[tech-coops] CoTech CoBudgeting trial run

[Chris Roos]

Hi folks,

I thought I'd send an update explaining how the trial's going.

We've got 7 co-ops as members of our CoTech group on Cobudget:

* Outlandish
* Go Free Range
* Co-operative Web
* Gilded Splinters
* Calverts
* Wave
* Glowbox Design

Two of the seven have backed the bar tab proposal and another three have
funds in their accounts that are available to be allocated.

Is anyone else interested in a Cobudget account? Even if you're not
planning to fund the bar tab I think you'll probably be able to provide
useful feedback about the tool.

Cheers, Chris


On 1 February 2017 at 18:22, Brian Spurling <brian at outlandish.com> wrote:

> Hi Cooperative Technologists,
>
> After the retreat in November a working group was kicked off to explore
> the concept of CoTech-wide CoBudgeting.
>
> We are about to attempt a trial run, in which we hope to involve as many
> coops as possible. We are going to CoBudget a bar tab for the CoTech
> social <https://www.loomio.org/d/PvQJqtK2/open-2017-platform-cooperatives> on
> the 16th February at Open:2017 <https://2017.open.coop/> 🍾  🍻  ☕
>
> If you would like to be involved in the trial, read on. If you have no
> wish to fund a bar tab but still have an interest in the CoBudgeting trial,
> that's fine - you can just observe, if you wish.
>
> *But please get involved either way! This will be a useless trial if we
> don't get lots of feedback out of it.*
>
> *The plan is as follows:*
>
> We have created a *Cooperative Technologists* CoBudget group, here:
> cobudget.co/#/groups/603 (log in required)
>
> A note on terminology: The CoBudget platform has *groups* (Cooperative
> Technologists), which in turn have *funders* (Outlandish, Go Free Range,
> etc). A funder has *funds *(£, even though the icon in the app is $),
> which they can allocate to *buckets *(project pitches). A bucket is first
> created for "discussion and design", before being opened up for funding.
>
> *Getting you set up on CoBudget*
>
>    - We are creating *one CoBudget account per coop*, so the thing to do *right
>    now*, is email or Slack me or Chris an appropriate email address (e.g.
>    team+cobudget at outlandish.com <team%2Bcobudget at outlandish.com>) so we
>    can add you.
>    - Log in and change your profile name to the name of your coop.
>    - Everybody will start with £0 funds.
>
> *Funding the trial bucket*
>
>    - There is one bucket ready-and-waiting for you: *TRIAL RUN: fund a
>    bar tab for the CoTech social at Open:2017*
>    - Because this is a trial run, you won't have any funds. So...
>       - Post a comment in the bucket's discussion stating how much your
>       coop would like contribute
>       - Chris or I will add that amount to your funding pot
>    - You can then allocate your funds to the bucket
>
> *When the bucket is fully-funded*
>
>    - Go Free Range is the project owner, so they will be responsible for
>    collecting the actual money from each coop.
>    - They will also be responsible for managing and paying the tab on the
>    night
>
> *Afterwards*
>
>    - If there's money left over, we can have an interesting chat about
>    what to do in this scenario
>    - Then we'll gather feedback and lessons-learned, and decide on next
>    steps - probably moving towards a more formal Loomio proposal.
>
>
> Any questions about any of this, probably easiest to jump on Slack
> <https://tech-coops.slack.com/archives/cobudgeting-wg> and ask there.
>
> Happy CoBudgeting!
> Brian, Chris and the CoBudgeting Working Group
>
> P.S. We've come up with this plan based on a very useful conversation with
> some CoBudget experts from Enspiral. If you want the backstory, check out
> the Slack channel <https://tech-coops.slack.com/archives/cobudgeting-wg>.
>
> P.P.S.  We hope you will agree, this trial run is fairly low key and not,
> we think, worthy of a formal proposal. It's more about testing the
> logistics, hence why we're keeping this out of Loomio. If anybody strongly
> opposes this trial run, you are welcome to simply not participate (and,
> please, share your concerns in the Slack channel
> <https://tech-coops.slack.com/archives/cobudgeting-wg> so we can
> incorporate them into the eventual proposal).
>
> --
> Brian Spurling
> Outlandish
>
> We are hiring: http://www.outlandish.com/blog/job-opportunity-
> senior-developer-for-complex-data-project/
>
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