# CoTech General Circle Call 25/03/2020
**URL:** https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980
**Category:** CoTech Meetings
**Tags:** calls
**Created:** [21 March 2020 15:00 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980 "2020-03-21T15:00:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@SzczepanOfAnimorph](https://community.coops.tech/u/SzczepanOfAnimorph)
#### Post date: [21 March 2020 15:00 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/1 "2020-03-21T15:00:39Z")
The last week of March is around the corner and on last Wednesday of the month we are holding [CoTech Governance Circle Calls](https://wiki.coops.tech/wiki/Sheffield_2019/_Cotech_governance#Proposal), and this month will be no different!
The call will take place on **Wednesday the 25th of March at 4pm**. Code-Operative agreed to host the call and will share access details (both online and dial-in options) shortly.
Please **post the items** you would like to add to the agenda.
Until then, take care!
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### Author:  [@KingMob](https://community.coops.tech/u/KingMob)
#### Post date: [23 March 2020 10:25 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/2 "2020-03-23T10:25:25Z")
CoTech General Circle Call
Time: Mar 25, 2020 04:00 PM London
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### Author:  [@SzczepanOfAnimorph](https://community.coops.tech/u/SzczepanOfAnimorph)
#### Post date: [24 March 2020 12:23 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/3 "2020-03-24T12:23:18Z")
Two points to the agenda:
1. As mentioned in the other thread, this morning @chrislowis shared the outcome of [the proposal](https://www.loomio.org/d/KYe1LMoJ/newcastle-2019-governance-decision-making-2-proposals/1) regarding the fund, voting shares and decision-making. It would be great to make sure everyone is on the same page with permanent CoTech fund.
2. Also, would like to briefly touch upon a fresh proposal [to cover costs of our Loomio subscription](https://www.loomio.org/d/43AWuISc/cotech-fund-spending-proposal-1/13).
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### Author:  [@jdaviescoates](https://community.coops.tech/u/jdaviescoates)
#### Post date: [24 March 2020 22:37 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/4 "2020-03-24T22:37:56Z")
I want to join the fund and then vote to agree to spend money on our Loomio subscription 🙂
How do we join?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@SzczepanOfAnimorph](https://community.coops.tech/u/SzczepanOfAnimorph)
#### Post date: [25 March 2020 15:57 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/5 "2020-03-25T15:57:36Z")
Brilliant, it’s best to email [treasurer at coops.tech](mailto:treasurer@coops.tech) and specify how many members would you like to contribute for!
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### Author:  [@SzczepanOfAnimorph](https://community.coops.tech/u/SzczepanOfAnimorph)
#### Post date: [25 March 2020 17:31 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/6 "2020-03-25T17:31:05Z")
Please find [the minutes on CoTech wiki](https://wiki.coops.tech/wiki/Circle_Call_2020-03-25), as always it was a pleasure!
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### Author:  [@chris](https://community.coops.tech/u/chris)
#### Post date: [25 March 2020 20:32 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/7 "2020-03-25T20:32:23Z")
Sorry I missed the call, glad it went well. I noticed this in the notes regarding this Discourse forum:
> ## AOB
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> - Nick: Would be great to verify whether people who advertise jobs or services on the forum are from co-ops.
> - Aaron: Forum is entirely open and perhaps it should not be or we could have a private section or another communication platform.
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> ## Actions
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> - Forum: Make a referral part of the forum private. Start a thread on Loomio (Aaron)
I’d be happy to make additional categories private or whitelisted who can be in them, we already have done this for some groups / projects, if possible I’d rather avoid setting up additional applications for CoTech internal communication…
Is there one or more volunteers to set this up and maintain the private [CoTech : Referrals](https://community.coops.tech/c/cotech/referrals) category? I can grant the admin or moderation rights as needed and help with initial category creation and the settings.
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### Author:  [@kawaiipunk](https://community.coops.tech/u/kawaiipunk)
#### Post date: [25 March 2020 20:45 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/8 "2020-03-25T20:45:12Z")
Sorry we missed this one everyone! We got the date wrong. Was on a client call at this time also. Hope it went well. Will read minutes.
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### Author:  [@Kayleigh](https://community.coops.tech/u/Kayleigh)
#### Post date: [31 March 2020 18:10 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/9 "2020-03-31T18:10:30Z")
> [@chris](#):
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> > - Forum: Make a referral part of the forum private. Start a thread on Loomio (Aaron)
Would it be ok to get a private thread for chats that we don’t want to be public? I’m keen to know how other co-ops are dealing with this rather strange situation that we collectively find ourselves in, and I’m mindful that not everyone will want their feelings/fears out there for all to see.
Is it much work to do that @chris?
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### Author:  [@chris](https://community.coops.tech/u/chris)
#### Post date: [31 March 2020 18:13 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/10 "2020-03-31T18:13:15Z")
Sure, that’s not a problem, I have made you an admin so you can create categories and make them private, message me if you need some help with this.
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### Author:  [@chris](https://community.coops.tech/u/chris)
#### Post date: [6 April 2020 10:53 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/11 "2020-04-06T10:53:35Z")
A CoTech members group and private categories have been created, see [this thread](https://community.coops.tech/t/2011).
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### Author:  [@Kayleigh](https://community.coops.tech/u/Kayleigh)
#### Post date: [6 April 2020 17:32 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/12 "2020-04-06T17:32:31Z")
Ah sorry, I just saw this!
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### Author:  [@SzczepanOfAnimorph](https://community.coops.tech/u/SzczepanOfAnimorph)
#### Post date: [15 April 2020 09:58 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/13 "2020-04-15T09:58:29Z")
Could someone take on organising the following CoTech circle call in two weeks time? @KingMob are you still up for hosting the call?
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### Author:  [@chris](https://community.coops.tech/u/chris)
#### Post date: [15 April 2020 15:15 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-general-circle-call-25-03-2020/1980/14 "2020-04-15T15:15:22Z")
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