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Hello you fantastic people! <br>
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To those of you who attended the conference thanks for all
collectively making it such a brilliant and productive weekend. It
seems that we are really on to something, and that if we plug away
at it Students For Co-operation will be a great success. The email
below is long but contains lots of vital info so please read
thoroughly. <br>
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<b>Temporary Communications</b><br>
In the IT working group it was decided that there should be
temporary mailing lists for each working group. Eventually once we
have a website up and running the aim is for most of the traffic to
transfer over to a forum hosted on the website. But for the interim
please sign up to the working group email lists below as that is
where the co-ordination will occur. For the time being emails sent
to this sfcupdate list can be responded to meaning we can use this
list for discussion between the 127 people currently subscribed to
it. <br>
<br>
In future this will be used only for updates and general discussion
will be moved to the sfc-discuss list which will be populated by
member co-ops, this will be used to circulate motions in advance of
gatherings relevant to delegates. For that reason this list of
emails and websites, should be updated so that each co-op can be
added to the discuss list, this can be done by following this link:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ethersheet.org/s/member%20co-op%20details">https://ethersheet.org/s/member%20co-op%20details</a> <br>
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Those of you previously on the discuss list have been removed
(please use this list instead). Individuals (and co-op email
addresses) are more than welcome to join the working groups (you can
join more than one if you are keen!). This is hopefully all pretty
straightforward but please email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:contact@students.coop">contact@students.coop</a> if you have
any queries<br>
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<b>Minutes</b><br>
Attached are the minutes from the General Meeting and a dropbox link
to a photo of the General Meeting. If you can't open the minutes,
download libre office, it's free and it's opensource!<br>
Please send any additional notes made in working groups, photos or
videos taken at the conference to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:contact@students.coop">contact@students.coop</a> <br>
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<b>Mailing lists</b> <br>
Democracy working group - <a
href="mailto:sfcdemocracy@email-lists.org">sfcdemocracy@email-lists.org</a>
- Subscribe here -->
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/sfcdemocracy">https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/sfcdemocracy</a><br>
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Education and Support working group - <a
href="mailto:sfceducationsupport@email-lists.org">sfceducationsupport@email-lists.org</a>
- Subscribe here -->
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/sfceducationsupport">https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/sfceducationsupport</a><br>
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Events working group - <a
href="mailto:sfcevents@email-lists.org">sfcevents@email-lists.org</a>
- Subscribe here -->
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/sfcevents">https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/sfcevents</a><br>
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IT & Communications working group - <a
href="mailto:sfcitcomms@email-lists.org">sfcitcomms@email-lists.org</a>
- Subscribe here -->
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/sfcitcomms">https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/sfcitcomms</a><br>
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Staff working group - <a href="mailto:sfcstaff@email-lists.org">sfcstaff@email-lists.org</a><a
href="mailto:sfcevents@email-lists.org"></a> - Subscribe here
--> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/sfcstaff">https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/sfcstaff</a><br>
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General updates - <a href="mailto:sfcupdate@email-lists.org">sfcupdate@email-lists.org</a>
- You are already subscribed to the list but please circulate it
amongst your network & stick the link on your website, so that
others can join us --->
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/sfcupdate">https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/sfcupdate</a> If you've
been incorrectly added to the list, or have better things to do you
can also remove yourself using the previous link.<br>
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<b>Upcoming Events</b><br>
1st March (tomorrow!) - University of Westminster - Power of
Co-operation event held by International Development Society: People
in London, The organisers of this event (who we've had no previous
contact with) are very keen that someone involved in Students For
Co-operation or student co-ops more generally attends this event.
Please email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:contact@students.coop">contact@students.coop</a> asap if you are planning on
attending! they have a marketplace stall from 1.45-3pm this would be
the key time to attend.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/671465826232390/677310662314573/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity">https://www.facebook.com/events/671465826232390/677310662314573/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity</a><br>
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4th March - University of Ediburgh, The Chapliancy - Public Launch
of Edinburgh Student Housing Co-operative - <i><span
itemprop="description"><span class="fsl">We have secured an
excellent 106 bed (26 flat) property which, from September,
will offer affordable, democratically run accommodation for
students!</span></span></i><i> </i><i><span
itemprop="description"><span class="fsl">At thi<span
class="text_exposed_show">s stage we have a lot of big
decisions to make such as whether we would like a huge
communcal kitchen alongside the kitchens in each flat and
the budget for the year. </span></span></span></i><i>To get
email updates join our mailing list! We will be sending out
details for applications after the launch event!
groupspaces.com/EdinburghStudentHousingCoop/</i>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1426020740974834/?source=1">https://www.facebook.com/events/1426020740974834/?source=1</a> (this is
pretty much the most exciting thing ever! well done you lot!!)<br>
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8th March - Southampton - Co-operative City Conference - Students
For Co-operation has been asked to have a stall at this conference
with an aim to getting students involved in creating student co-ops
in Southampton (note this event is not being organised by students
and may be poorly attended by them for that reason) Organisers are
offering free accomodation and a refund for transport costs and
entrance fee. Please get in touch asap to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:contact@students.coop">contact@students.coop</a> if
you are able to attend this conference - might be good for people
from brighton?
.http://www.uk.coop/event/co-operative-city-conference-southampton-0<br>
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<b>Articles that need to be written</b> <b>ASAP</b><br>
So far there has been little press about the conference (apart from
a great one on The Phone Co-ops blog:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.thephone.coop/about-us/blog/2014/february/the-future-of-co-operation/">http://www.thephone.coop/about-us/blog/2014/february/the-future-of-co-operation/</a>
) We need to get some reports out about the conference both on
local member co-op blogs. It would also be brilliant if a few people
would be able to take on the job of writing out the below articles
that have been requested.<br>
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1) Co-op News : 600-800 word account from a member of a local co-op
about how the conference helped members of their co-op learn some
important skills and how the believe the network will be able to
support them in future - this will go out to the wider co-op
movement. Use this unfinished google doc:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jq3bKrfQZM_5rkmKZ72Oo9D_sIVWOB0RwQ1Au3HDCMw/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jq3bKrfQZM_5rkmKZ72Oo9D_sIVWOB0RwQ1Au3HDCMw/edit?usp=sharing</a><br>
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2) Slaney Street (Birmingham based community newspaper): 400-500
word report, slightly more factual information about the proceedings
of the conference including the sessions people attended, the key
speakers and a general overview of decisions made in the general
meeting. Use this unfinished google doc:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YGyv2lEzlMsDIWJbknb6qbjhdupdJISwoEoJWobDYaQ/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YGyv2lEzlMsDIWJbknb6qbjhdupdJISwoEoJWobDYaQ/edit?usp=sharing</a><br>
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If you've made it this far,<br>
you are a star!<br>
<br>
Sean. <br>
x<br>
<br>
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