Author Archives: mjr

Seize the Media! @theBoyler @coopsutd

2012-11-05 by mjr

So when I arrived on Thursday (ten minutes early despite a cancelled train, thanks to help from the cooperative fellow traveller mentioned last post), I was in time to go to a workshop on media cooperatives led by @theBoyler. It … Continue reading →

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The @coopsutd Journey

2012-11-04 by mjr

I’m on my way back from Cooperatives United. I haven’t quite posted as much as I planned (just a few microblogs/tweets) because the event was so much bigger and busier than I expected! So I’m writing this on my (6 … Continue reading →

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International Credit Union Day 2012: Members Matter Most

2012-10-18 by mjr

Credit Unions are financial co-operatives where a community’s savings are used to fund other community borrowing and both savers and borrowers can become members. Thursday 18 October 2012 is International Credit Union Day, as well as being in the United … Continue reading →

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I’ve got anti-spam, so why am I still seeing some spam?

2012-10-17 by mjr

So you’ve got lots of shiny spam-detection software (not eyetests or similar rubbish) installed but are still getting some spam on your email and your website? Why aren’t your spam detectors and preventative measures effective at dealing with it? Basically, … Continue reading →

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Elected as @theCooperative member delegate

2012-10-06 by mjr

Thank you to the co-operative group Cambridge and East Anglia area for electing me as their member delegate to the national half-yearly meeting and annual general meeting. Please tell me what you’d like me to do (such as comment here … Continue reading →

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Business As Mutual conference, Anglia Ruskin Uni, 12 Sep

2012-09-13 by mjr

Here’s a summary of what happened at this conference. Opening address. Keynote from Nick Hurd MP, @minforcivsoc. “Lot less money around.” Called canals and rivers trust the biggest social enterprise. Blames lack of large social enterprises on culture, leadership and … Continue reading →

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We have moved!

2012-07-26 by mjr

With immediate effect, our co-op is now at: 12 Canada Road, Erith DA8 2HE Please send any official post there instead of Somerset, because the forwarding is slow and I expect it to miss a few items. Our telephone numbers … Continue reading →

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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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Bibliohack London

2012-06-13 by mjr

Well this isn’t Edinburgh. This is London calling. More from kohacon later. Today I was at OKFN’s bibliohack . There were several interesting projects there and it was a good opportunity to get back into coding, metadata and APIs after … Continue reading →

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I’m going to kohacon12

2012-06-04 by mjr

Probably by the time you read this, I’ll be on the road to kohacon12. It’s been a fun week or so with the final arrangements on top of our other planned work and some unexpected work too, but I think … Continue reading →

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