[webarch-websites] web site copy

[Chris Croome]

Hi Nick

On Mon 17-Nov-2014 at 09:07:41PM +0000, Nick Hardiman wrote:
>
> I started documentation and bullet points for the four new Web
> Architects sites.

Nice one!

A couple of small points:

> Web Architects is a worker co-operative organization. 
> 
> A worker co-operative is formed for mutual benefit, so its focus is on
> social responsibility.
> 
> The ‘worker co-operative’ status of Web Architects makes it more
> appealing to like-minded organizations

We are not formally a workers co-op, we are a multi-stake holder co-op
which make decisions based on consensus but which has a build-in
majority for the workers if anything ever comes to a vote (it never
has), but I don't suggest this wording for the site -- I'm sure someone
could come up with something better.

Clients and partners can join the co-op, we haven't properly documented
what members benefits are, but these are the things we have been giving
people:

- 1/4 hour increments (rather than 1 hour) for time based work
- Piwki accounts for webstats via https://stats.webarch.net/
- Free email lists via https://email-lists.org/

For more details of the structure see our rules:

- https://webarch.net/rules

And:

- http://www.somerset.coop/p/somerset-rules-registrations.html

> High security
> 
> Activist-level security is standard. Web Architects protects the
> rights of its customers by building security into everything. All
> shared hosting includes a server certificate. All storage is
> encrypted. All communications are protected. For customers who value
> privacy, Web Architects offers hosting in the Iceland data haven.

We aim to do this but, to be honest, we don't always achieve it and
there are lots of way in which we could make things more secure...

"developing Iceland data haven" might be more accurate as it's not yet
there...

> https://ecodissident.net/
> 
> blog concerned with privacy, activism, co-ops
>  
> Create blog and regularly post content.
> 
> The tech to make it go is no problem, but regular content updates may
> be. The fresher the content, the more search-engine friendly it is.
> All it takes is a couple lines a day, but that's actually quite a
> commitment. 

I agree, at the moment I tend to approach Twitter as something to post
to and use either when at an event, eg see the #ORGCon14 tweets, or to
follow the news and rant and RT... this probably isn't the best approach
but I'm not sure I could commit to much more than this... These are the
accounts we have:

- https://twitter.com/webarchcoop
- https://twitter.com/ecodissident
- https://twitter.com/sheffieldcoop
- https://twitter.com/meersbrooknet

We also have this site to switch to a static site generator:

- https://sheffield.coop/

All the best

Chris

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