Hello everyone, I’m brand new here and this seems like the perfect place to introduce myself.

I applied to join your community so that I can learn about secure network programming and perhaps find collaborators for an ongoing project.

The project is a template for an Articles of Association for a new type of worker’s cooperative. Rather than completely removing hierarchy as traditional cooperatives do, in my model the executive leadership is elected based on their business plan.

I believe that the executive at the top of an operational hierarchy should be legitimized through a popular election enfranchising all stakeholders, a concept I call Hierarchy by Consent. I believe this will lead to more productive and equitable companies. You can read a more detailed description on this Beehaw thread I created.

In order for the Articles of Association to be useful to anyone, there needs to be open-source all-in-one management software because these organizations could become quite complex right from the get-go. For example, it will need secure voting systems. I haven’t officially started on the software yet but my first step will be to create a requirements list.

My background is in mechanical engineering and systems, and I’d consider myself to be an intermediate programmer. I’m comfortable with local programming including database and GUI design but I lack experience with networking.

If anyone has any suggestions on what directions I take in my research, I’m all ears!

Thanks, Juniperus