Circle Call 2025-10-29

General Information

Wednesday 29 October 2025 @4pm

Video Call Link

https://de.meet.coop/chr-mfa-bze-hdu

Agenda

• Appoint facilitator and note taker
• Check forum thread for any agenda items
• Check parked agenda points and review actions from previous meeting (August Circle Call)
• Add any other agenda points
  • Update from Gathering
  • Autumn Assembly
  • Ethical Consumer
  • Make decisions in this meeting (rather than Loomio)

Present

• Ben, Chris C, Chris L, Emery (guest), Mikaela, Natasha, Richard R, Tommy

Minutes

Ethical Consumer Conference

• 'How do we move away from big tech?' - Natasha is on the panel.Talking points:
  • CoTech is more than about moving away from big tech. We are supportive, but all of us (bar two) rely
  • https://riseagainstbig.tech/
  • LGD
  • Ppl being more aware of their procurement.
  • Coops as ethical. Local business as more ethical choices.
• RR to bring banners and stickers
• Ben, RR, Natasha all going; maybe others

Update from Gathering

• Natasha is working on website improvements and triage process
  • We will have a meeting on 12th November 4-5pm (advertise on Forum)
  • AP: set up a thread to discuss how to process emails enquiries [CC]
• Richard and Simon at Agile have written up a report
  • AP: add write-up to wiki [RR]
• Simon and Chris C have set up a kanban: https://office.workers.coop/apps/deck/board/18
  • AP: give everyone access to the kanban [Simon]
  • AP: advertise kanban on the Forum [Simon]

workers.coop Autumn assembly

• Chris and Liam will be doing a session on workers.coop tech
• Encourage workers.coop to use CoTech. Take banners?

Make decisions in this meeting (rather than Loomio)

• John and Chris L said they would take this out of the Autumn Gathering. Rationale is that if we make more decisions here, it would empower people, drive people to the meeting. Loomio is seen as
• Most votes will be on allowing new joiners, constitutional changes.
• Those in the meeting were positive. Will trial, making sure that any proposals are advertised well in advamce.

Parked Agenda Points

• Plan for March gathering (maybe a doing session)