2011 Board Statement

I have been a member of HCoop since 2005; I wrote the Domtool Emacs mode, was involved in the 2009 migration project, started the hcoopstatus Identica group, and am redesigning the member portal. My platform:

• Plan to expand to 150--250 members during the next year. End the pledge system once we can do so without increasing dues significantly.
• Move HCoop accounts to the National Cooperative Bank or a similar credit union.
• Implement a strong environmental policy when we are financially able to; purchase carbon offsets to compensate for our use of nonrenewable energy.
• Document development processes for our custom software. Recruit more volunteers for system administration tasks. Consider applying to be a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2012.

• Last but not least, I will have HCoop T-shirts printed, finishing the project that NathanKennedy began in 2005. (:

2010 Board Statement

I have been a member of HCoop since 2005; I wrote the Domtool Emacs mode, was involved in the 2009 migration project, started the hcoopstatus Identica group, and am redesigning the member portal. My platform:

• Plan to expand to 150--250 members during the next year and then end the pledge system once we can do so without increasing dues significantly.
• Move HCoop accounts to the National Cooperative Bank or a similar credit union.
• Implement a strong environmental policy when we are financially able to; purchase carbon offsets to compensate for our use of nonrenewable energy.
• Document development processes for our custom software and recruit a fourth admin. Also consider making it possible for admins to delegate certain tasks to trusted non-admins.

• Last but not least, I will have HCoop T-shirts printed, finishing the project that NathanKennedy began in 2005. (:

OpenID server

Would it make sense for HCoop to be an OpenId provider? Gracie is a server that authenticates users using PAM, and it's in Debian. We could allow users to register their identity URIs using domtool, as well as supporting http://hcoop.net/~user automatically.