Being a sponsor/partner at Congress on 23 June, London
- I've posted here as it may need to become a vote?
Co-op Congress the national conference for the co-op movement is in London on Sat 23 June and is attended by around 400 people from CEO's and Chairs of the larger co-ops, down the the smaller community and worker co-ops.
I would like to theme part of the conference around tech/platform co-ops as there is a lot going on and I want to reach out to this new audience. Having one of the workshop rooms branded as "in partnership with Co-tech" and other visibility for your co-ops would be mutually beneficial I think particuarly considering some of the conversation I took part in at your recent conference.
I'm not looking for direct sponsorship cash, but it would be good in return for getting your brand/sponsorship of this room. Cotech members could commit to support the event by:
exhibiting, attending, marketing the event to your wider networks and most importantly helping us source some really good/innovative speakers and sessions for this workshop room.
Obviously I need to hammer out all the details but this is just an in principle are Co-tech interested and who should I talk to.
Kayleigh Walsh OutlandishWed 6 Dec 2017 4:58PM
Sounds like a great idea, I presented about CoTech last year with @ievapadagaite at Congress and it went down well but I think there were a perception before we started that it was going to be too tech heavy. It would be great to go back with a bigger representation to show that there are lots of facets to it, and that we're doing good things.
Roy BrooksThu 7 Dec 2017 8:28AM
Ditto to All above
Co-tech agree to "Sponsor" the tech stream at Congress
proposal by John Atherton Closed Fri 22 Dec 2017 5:17PM
Great I'll take this forward, first stage I'll talk to the comms working group about branding.
A more formal agreement can be written up if required, but in principle for the proposal:
Co-operatives UK brands the tech stream and workshop room at Congress "In partnership with Co-tech" and mentions this in the programme, website and event marketing (assuming you give us the text and logo's).
In return, Cotech members agree to:
- Help source innovative and relevant speakers from the tech sector and their own members (Co-ops UK get final say on inclusion in the programme)
- Market the event to their tech networks and put is a good attendance from their own members
- A decent number of Co-tech members exhibit.
(Normal Co-ops UK member discount apply for tickets and ehibitors)
Results
| Results | Option | Votes | % of votes cast | % of eligible voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 8 | 100 | 8 |         | |
| Abstain | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 96 | 92 |              |
8 of 104 votes cast (7% participation)
Harry "Outlandish" Robbins
Tue 12 Dec 2017 3:59PM
Sounds like an offer we'd be daft to refuse
Tim DaviesTue 12 Dec 2017 5:47PM
Are there dates for Co-op Congress 2018 set yet?
GrahamWed 13 Dec 2017 6:37PM
Agree, on the basis that I would be interested to help design the tech stream.
Chris Lowis (Go Free Range)Fri 15 Dec 2017 5:21PM
This sounds good to us - thanks for the opportunity.
Chris Lowis (Go Free Range)Fri 15 Dec 2017 5:23PM
@johnatherton I don't have a good answer to your question "who should I talk to". I wonder if it's worth starting a more general, open discussion over on community.coops.tech if this proposal passes and see if someone is willing to volunteer from a CoTech member to be the person who takes the organisation of this on.
Harry "Outlandish" Robbins ·Wed 6 Dec 2017 4:01PM
I think this sounds great. There is still a perception that co-ops are a bit second best even among many co-ops and it would be great to set the record straight. It's also madness that they're hiring non-co-operative businesses while other non-co-operative businesses are hiring us!