[SSC] Meeting notes 29th March 2011. Important request!!

[Joss Winn]

I hadn't realised that April 25th was Easter Monday. Shall we move the
date right out of the Easter holiday period and meet on May 3rd?

May 3rd: Meet with final versions of both documents. Sign Constitution.
The SSC co-operative is born!

Joss

On 31/03/11 21:16, Joss Winn wrote:
> David and I met with Charles Cooke today (CC'd) to update him on recent
> developments. We did not go through the Constitution or Business Plan in
> great detail, rather we got his feedback on the costings we'd put
> together and the invitation to become members.
> 
> I think that the main outcomes of the meeting were that the costings
> seem realistic and that we agreed to send him our final constitution and
> business plan on April 15th. He will then look at it and advise us on
> whether he thinks it is sound. Following that, people who wish to do so,
> should meet to sign the constitution which effectively formalises the
> co-operative. We can then use this document to open a bank account and
> from there open up the membership process.
> 
> So here are some dates I would like to suggest:
> 
> 14th April: Meeting to discuss constitution and business plan in detail.
> This will entail a thorough reading of both documents, taking into
> consideration all comments received via this discussion list prior to
> that date.
> 
> 15th April: Send final versions of document to Charles (and this list)
> for checking.
> 
> 21st April: Receive documents back from Charles by this date with
> comments. Send any comments to this discussion list.
> 
> 25th April: Meet with final versions of both documents. Sign
> Constitution. The SSC co-operative is born!
> 
> I will try to arrange the use of Mint Lane on the 14th and 25th.
> 
> If you want to attend both meetings but are unable to, please let me
> know and I will try to rearrange. Please tell me asap.
> 
> As per my notes from our last meeting (below), please do take time to
> look at the documents listed below and contribute your thoughts. I have
> made more progress on the FAQ. Feel free to edit directly. A revision
> history of the document is automatically kept.
> 
> Thank you very much.
> Joss
> 
> 
> 
> On 29/03/11 20:59, Joss Winn wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> We had a short meeting tonight at Angel Cafe from 5.30-6.30. Attendees
>> were myself, Mike Neary, Nigel Horner and Huseyin Kishi.
>>
>> Apologys were sent from Pete Somerville, David Young, Gary Saunders,
>> Richard Hall and Sandie Stratford.
>>
>> We discussed the letter of invitation to academic members and SSC
>> costings prior to our meeting with Charles Cooke of the Lincolnshire
>> Co-operative Development Agency (LCDA) on Thursday.
>>
>> There were some important outcomes from the meeting that require the
>> input of all interested members of the SSC. We would be grateful if you
>> could find time to do the following:
>>
>> 1. Please provide comments on the draft Constitution:
>>  https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/ssc/attachments/20110226/2b71d615/attachment-0001.doc
>>
>> 2. Please provide comments on the draft Business Plan:
>> https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/ssc/attachments/20110228/12d17b0d/attachment-0001.doc
>>
>> 3. Please provide comments on the letter of invitation:
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E2Bcb_vS2Ulu6uK4nhLvArds7sjD83EukgjmF9_duso/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=COq-u7cN
>>
>> 4. Please provide comments on the FAQ, which will go on the website:
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OK6Cikt7n73yEUb-2CEDmutc4wJ_GFPrsolKBXwz5mQ/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=CObno-MH
>>
>> 5. Please contribute names of people who you would like to be invited to
>> join the SSC.  This is essential to our business plan and the
>> sustainability of the SSC. We need names (ideally around 100) no later
>> than Wednesday 6th April 10pm. You can edit the document directly. First
>> name and Last name are all that's required unless you have more
>> information at hand.
>>
>> https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AnDuUd71vXr4dGc3Wl9IaFZuUUh6VHg2Vk83SUo1Y0E&hl=en_GB&authkey=CNPW2uEL
>>
>> We have asked Huseyin to spend Thursday 7th April, doing (paid) research
>> around the people listed in this document. He will ensure that contact
>> details and a one sentence summary about the person are available to us
>> when we send the invites out. You will see from the letter, that there
>> is a placeholder where a sentence can be added which personalises the
>> letter in recognition of what the person would bring to the SSC.
>>
>> 6. We intend to create a page on the website of SSC founding members, so
>> that invited members can see who is behind it. Please add your name to
>> the members spreadsheet above if you wish to be listed on the website as
>> a founding member. I will contact you for a brief bio.
>>
>> Thanks very much for all your contributions to this effort. Following
>> our meeting with Charles Cooke, we will circulate the Constitution and
>> Business Plan for final comment before formalising the SSC as a
>> co-operative. We are still aiming to send the invitations out on 14th
>> April (see notes from last meeting) and need the constitution, business
>> plan and bank account set up prior to this so that we can accept
>> membership applications.
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Joss
>>
>> p.s. I gave a talk about the SSC to around 30 students last week (it was
>> featured on ITV local evening news). It went down very well and four
>> people said they wanted to sign up to be members. This is the third time
>> I have done this in one form or another and the response is always very
>> encouraging.
>>
>>
>>
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