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Tag Archives: cooperative
Social Network Wishlist
All I want for 2015 is a Free/Open Source Software social network which is: easy to register on (no reCaptcha disability-discriminator or similar, a simple openID, activation emails that actually arrive); has an email help address or online support or … Continue reading
RISE Faces Demutualisation Threat at EGM
The RISE co-op is the sole shareholder in the Social Enterprise Mark CIC and its members have been called to an Extraordinary General Meeting during the lunch break of next Tuesday’s “Knowing and Growing” conference at UWE Bristol. The RISE … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperatives
Tagged board, co-op, consultation, cooperative, meeting, RISE, social enterprise
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Standing for election, times 2 or 3, plus public access wifi
It’s a bit quiet on this blog recently because I’m busy with lots of non-software tasks, including: I am standing for election to the UK Worker Co-operative Council. Thank you to software.coop for the nomination and help. Voters can ask … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperatives
Tagged co-op, cooperative, cooperatives, cooperatives-uk, foss, free software, internet, isp, mobile, networking
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Event for creative co-operatives
Last week, I was at this event in Bristol where we heard some interesting stories from other creative co-ops. I think the oldest had been running for about the same length as time as our co-op, but with a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperatives
Tagged bristol, community, cooperative, cooperatives, creative, event, meeting
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Forthcoming Attractions
Members of our co-op will be attending: North Somerset Cycle Forum, Yatton, Somerset, 9 September 2010 A Roundtable Discussion about Bristol City Council’s Future Web Platform (#BCCWeb), Bristol, 10 September 2010 Futures North, Leeds, 11 September 2010 Bristol Business Show, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Training and Information
Tagged bristol, business, co-op, conference, cooperative, cooperatives, event, Koha, meeting, phone, social enterprise, uk
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Hi, Why Are You Doing?
In a great post a few days ago, Jono asks why you are doing free software and reminds us to remember it. It’s quite easy to lose sight of our goals and motivations while working on the day-to-day tasks. This … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Training and Information
Tagged community, cooperative, ethos, foss, free software, goals, jono, linux, motivation, principles, values
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Doing Business the Co-operatives 2010 Way
Co-operatives 2010 On Friday, I was at this event in Plymouth. The basics of it are pretty well covered by John Atherton’s blog post. I led one of open surgeries on use of Social Media, which I’m going to try … Continue reading
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Tagged business, co-op, conference, cooperative, cooperatives, cooperatives fortnight, coops, coops10, coops14, coops2010, event, meeting, networking, social media, social networking, video
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In Berkeley or Boston? Want to work for a co-op?
Our four comrades over at Quilted co-op are looking for a new worker-owner, either a project manager, a developer (Drupal, WordPress, Rails, Perl and/or PHP), or a designer based in Berkeley or Boston. The eventual plan is to all be … Continue reading
Posted in Web Development
Tagged co-op, coop, cooperative, designer, developer, Drupal, perl, php, project manager, quilted, rails, web, wordpress, worker
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The Koha Company-go-round
While I was under snow last week, the world saw a flurry of Koha company news. We found out that PTFS is to acquire LibLime and ByWater Solutions and BibLibre are partnering for the U.S. With the past ByWater Solutions … Continue reading
Congratulations Peter Marks, UK Business Leader of the Year
As well as being a member of TTLLP, I’m a member of the Co-operative Group, which (amongst other things) runs the co-operative shops in areas where there is no regional cooperative society, including Weston-super-Mare and Worle. Congratulations to our Chief … Continue reading