UPDATE (13 May 2004): Seven groups (Acorn Active Media, Community Bandwidth, Electric Embers, May First Technology Collective, New Path Consulting, ONE/Northwest, and tech underground) are now collaborating to create the first outlines of this federation! More details will be available as the process resolves, probably around the end of June. [Oops, project aborted as energy of 2004 presidential elections absorbed everyone's time.]

UPDATE (21 June 2007): An email list is now available for discussion of tech coop issues (how to start them, how to sustain them) and mutual support. On the list are founders and workers at existing tech worker coops(15+), people working on starting a coop or formalizing an existing group, and people who are just interested in the worker coop model for tech work.

A call to form a federation of technology coops

"When we federate, we build a referral and collaboration network, we support each other, and we create a strong foundation for issue advocacy. When we join together, we are much stronger than any one part alone."

"When individual tech workers organize into coops, their clients benefit from an integrated team, with access to more skills, knowledge and experience than one person can possess. Workers benefit from support and referrals from their team members."

"A relatively stable, enduring group of people who work cooperatively, sharing resources and collaborating democratically to provide technology services."