, building infrastructure using  the Co-op Cloud stack. Merri-bek Tech expects to pay membership dues.
+
+### Details
+
+Merri-bek Tech
+
+- currently depends on Traefik for neighbourhood-distributed nodes.
+- have developed and are maintaining Kiwix Co-op Cloud recipe for deploying Wikipedia across neighbourhood nodes
+- plans to use and contribute to maintenance, of additional components of Co-op Cloud stack as needed for subsequent phases of the project roadmap: neighbhourhood based email service, web hosting and decentralized social media.
+
+@jade:merri-bek.chat is an active member of the Co-op Cloud community.
+The group is based in Merri-bek, in the inner Northern suburbs of Naarm (Melbourne), Australia
+
+[Merri-bek Tech Inc.] is legally an incorporated association in Australia, which is a legal entity used for democratic clubs and societies. It is not intended to be a worker co-operative, it is a volunteer commons project, but it shares the mutuality goals of cooperatives. Full details are at [merri-bek.tech](https://merri-bek.tech).
+
+The project that Merri-bek Tech is running to promote Neighbourhood-First Software in Merri-bek and other regions, is detailed at [lores.tech](https://lores.tech).
+
+@ammaratef45 from RTM is honored to vouch