<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Notwithstanding a <a href="https://medium.com/@ccor">recently formed California Coop</a>, ISOC, via its NY Chapter, has been supportive of the Global Platform Coop movement, partnering for webcasts of its annual conference three out of the last 4 years.. In particular Coop models show great potential as an organizational structure in community networks.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u>
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ISOC Live posted: "Today, Wednesday January 22 2020, at 6pm EST (23:00 UTC), ISOC.LIVE will webcast Converting <a href="http://care.com" target="_blank">care.com</a> into a cooperative, the first in a series of 14 guest lectures in the Who Owns the World course at the New School in NYC. This course aims to introduce st" </span>
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