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Co-operatives Fortnight, an interview with me!

2012-07-13 by mjr

For Co-operatives Fortnight this year (finished 7 July I think), I was a guest on the CyberUnions show. It was titled “This is What Democracy Looks Like in a Workplace” and you can download it as a podcast from http://s.coop/q1af … Continue reading →

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#coops14 continues: Guardian, Facebook, Cyberunions and Breakfast

2011-07-05 by mjr

Thanks to the Guardian for publishing Why co-operatives matter written by two members of our co-op. Also today, I’m pictured being given a share by Giles Simon of our national co-ordinating co-op on the Co-operatives Fortnight Facebook page. I’m not … Continue reading →

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Respond to the European Consultation on Library RFID

2010-08-20 by mjr

As you may remember, our co-op is working on various RFID (radio tags instead of barcodes, basically) extensions for Koha. One of the main ethical concerns about RFID is privacy – if done wrong, it could become quite easy to … Continue reading →

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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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Book Review: Creating a World Without Poverty

2009-11-09 by mjr

I was referred to Creating a World Without Poverty during a discussion on advogato some months ago, but it took rather a long time to obtain the book for various reasons and then I forgot about this review until a … Continue reading →

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Enterprise Hubs, Societies, Newsletter and AGM

2009-05-08 by mjr

Cooperatives-SW (which I’m currently helping to direct) has been approved for Co-operative Enterprise Hub funding for 2009. Well done to Viv and the rest of the hard-working team who have been doing miracles for co-ops in this region with relatively … Continue reading →

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Looking Back: 2008 Part 3

2008-12-29 by mjr

This is the final part of my review of popular articles on my news websites during 2008. It follows part 1 and part 2, but it can be enjoyed on its own, like an nice ripe cheese. Unlike one friend, … Continue reading →

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Looking Back: 2008 Part 2

2008-12-27 by mjr

This is a continuation from part 1 but can be enjoyed on its own too, like a good red wine. It’s a bit early for me for red wine, though. May BBC TV: Click: Free=beer and facebook-flaming – my letter … Continue reading →

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Looking Back: 2008 Part 1

2008-12-25 by mjr

Over the next few days, I’m looking at the most popular articles from this site and my previous news website during 2008. I’ll be doing it in three parts. Popularity is measured by page views from local access logs, but … Continue reading →

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