[tech-coops] CoTech CoBudgeting trial run

Wed Feb 15 16:20:00 GMT 2017

G'day,

We've now got 9 co-ops (hello, Blake House) signed up to Cobudget and we've
got £470 pledged toward the bar tab for tomorrow night. In hindsight maybe
the £1000 target was a little ambitious :-)

We (GFR) will pay the bar tab up to this amount and I'll then invoice the
co-ops that have agreed to contribute.

See some of you tomorrow!

Cheers, Chris

On 14 February 2017 at 14:22, Chris Roos <chris.roos at gofreerange.com> wrote:

> 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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