Who are we? Say hello and introduce yourself

Done - feel sorry for Ed "Cooperative Web" Russell - not really as catchy

Done

Can I repeat a request that people include the name of their co-op in their user name, or where this will cause confusion across multiple Loomio groups, put something in your profile.

Hi @alexhilton congratulations on your co-op. You might have some interests in common with https://twitter.com/speechtojustice?lang=en who are a social enterprise rather than a co-op (though I think they probably comply with most or all of the seven principles) - Happy to intro you to the founder if you're interested.

I'm Alex from Typeology (http://typeology.co.uk/) fairly newly set up workers co-op doing audio transcription, we have 3 members at the moment

Hi all
I thought I'd already posted an intro here - sorry, getting my Loomio groups confused :)
My name is Kayleigh and I work with Outlandish. We're a tech worker co-op and build beautiful website, complex data tools and campaigning sites such as the brilliant School Cuts. We're also part of CoTech, a network of 26 digital co-ops based in the UK.
I do lots of different things at Outlandish and am very proud to be involved with the worker co-op movement.

Hi Harry

I need to correct a false impression.

I am not a worker at Indycube. I am leading some work for Co-ops UK on precarious workers and seeking to develop with trade unions and co-ops joint solutions like this. Our first report last year, Not Alone, that you can find if you google my name and this report, helped foster a creative conversation between Community Union and Indycube that led to this joint venture which was launched last month here in Wales where I work.

With Community Union, Indycube is expanding via partnerships into England and they now have a site in Wakefield. They are though a multi-stakeholder co-op. So your guess is correct. Mark Hooper, the lead founder, spoke at the Co-op Congress last weekend. John Park at Community Union gave a keynote address. Indycube have equal pay and have copied Suma here.

I am working with Co-ops UK and the Co-op College in a small team that is producing in the next two months, two follow up reports to Not Alone. These look at bespoke solutions in different economic sectors including transport, education, social care, etc.
They also seek to frame how the Union Co-op model developing slowly in the USA could be positioned to emerge here.

In solidarity

Pat

Hey Pat, great work you guys are doing at IndyCube - we're trying to get some stuff happening with you guys via our new co-operative tech space in North London. Am I right in thinking you are a member co-op that seeks to encourage worker co-ops, rather than a worker co-op yourselves? Great to have you on board anyway!

Hi I am Pat Conaty, a research associate of Co-ops UK, and doing development work with a small team to promote freelancer co-ops and Union Co-ops that can be integrated. Indycube.community is an example and has just launched in Wales and they are expanding into England as a collaborative partnership between a makerspace co-op for freelancers (with 30 workspaces across Wales and 1 in England) and Community Union with a joint services package.

I'm Jonathan from LEDA Coop from Leeds. We are architects and building services engineers specialising in sustainable design. There are 8 members and we became a coop in 2000.