Livestream Co-op Finance Discussion: Panelist Suggestions Needed.
Matthew Cropp
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We just had a quick and productive hangout discussing pulling together a live-streamed & recorded "panel" on Google Hangouts on Air, and decided to move forward on two: one on finance and deal structure, followed by one on governance.
The call originated with this Loomio thread by @MairaSutton
~ Spreadsheet for tracking outreach and speakers ~
The plan is to start with the finance/deal structure discussion, and the idea is to have someone kick the conversation off with a bit of vision (Someone like Nathan or Trebor or, if we could get him, Doug Rushkoff?), and then proceed to a lightly moderated discussion with a group consisting of 2-3 people who have deep experience with co-op finance and 2-3 people with deep experience in converting for-profit businesses into co-ops. After introductions, these folks would start by engaging in a lightly moderated discussion with each other about how this might work in the case of twitter, and then we could bring in questions from those watching for the remainder of the session.
Our soft goal is to have all (or at least a good portion) of the line-up confirmed by the Thursday before the Platform Co-op conference, and if there are any gaps, we can hopefully fill them there.
As such, please use the comments section below to "nominate" individuals who you think might fit either the "Finance" or "Conversions" role well (please clearly indicate which you are nominating them for, and provide a 1 paragraph summary of why they might be a good fit), and, once we have a list, go back and "like" up to 3 from each category. Once we have nominations and likes tabulated, we can put out asks to those individuals, starting with the most "liked" nominations.
Danny Spitzberg Thu 3 Nov 2016 6:12AM
For legal expertise, I suggest investment lawyer Jenny Kassan jennykassan.com, co-founder of theselc.org and perhaps startup lawyer Kyle Westaway westaway.co, counsel for many big-name startus as well as for the recent co-op conversion www.nobl.io.
For co-op financing expertise, I suggest Brendan Martin, founder of theworkingworld.org and a regular interlocutor with #platformcoop people.
I've been in touch with all of these wonderful humans about #BuyTwitter and would happily invite them once a range of possible dates emerges.
john gieryn Mon 7 Nov 2016 7:30PM
@gregbrodsky @dannyspitzberg @matthewcropp how likely do you think that the people you've suggested will participate? should we ask everyone who has been listed above? any concerns with particulars that have been suggested?
I made this spreadsheet to track them
Poll Created Mon 7 Nov 2016 7:37PM
Confirming Livestream Event and Speaker-Requests-Round-1 Closed Thu 10 Nov 2016 2:01PM
Should we host the Livestream Panel discussion as suggested by those who met a week ago, and empower those who have suggested these speakers [outreach-spreadsheet] to invite them to speak for this event?
My impression is that, of the names listed, we won't get more than 6, so I think we can proceed that way and/or the outreach folks can coordinate amongst themselves.
More context: The call was sparked by this former Loomio, and here are the notes from that call.
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 87.5% | 7 |
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| Abstain | 12.5% | 1 |
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| Disagree | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 240 |
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8 of 248 people have participated (3%)
Suresh Fernando
Mon 7 Nov 2016 7:43PM
This is a good way to get those with legal and structural knowledge into the conversation
john gieryn
Mon 7 Nov 2016 7:43PM
If even a couple of these speakers come through I think it'll be a great event.
mai ishikawa sutton
Tue 8 Nov 2016 1:30AM
Seems like a solid line-up. Timing-wise, early PT/midday ET/evening CET would probably be the most accommodating.
Sreeharsha
Tue 8 Nov 2016 8:42AM
don't know most of the people in the lineup but wanted to participate in the process
Tom McDonough
Tue 8 Nov 2016 2:20PM
From the little I've read, these folks with coop experience are doing deals in the $100,000 range. It will be important to cross-pollinate the panel with [perish the thought!] Wall Streeters who can do a $12 billion financing. I could find some.
john gieryn Mon 7 Nov 2016 7:40PM
I set it for 3 days (am open to changing the length); I know this may make it seem quite improbable that we'd get any headliners by Thursday; however, I do think that preliminary outreach could be made prior to the conclusion of this vote, on the basis that the network may (although is unlikely to) choose not to feature any particular speakers that say yes in this period.
If we do get a yes that is significant enough to warrant making a call-out of some nature about it at the Platform Co-op conference, another Proposal on a separate thread could be made IMO
john gieryn · Mon 7 Nov 2016 2:11PM
This would depend on the speakers availability; I think that we were imagining a week or two after the conference this weekend?
@matthewcropp @mairasutton — I made a timezone sheet, but am eager to know which other countries/ timezones may need adding for this?
Also- I could reach out to Magenta Ceiba (E.D. of the Bloom Network)- she is a facilitator and consultant for businesses seeking more collaborative ways of working, and I think she has solid business plan/ economic chops. I'll start a proposal so that we can move forward with inviting these folks