London Meetup - WEDS 28th Sept

Hi Mike,

People that registered are listed below. I don't think I can share emails (GDPR)... but if you can see people in the list that are not here (on Loomio) let me know and I'll invite them.

• Bob Bollen

• michael hales

• Anton Chernikov

• hugh barnard

• hugh barnard

• Dip Patel

• Billy Smith

• Alex Worrad-Andrews

• Nico Collignon

• hamish campbell

• Chris Allen

• PHILIP PAWLETT JACKSON

• John Allsopp

• Dil Green

• Miki Elson

• Gary Alexander

• Artem Zhiganov

• Susannah Browning

• Alice Casey

• Gustavo Montes de Oca

• Daniel Harris

• Trevor Hilder

• Ben Dunn Flores

• May Ling Thomas

• Ludovica Rogers

• Matthew Lutz

• Christopher Owen

• Anis Azman

• Sofia Intan

• Mary Fee

• Peter Brownell

• John Bevan

• Konstantina Katmada

• Des Blake

• Jonas Samson

• Nathan Taylor

• James Curtis

Will there be any kind of participant list? For p2p contacting. Are all who attended here in this thread - no, I can see not.

Fun event, thanks for running it @Oli SB!

Turnout was great, open space worked well, maybe next time five tracks instead of three, and an explicit section in the intro when people write down their session ideas.

Well that was fun!

About 40 people came to The Open Co-op Meetup and we discussed:

• Community currencies

• The Global Carbon Reward policy

• How to kickstart more housing co-ops

• Connecting off-grid enthusiasts with people that need energy efficiency advice

• Digital infrastructure and commons stewardship

• Planet Diss and sustainable communities

• Making the new economy a normality

• Low code dashboards and agent-centric interfaces

• Civic Tech and community

• and Plaistow Eco Hub

If you have other news or updates, please add them to the Share your updates thread, and let us know in the comments below what you liked? or didn’t like? and any other feedback…

There was some interest in more meet-ups so, if you’re interested in joining future events please add your ideas below.

At the meet-up I mentioned the idea of possibly running a “laser pointer voting event”, similar to the one run by @Adam McKenty a few years ago, in which everyone gets a laser pointer which they direct at the screen to respond to various questions or topics… it’s an incredibly powerful way of gaining rapid feedback from large groups and could make for some interesting experiments in democracy, if people are interested!?

Similarly, we could organise a hackathon, or some collaborative events with other networks, or more focused events on specific topics etc - let us know what types of events you would be interested in below.

Many thanks to everyone that attended and contributed - and Ed from Newspeak House for hosting us - it was great to see so many old and new friends and to connect in person and to hear about so many interesting projects - keep up all your great work!

Oli

The signups for the London Meetup are growing ;) but they do seem to be predominately from men! It would be great if more of the wonderful women in our community wanted to join - we'd love to see you and hear your wisdom - sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-open-co-op-meetup-london-tickets-417053697837

Great - thanks Dil, and everyone else that has registered. We have 15 people confirmed and are expecting a few more so it should be a good catchup... We'll run it as an open space so anyone can suggest a topic for discussion, which doesn't have to be a specific project, or update... I'd be happy to give an update on Murmurations if it's of interest but I'm more excited to talk about https://globalcarbonreward.org and to hear what people think about it... (this is the real life version of the 'carbon coin' which Kim Stanley Robinson featured in Ministry for the Future)... TBC ;)

Just booked, and will hopefully be accompanied by Paolo Dini (ex sardex) and Tomaž Fleischmann, (now both at crypto-tech coop informal.systems) with whom we are working on a precursor to b2b mutual credit: clearing clubs - localloop.network (we're heading to Lancaster for the soft launch on the 30th).

Really interested to hear about where Murmurations is at - keep thinking of new places where it could work.

Also very happy to give updates on where mutualcredit.services is at.

Hi All,

Full details of the event on the 28th Sept now published... please register if you'd like to come so we have an idea of numbers. I'm really looking forward to seeing people in real life! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-open-co-op-meetup-london-tickets-417053697837

If you're outside London / not in the UK / can't make it please excuse / unsubscribe from this thread (via the text link below the first post in the thread) we'll keep you posted about other events as plans evolve... ;)

Hi All,

Newspeak house is no longer available on the 29th Sept, so we have moved this event to Wednesday 28th September instead. Hopefully that still works for everyone.... more details soon.

Thanks for all the feedback, this event is going to go ahead, so if you're in or near London and want to attend please save the date. I've asked Indra (from The Alternative) and Ira (from Re-Decentralize) if they'd like to join forces too... so we may have some folks from their networks too, which will be great... more updates as plans evolve.

Oli

I'd be interested in hearing updates

oops i thought i’d responded. but seems not. yes count me in for a gathering. reporting essentially on meet.coop and the handbook/commons.hour extensions of that project.

Hi Oli, we (me and Ben from Creative Coop) would be interested in coming on 29th Sep - would be good to catch up on developments and say hi! We don't really have any relevant projects to present, but maybe you can think of some way we could contribute? Or we could just talk briefly about what we're up to as a Co-op...

Hi All, thanks for the feedback... so we have 5 people interested...

Is anyone else near / in London and interested in meeting up?

I have asked Indra (who is part of The Open Co-op Family and runs https://www.thealternative.org.uk/ ) whether people from their London community might like to join too...

It could happen. I'm going to be speaking at Zebu Live on Sept 22, officially announcing my new project, then staying a friend for Rosh Hashana, and then considering staying through to attend Diana Finch's event in Bristol on Oct 4 (although it's also a holiday eve)... so if I decide to stick around I would want to come. (Deciding to stick around might be dependent on some friendly people in the community offering me a couch to sleep on for a few more days.)

Hi Oli
Good idea! - It's in the diary.
Best wishes
Mary Fee

Sounds like a great idea. :D

I've got a few things i'd like to present. :D

It would be nice indeed. tbc

Hi Oli,
That sounds like a great idea to me!

Gary

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Great idea. I'd love to meet people, but tea... hm... 'fraid not. I'm based in the South of France and my budget and availability are a bit unpredictable - so cannot commit to much,sadly. At the same time, there is an idea that I'd like some feedback on, and an informal event seems like a good place to get it, so let's see how things work out. But go for it... let those who can, come and do what needs to be done.