Author Archives: mjr

The Co-operative Development Review: a call for evidence

2010-03-02 by mjr

Cooperatives-UK Chief Executive Ed Mayo has asked Robin Murray to undertake a brief review of the potential for expansion of co-operation in the UK, and the infrastructure necessary to support it. The review is intentionally wide ranging. It covers areas … Continue reading →

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Fairtrade Fortnight 2010: Fairtrade and IT

2010-03-01 by mjr

We’re in the middle of Fairtrade Fortnight and it seems like the most advertised one yet, with Cadbury’s adverts joining the push of this year’s “big swap” theme: replace some of the stuff you’d usually buy with Fairtrade alternatives. For … Continue reading →

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Disaster Recovery, Local Strategic Partnerships

2010-02-26 by mjr

I am MJ Ray and I have not blogged for a week</bloggers-anonymous> Sorry about that. Basically, it’s been hectic and I don’t want to write about some of the things that have been going on between the co-op and its … Continue reading →

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An Introduction To The Debian Project by Leslie I’Anson – Tuesday, 16th February, Manchester

2010-02-11 by mjr

This talk at Manchester Free Software’s meeting is covering the question: “From the literally hundreds of GNU/Linux distributions in existence, what makes Debian special?” For our co-op, it’s that “Debian GNU/Linux, like all GNU/Linux distributions, is the product of a … Continue reading →

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SPI February 2010

2010-02-10 by mjr

The meeting agenda is already posted for tonight’s (Wednesday’s) SPI board IRC meeting which will be at 2000 UTC (an hour earlier than last month, back at usual time). It’s another pretty lean meeting and I don’t know why. Last … Continue reading →

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The Phone Co-op 2010

2010-02-07 by mjr

Ed Mayo talking to the Phone Co-op meeting Yesterday I had the pleasure to be at the Phone Co-ops annual meeting, as those of you who follow me on identi.ca or elsewhere will already know. The proceedings included a speech … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Koha-Community.org

2010-02-03 by mjr

At last night’s #koha community hand-over meeting, it was felt that the LL/PTFS transfer could easily delay community control of the previous koha website for 3 months, so HLT should register a fan site for community members to put the … Continue reading →

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World Economic Forum 2010

2010-01-29 by mjr

It still doesn’t seem to be getting the coverage, but this is the sixth year that I’ve written about the World Economic Forum, which is basically where large corporations try to tell governments how to rule their populations, as described … Continue reading →

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Critical Eye: Google, China, DNS and an Event

2010-01-25 by mjr

My Google Bugs page started off as a blog post back in 2006, but I’ve moved it to a more permanent home and started to bring it up to date. Recent additions include the China Controversy updated, a recent search … Continue reading →

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Home Access Scheme or Hope Abandoned to Scandal?

2010-01-25 by mjr

After its puff by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in newspapers and his podcast (mp3 file link) I’ve had a few people asking about the Home Access Scheme where families apply for a package from a closed list of six suppliers of new PCs, software and internet access. No … Continue reading →

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