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Tag Archives: cooperatives
Fairtrade Fortnight
This week and next week are Fairtrade Fortnight. As I’ve mentioned in discussions at the Co-operative Group, there are some drawbacks to Fairtrade (most of which can be overcome by trading with co-operatives locally), but it is worth supporting fairtrade … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperatives
Tagged bananas, campaign, co-operatives, cooperatives, event, fairtrade, fortnight, social enterprise
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OCLC Library Data-grab Policy Countdown
There’s now about a month until the privatisation of library data described in Libraries, Cooperatives, OCLC and TTLLP happens. There’s now a Thingology Blog series on Why libraries must reject the OCLC Policy, with a list of four actions at … Continue reading
Posted in Koha
Tagged cooperatives, creative commons, data licensing, free and open source software, Koha, oclc
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Global 300 and chances to invest in a fuel co-op or meet Cooperatives-SW
The new Global 300 list has been released this week:- “the 300 top co-operatives are responsible for an aggregate turnover of 1.1 trillion USD which makes it the size of the 10th economy of the world nearly the size of … Continue reading
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Tagged biofuels, cooperatives, exeter, global 300, meeting, plymouth, south-west england
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Bristol Cooperatives and Social Enterprise Trade Fair on Monday
Cooperatives-SW is working in partnership with the Regional Infrastructure for Social Enterprise (RISE) to hold a Trade Fair with support from CDA (BRAVE Ltd.), Social Enterprise Works, Co-opportunity and Watershed Media Centre. It will be held on Monday 1 December … Continue reading
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Tagged bristol, cooperatives, events, social enterprise, software, trade fair, watershed
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Libraries, Cooperatives, OCLC and TTLLP
Thanks to Koha, TTLLP is partly a library services worker cooperative and just now there’s a massive flame-storm about the largest library services consumer cooperative – OCLC, the Online Computer Library Center – because it just updated the terms for … Continue reading
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Tagged cooperatives, creative commons, data licensing, free and open source software, Koha, oclc
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Recent Events: London LinuxExpo, Toronto Free Software and Open Source Symposium, Public Sector Online, Get Online Day, the Global Financial Crisis, c&binet
Today’s the last day for the Gov.UK Consultation on Forced ISP Snooping: Please Say NO. I didn’t get to LinuxExpo, partly because of Monday Machine-Mangling Madness but I saw LinuxExpo 2008 — Robert Castelo from the Drupal point-of-view. I also … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperatives, Drupal, Koha
Tagged cooperatives, Drupal, get online day, government, ica, linuxexpo, london
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Dot-coop Domain Renewal Hell
Without emailing us in advance, UK.domains.coop just expired our software.coop domain on 29 October instead of 5 November. When I looked at the renewal option in the control panel, the fees have increased by about 30% since last year. I … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperatives, Koha, ThePhoneCoop
Tagged cooperatives, domain registration, dot-coop, service, software.coop, support
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Social Enterprise Photography Competition and Cooperatives South-West Trade Fair
Cooperatives South West is working in partnership with the Regional Infrastructure for Social Enterprise (RISE) to hold a Trade Fair with support from CDA (BRAVE Ltd.), Social Enterprise Works, Co-opportunity and Watershed Media Centre. It will be held on Monday … Continue reading
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Tagged booking, bristol, cooperatives, events, trade fair, watershed
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How not to be a Popular Politician
So, while everyone was watching the Bush Bank Bail-out plan get rejected by Congress, they also found time to approve more bad copyright law, an RIAA-backed initiative to attack cooperative download tools like BitTorrent. Thankfully, the attempt to empower the … Continue reading
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Tagged congress, cooperatives, cooperatives-uk, copyright, events, local strategic partnerships, national archives, odf, open document format, petitions, transport
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Report on Shape the future of social enterprise in the South West 4 Sep 2008
I went to this event a few weeks ago. The immediate outcome is the call for expressions of interest in RISE-SW’s projects. The deadline is next Monday (29th September) at 12 noon, so get emailing if you’re interested in them. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperatives
Tagged consultation, cooperatives, government, RISE, social enterprise
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