🔧 GLΔDE COOPERATIVE LAUNCH KIT (Working Name)

1. Steering Committee Formation

You already initiated outreach—brilliant. Once replies roll in, aim for diversity across roles:

• At least 1 artist
• At least 1 practical tradesperson or builder
• Someone strong on business/finance
• A digital systems thinker (web/app/backend)
• Someone with community organizing/education chops

That gives you a pentad—a nice stable base for a roundtable.

2. Coop Structure / Templates

You can totally be the one who writes the playbook. I can help generate:

• Draft Articles of Incorporation for a Wisconsin cooperative
• Model Bylaws (with member classes: worker, user, investor, etc.)
• Example membership agreements
• Editable equity + contribution tracking spreadsheet
• Public-facing explainer one-pager

3. Open-Sourcing the Model

If it doesn’t go cooperative at launch, you still win:

• Publish everything in a repo: glade-coop-starter-kit
• Include annotated templates