Open Media Co-operative Expected to Launch in February

BOSTON/Copley Square - On Tuesday, 18 people gathered in the Guatemala Room of the Community Church of Boston to hold the first organizing meeting of the campaign to launch the Open Media Co-operative - a new democratically-run business wing for Open Media Boston. The rationale behind the project and preliminary ideas for new co-operative's structure were discussed by OMB staff, and plans laid for a follow-up outreach and strategy meeting on Dec. 2nd. The goal of the upcoming meeting will be to organize enough founding members to launch the co-operative by February 2011. Open Media Boston viewers interested in getting involved in the new co-operative are encouraged to contact OMB staff at info@openmediaboston.org for more information.

This article is a news brief.

Editor's Note: Open Media Boston staff has made the decision to cover the process of organizing our new co-operative business wing as news. Given that the idea of running consumer co-ops in support of news media is a new one, we would like to chronicle our co-op effort in the public interest to help provide a road map for future efforts that decide to follow our path.