Welcome to the *Cooperative Technologists Community*, we are a network of technology focused cooperatives, [CoTech](https://www.coops.tech/), who are *"building a tech industry that's better for its workers and customers through co-operation, democracy and worker ownership."* This is our open community discussion forum, you don't have to be a member of a coop to join this community but you do need to support [the cooperative values and principles](http://ica.coop/en/whats-co-op/co-operative-identity-values-principles) and have an interest in technology, you can find out more [about us](https://www.coops.tech/about), read [our manifesto](https://www.coops.tech/manifesto), see who we are and who we have worked for and watch [a video made at our first gathering](https://vimeo.com/196080655) on [www.coops.tech](https://www.coops.tech/). We also have [a wiki](https://wiki.coops.tech/) and a decision making group on [Loomio](https://www.loomio.org/g/oVwtKDOn/digital-co-ops), [Slack channels](https://tech-coops.slack.com/) and (for now, we might close it and use Discourse) a public [email list](https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/tech-coops).
Welcome to the **Cooperative Technologists Community**, we are a network of technology focused cooperatives, [CoTech](https://www.coops.tech/), who are *"building a tech industry that's better for its workers and customers through co-operation, democracy and worker ownership."* This is our open community discussion forum, you don't have to be a member of a coop to join this community but you do need to support [the cooperative values and principles](http://ica.coop/en/whats-co-op/co-operative-identity-values-principles) and have an interest in technology, you can find out more [about us](https://www.coops.tech/about), read [our manifesto](https://www.coops.tech/manifesto), see who we are and who we have worked for and watch [a video made at our first gathering](https://vimeo.com/196080655) on [www.coops.tech](https://www.coops.tech/). We also have [a wiki](https://wiki.coops.tech/) and a decision making group on [Loomio](https://www.loomio.org/g/oVwtKDOn/digital-co-ops), [Slack channels](https://tech-coops.slack.com/) and (for now, we might close it and use Discourse) a public [email list](https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/tech-coops).
*Please read [our community guidelines](https://community.coops.tech/guidelines) before signing up for an account here.*
