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Sat 30 Sep 2017 9:34PM

Who is using and supporting FairShares?

R Rory (FSA) Public Seen by 82

In preparing an EU project report I pulled together the attached information on early adopters of FairShares, people who have used the FairShares Rules Generator (https://sites.google.com/view/fairsharesrules), current FairShares members and FairShares Institute panellists.

Should I also list subscribers (financial supporters?)
Have I missed anyone out who thinks they should listed?
Does anyone not a member now want to apply for Labour or User membership?

RH

Richard Hull Sun 1 Oct 2017 3:19PM

Hi Rory,I've lost track - am I a member?
As ever,
Richard

Richard HullLecturer (p/t) and Director, MA in Social Entrepreneurship
Institute for Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship
Goldsmiths, University of London
http://www.gold.ac.uk/icce/ ( http://www.gold.ac.uk/icce/ )

Co-editor, The Third Sector
Dialogues in Critical Management Studies Vol 1
http://bit.ly/1uLYkar

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Rory (FSA) Mon 2 Oct 2017 7:00AM

Richard - I think you are a supporter at the moment (people on Loomio and/or paying a subscription are supporters), but if you introduce FairShares to students in your course, you would be eligible for membership.

Membership is for people producing and using FairShares IP. Supporters are those providing financial (or other) support.

There is a link at http://www.fairshares.coop/membership to apply for membership (it is free).

Best
Rory

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Sam Toland Mon 2 Oct 2017 5:13PM

Hi Rory - sorry for the late reply. Been very busy.

I don't see a problem with that :)

But our rulebook underwent significant revision since then - last changes in May2017. I will send it on to you.

Would we be able to see our inclusion before publication?

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Rory (FSA) Mon 2 Oct 2017 9:49PM

See Annex attached to the thread! If rules date has changed, I'll update. Just seen a typo :)

On any new publication, you would have sight of interview transcript and pre-submission text to comnent on content. Would be while before I can work on it.

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Rory (FSA) Mon 9 Oct 2017 7:58AM

New videos conversations about FairShares:

Evolutesix (Graham Boyd): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziyH3Nnbg3M

AnyShare (Rob Jameson): https://www.facebook.com/ifinfinite/videos/10155779151958839/

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Rory (FSA) Sat 23 Dec 2017 2:41PM

https://looco.uk/

A FairShares loo roll company has just launched - shares included in the goods!

RH

Richard Hull Sat 23 Dec 2017 4:14PM

What an elegantly simple example of some FairShares principles!!
Richard

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Rory (FSA) Sun 24 Dec 2017 8:45AM

Very creative - 70% of profits to Users and Labour, 20% to Investors, 10% to Founders - all allocated through the sales of loo rolls (which everyone will need forever). What a great way to redistribute wealth!

JP

James Perry Sun 24 Dec 2017 1:27PM

Hi Rory and Richard, hope you are having a lovely festive season. Thanks very much for your feedback :) Advice on LooCo.uk needed please.

It dawned on me that we should reward long term thinking and split the customers / labours shares by those that commit for the long run. i.e Subscribe as a retailer or customer for 3 months get X shares, subscribe for 6 months get 2X + 10% shares...We are allowed to distribute for http://thecheekypanda.co.uk who are fast becoming the best brand. Made out of bamboo grass. Hyper-Allergenic, Anti-Bacterial, Anti-Fungal and 100% organic and sustainable. 1 Acre provides the same amount of biomass as it takes a forest 30 years to grow.

Our remit is community shops, independent retailers, schools, sports clubs, SMEs.
Very excited by this and off the back of this will be setting up a FairShares Sustainable subscription model for other products that solve instead of cause issues.

Warm regards,

James

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Rory (FSA) Fri 29 Dec 2017 6:32AM

Excited too. Do you need a constitution (not seen any company rules generated for this project yet by the FairShares Rules Generator)? (http://www.fairshares.coop/ownership)

I agree on the subscription front - might be easier to build share rights into the subscription terms, and issue dividend / member shares based on annual purchase levels (a bit like the Coop Group points).

A subscription (with minimum term) might also be an appropriate ‘qualifying contribution’ for User membership. Also
worth checking out www.Resonate.is - under their FairShares Model you can buy additional Investor Shares when you become a subscriber. They have created Seedbloom to handle the Investor Share purchasing and can offer it to other platform coops.

Ask @samtoland if they can help.

Lastly, how about a family (household) subscription (one pack a week, assuming a household of four), for £20/month.

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