[tech-coops] CoTech CoBudgeting trial run

Tue Feb 14 14:22:02 GMT 2017

Afternoon y'all,

We've now got 8 co-ops signed up to Cobudget:

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

We have 4 backers pledging a total of £430 to our CoTech social on
Thursday. We have another 2 funders with £60 available to be pledged and
another 2 funders that are observing.

It's not too late to get involved! Reply to me with an email address for
your co-op and I'll create your account. There's no pressure to put money
towards the bar tab but you'll be able to get a feel for how Cobudget works
and help us decide if/how we want to use it within CoTech.

Cheers, Chris

On 9 February 2017 at 12:37, Chris Roos <chris.roos at gofreerange.com> wrote:

> 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) 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-senio
>> r-developer-for-complex-data-project/
>>
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