Newcastle 2019/Skills Sharing

Working group as part of the Newcastle 2019 gathering

ETHERPAD HERE: https://etherpad.net/p/DukhcvWIRj

Agenda: Skills Sharing For Economic & Social Goals

Our working group will, we expect, have two threads:

1. a technical team who will consider implemention of Startin' Blox or some other service
2. a requirements and design team who will assemble what requirements there are and compare those to what Startin' Blox (etc.) can offer

Technical	Requirements
Questions to consider for the weekend
What is the Semantic Web? What is Startin' Blox? How is Startin' Blox being used by Happy Dev/Code-Operative? What functionality is it feasible to offer CoTech, whether through Startin' Blox or otherwise? How could it benefit CoTech? What is missing for it to be really beneficial to CoTech?	What are the skills-related issues that our member co-ops are facing at the moment? For example: learning and development within the individual co-op internal transparency of what skills there are in the co-op letting potential clients know of the co-op's skill set finding people in other co-ops for back up when overstretched finding complementary skills in other co-ops for collaborative projects or bids What is our shared current situation? How have CoTech members collaborated thus far? What communication structures are there in CoTech? How is CoTech organised? What might collaboration entail? What resources does CoTech have at its disposal What resources do members have at their disposal Do CoTech members currently make efforts towards social goals beyond their economic needs? What ideas can we envisage together for the future? Fostering closer relationships between members Sharing information about resources Possible systems for sharing for specific goals Ideas for general skills sharing (e.g. training)
Identify requirements fulfilled by Startin’ Blox, and which remain
How to prepared before the conference
Find out the basics of how Startin' Blox works Gather information about any other possible technical solutions	Think about discussion points and come with ideas
Who should join this working group
People interested in Startin’ Blox (etc.) technology and how it works	People interested in turning CoTech from an acquaintance into a friend People who would like to share efforts towards social and economic goals People with ideas/interest in CoTech’s structure and governance

Who to contact to get involved with the preparation

Calum Mackervoy	contact@code-operative.co.uk
Simon Grant	asimong@gmail.com