Newcastle 2019
The Winter Gathering 2019 of CoTech
The Winter Gathering 2019 of CoTech is set for Friday 13th and Saturday 14th December 2019, 10am-5pm, (Friday night : social/bar in the venue) at Star & Shadow Cinema Co-Op, Warwick St, Newcastle, NE2 1BB.
PLEASE BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW - HERE !!
For questions about the event, please contact Calum at contact@code-operative.co.uk
Etherpad notes at https://etherpad.net/p/CoTech_winter_gathering_2019
Agenda
| Friday 13th | Saturday 14th | |
|---|---|---|
| 10-11 | Introduction, saying hello | Intro activities |
| 11-12 | Work in groups | Work in groups |
| 12-1 | Work in groups | Work in groups |
| 1-2 | Lunch | Lunch |
| 2-3 | Work | Work in groups |
| 3-4 | Work in groups | Work in groups |
| 4-5 | Work in groups | Work in groups |
| 5-6 | Decision Making plenary | Decision Making plenary |
| 6-late | Party | Home (or pub!) |
The opening intro session on Day 1 is to bring everyone up to date on where we are so far. At the end of each day there will be a session for work groups to update the wider group on what they've worked on, and where necessary this will include a sociocratic decision-making round with work groups running proposals.
Discussions
Concurrently with the working groups, there will also be the following short sessions:
- Open source, software licenses and contributor agreements
- Different approaches to co-operative policies
- Co-operative structures
These will be planned spontaneously so that they're at the optimum times for people who'd like to participate :-)
Working groups
- Ecology & Sustainability (agenda To Be Decided in the pub on Thursday night)
- Skills Sharing
- Business & Development
- Governance & Decision Making
- Fund
Working groups are currently being organised! Please participate in this via the forum or another channel. If you're going to run one please have as much as possible prepared in advance
Other working group suggestions:
- General Election result: what does it mean for tech co-ops? (the election is the day before the event)
- CoTech hack 2018 update
- Comms and Branding
- Governance and Membership
- Website improvements
- Onboarding
To contribute to this discussion the best place to start is the forum thread:
Venue
The gathering will be at Star & Shadow Cinema Co-Op, Warwick St, Newcastle, NE2 1BB. It has full disabled access, and a vegetarian/vegan cafe which will hopefully be open depending on volunteer availability. There is a car park, I will find out its capacity and update this page. It's a 10-minute walk from Jesmond and Manors metro stations, and bus number 1 stops right outside the door, which you can get from the stop outside Mile Castle (street over from Central Station)
Star & Shadow is a co-op owned and ran by its volunteers in the interests of the community. Volunteers organise a wide range of events, which range from techno nights, accessible community football competitions and an anarchist book-fair, to the regular film screenings, cafe and library
Car Parking is available for our use for free over the weekend (Thursday evening - Saturday evening). Beware! It's a small car park with limited spaces
Lunch
Lunch for both days are being provided by the Star & Shadow, included in the ticket price. Food can also be ordered on the day at the following prices:
- Vegan/Vegetarian hot plate £4.50
- Cakes £2.00
- Tea/Coffee £1.50
For dinner we will be splitting into groups and heading to some nearby restaurants
Accommodation
The main locations for hotels are the City Centre, Jesmond and the Quayside, which are all 15-30 minutes walk from the venue.
Hotels/Hostels
Entering "Hotels Newcastle" into a search engine will bring up lots of results, or using a popular website such as Hostelworld, AirBnB, Hotels.com. Listed below are a summary of some different options.
Travelodge
Travelodge, located on the Quayside, around £20-40 per night.
Newbridge Hotel
Newbridge Hotel, located around 15-20 minute walk from the venue (towards the city centre), around £40 per night.
Holiday Inn Jesmond Holiday Inn Jesmond, located between Jesmond and Sandyford, very close to the venue, around £45 per night
Osbourne Road, Jesmond
The main road in Jesmond, which is a short walk north of the venue, has lots of hotels, varying between £30-50 per night.