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Resolution 038: Merri-bek Tech joins Co-op Cloud Federation

  • Topic: Merri-bek Tech joins Coopcloud
  • Date: 2026-03-02
  • Deadline: 2026-03-16
  • Size: Large

Summary

Merri-bek Tech is working towards neighbourhood-first, community controlled web services, building infrastructure using the Co-op Cloud stack. Merri-bek Tech expects to pay membership dues.

Details

Merri-bek Tech

  • currently depends on Traefik for neighbourhood-distributed nodes.
  • have developed and are maintaining Kiwix Co-op Cloud recipe for deploying Wikipedia across neighbourhood nodes
  • plans to use and contribute to maintenance, of additional components of Co-op Cloud stack as needed for subsequent phases of the project roadmap: neighbhourhood based email service, web hosting and decentralized social media.

@jade:merri-bek.chat is an active member of the Co-op Cloud community. The group is based in Merri-bek, in the inner Northern suburbs of Naarm (Melbourne), Australia

[Merri-bek Tech Inc.] is legally an incorporated association in Australia, which is a legal entity used for democratic clubs and societies. It is not intended to be a worker co-operative, it is a volunteer commons project, but it shares the mutuality goals of cooperatives. Full details are at merri-bek.tech.

The project that Merri-bek Tech is running to promote Neighbourhood-First Software in Merri-bek and other regions, is detailed at lores.tech.

@ammaratef45 from RTM is honored to vouch