Open 2017: Platform Cooperatives
Chris Croome (Webarchitects Co-operative)
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I guess a few of us will be at Open 2017: Platform Cooperatives -- "A two day conference on the collaborative economy" -- February 16-17: Goldsmiths, University of London and I was wondering @josefdaviescoates is there anything planned for the evening of the 16th -- could we have a Co-operative Technologists social gathering somewhere and also throw it open to the other co-operators in London who are not at the event?
Josef Davies-Coates Wed 18 Jan 2017 4:45PM
good work Chris! :)
I can't think of any reason not to pay refundable deposit, but I guess the question is for what space?!?
Chris Croome (Webarchitects Co-operative) Wed 18 Jan 2017 5:30PM
3am! That sounds ideal ;-)
I don't know about numbers, are some people from the tech co-ops in London who won't be at https://2017.open.coop/ going to be attending? Are we going to let the world know about the event on social media?
Chris Roos Thu 19 Jan 2017 3:11PM
I can't think of any reason not to pay refundable deposit, but I guess the question is for what space?!?
Andy from the Amersham Arms said that he'd put us in the back room (or at least half of it) by default but that we can let him know if we need more/less space. I'm waiting to hear back from him so that I can pay the deposit.
Chris Croome (Webarchitects Co-operative) Wed 18 Jan 2017 9:02PM
Could this social also be the launch party for https://dev.coops.tech/ ?
Chris Roos Tue 24 Jan 2017 3:44PM
Could this social also be the launch party for https://dev.coops.tech/ ?
In what way do you imagine it being the launch party, @chriscroome? Some kind of public unveiling, or more of a date to have it ready by so that people can search for CoTech and find something sensible online?
Chris Croome (Webarchitects Co-operative) Tue 24 Jan 2017 4:09PM
@chrisroos both, having a deadline for when the site at https://dev.coops.tech/ is going to be made available at https://www.coops.tech/ would help us all get it sorted? Also it would be nice to have a celebration to mark the fact that it has been launched?
I expect we would, in fact, make it live a few days before so that there are not any issues on the day itself.
Perhaps @josefdaviescoates would be able to announce the event and put the website on the screen for a moment at the Platform Co-operatives event?
Does that make sense?
Chris Roos Wed 25 Jan 2017 4:13PM
That all makes sense to me @chriscroome.
Harry "Outlandish" Robbins Fri 20 Jan 2017 11:25AM
Ooooh... party. Awesome. Is this for the Thursday night?
I'm definitely up for it and I dare say Outlandish would put some cash behind the bar.
Chris Roos Mon 23 Jan 2017 12:40PM
Ooooh... party. Awesome. Is this for the Thursday night?
Yup, it certainly is.
I'm definitely up for it and I dare say Outlandish would put some cash behind the bar.
I'm wondering whether we can try using Cobudget to organise collectively contributing to a bar tab. I'll suggest this in the Cobudget working group in Slack.
Chris Roos · Wed 18 Jan 2017 4:19PM
Good shout on the Amersham Arms, @josefdaviescoates! I've spoken to Andy there and it sounds pretty much ideal. They can offer the back room (350 capacity), half the back room (about 150 capacity) and the take courage room (75 capacity). Each area is setup for seating and standing. The bar will be staffed and stocked and he has a late license until 3am. He can supply a DJ for 6 hours for £80 or we can put together a playlist that he'll play for us.
They need a £150 refundable deposit to secure the booking. Is there any reason I shouldn't pay this? I'm sure we can work out the other details once we've got the location sorted.