Hey folks, here comes another monthly newsletter edition! Grab a cuppa and soak up the co-operation 
Yours in co-operation, The CoTech newsletter team.
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Contributing To The Newsletter
- Send feedback or items for the next issue to newsletter@coops.tech
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Get involved with CoTech
- Unfortunately, the CoTech Circle call was poorly attended last month, consider attending the next one!
- Help plan the next face-to-face CoTech gathering (an additional separate thread was also made here).
- Join in on the discussion to decide whether CoTech should continue with Loomio or consider other options for online decision making (Loomio thread here).
- Want to see more shared digital communications in CoTech? There is a plan to bridge all the things and it needs your help!
- Lend a hand and help out on the technical effort to setup a self-hosted CoTech “WorkAdventure” instance.
- We’re co-operating in a competitively organised economy. How do we resolve the contradictions and nagivate the inconsistencies of running a co-operative? Weigh in on this question about client work and competition to move the conversation along.
- If the CoTech Infrastructure group were able to offer a VPS service - co-operatively run, co-operatively owned hardware, in a co-operative data centre running on renewable energy, would you want in? It’s an open call for input to all CoTech members - exciting stuff!
News
Skillsharing call: co-op risk registers
We have a risk register that currently lives in a spreadsheet. I’d like to know how other co-ops/orgs manage their risks, and how they do it. Here are some prompts
What format is it? Who looks at it and how frequently (and the golden question) how do you prevent it from becoming a biiiiig spreadsheet that no-one wants to open because it’s just too much to look at it. So I guess my question is, how do you manage it safely?
See the forum post here.
New podcast from We Are Open Co-op: The TAO of WAO
Hey all, We Are Open Co-op 1 has just released the first three episodes of our new podcast. We’d love it if you could: Share with your networks. Give us feedback (the first episode is on Co-operatives!). Come and have a chat with us on a future episode!
See the forum post here.
A shiny new domain proposal: cotech.coop
I would like to propose that Cotech uses a .coop domain alongside the coops.tech domain with a Host Header - so that both domains can run in parallel and whichever one the website visitor types in is the one they see.
See the forum post here.
Invitation to tender: Web Server Hosting and Administration
Thanks to Open Data Services to suggesting that we be invited to quote, however I’m afraid the Webarchitects doesn’t have the capacity to provide the infrastructure required at this time so we have declined the invite, I’m posting this here in case anyone else wasn’t aware of it and would like to quote for the work.
See the forum post here.
Agile Collective: LocalGov Drupal Sprints
We wrapped up a really positive Sprint 1 of the @LocalGovDrupal Beta last week. With an expanded team, more councils coming on board, and lots of important work to do, we’re excited about the road ahead #LocalDigital #drupal
See the tweet here.
Agile are also posting notes from the sprints on their blog: Sprint 1, Sprint 2.
Autonomic & Meet.coop in second round consideration for CoS funding
In 2020 the Culture of Solidarity Fund was launched as a rapid response tool to support cross-border cultural initiatives of solidarity in times of uncertainty and lockdown. Nearly a year later, solidarity remains a major cultural challenge, particularly in the field of media. Europe needs a shared public space where a culture of solidarity can be practiced. It is there where the ongoing infodemic can be combated. Visit SHARE under our programmes to read more about the European Cultural Foundation’s work on the development of a European public space.
See the forum post here and the Culture of Solidarity website there.
Outlandish & Common Knowledge: remote design sprint with @CooperativesUK for the #Unfound accelerator
We just finished day 2 of our remote design sprint with @CooperativesUK for the #Unfound accelerator in collaboration with @cmmonknowledge . It was fun! Like the sound of a design sprint but not sure if you can commit to five days? We run a day version
See the tweet here.
Space4: talks, workshops, meets galore
Space4 is in full swing, catch what is going on over at their events listing page!
Events
Did you know our wonderful forum has a Calendar feature? If you post under the events category then they will automatically appear in this calendar. You can subscribe to it using iCal or RSS. The Agenda also gives a linear overview of upcoming events also.
Good luck to all the organisers and thanks for your energy and determination despite all the remaining uncertainties around organising events right now.
4th June: Shared Infrastructure Cotech call
A new group has formed within CoTech to try to provide a co-operative alternative to corporate server providers. If that sounds interesting to you, please join in!
See the event post here.
All notes and previous call posts are listed on the forum Hosting category.
4th June: The 1st International Coop Community Meeting
Hi Everyone! We are excited to announce 1 the 1st International Coop Community Meeting, based on the Mattermost patio chat participation! Our community is waking up and we would like to jointly evolve cooperation among coops from all over the world. Please keep the slot on the 4th of June, Friday, at 15:00 UTC. We are going to present the results of a survey announced a few months ago, propose a tangible approach, agree on milestones and discuss the next steps together.
See the event post here.
21rst June: Outlandish are holding a Sociocracy 101 workshop
A practical workshop giving you an introduction to consent-based decision-making and a chance to try it out for yourself.
See the event post here and eventbrite event listing there.
23rd - 25th July: Worker Co-op Weekend
The Worker Co-op Council agreed to make a firm booking for Worker Co-op Weekend at Selgars Mill 3 near Tiverton, Friday 23-Sunday 25 July. The day before - Thursday 22 July - we are mooting a pre-event Solidfund 1 strategy session, which may run alongside a face-to-face gathering for the relaunched Young Cooperators Network.
See the forum post here.
TBD: The Next CoTech Gathering
There is a poll setup by @Lucy to try and put some dates and figures on the next face-to-face CoTech meeting!
The idea is that CoTech (perhaps in collaboration with Solidfund/Young Co-operators Network) will extend the booking by a day, so that we can arrive Thursday evening and carry out our CoTechh sessions on the Friday. The total cost of this would be £1500.
Weigh in on this forum poll here.
You can also join the discussion on this separate thread.
just to flag that the poll on the next cotech gathering has been and gone - it’s not going ahead in this form (unless someone else wants to step in and run a new proposal 
), but the 
