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SUMMARY:A bit of 888 Christmas Cheer
DESCRIPTION:Hear ye\, hear ye! In the year of our Lord 1856\, the valiant 8 hours movement didst commence in the noble lands of Victoria. The gallant Eight Hours League did champion the cause of an eight-hour day: eight hours for labour\, eight hours for rest\, and eight hours for pursuits of recreation and enlightenment. \nIn keeping with this noble tradition\, a festive gathering of mirth and cheer is nigh\, courtesy of the 888 Co-operative Causeway. Pray\, join us for a merry draught and savoury cheesy victuals upon your arrival\, to kindle a jovial Christmas spirit (and yea\, even co-operator grinches are heartily welcomed!). \nMake Room (pic: Inside Local Government) \nIn a noble endeavour\, we shall hold a raffle most splendid\, supporting our Kelvin Club and the City of Melbourne\, as part of their inaugural ‘Make Room’ initiative to combat homelessness in the Melbourne CBD. Bring heart and hand and join our convivial assembly to aid this righteous cause. The prize? Two bottles of the esteemed Four Pillars Gin! \nMark well the hour: from the sixth to the eighth post meridiem at the esteemed Kelvin Club\, located at 14-30 Melbourne Place. Let it be known that reservations on the electrickery online booking page are a necessity for this grand convocation. \nA modest contribution is requested: $10 for the passionate and $5 for those with concession. Do join us for an evening of communal joy\, celebration\, and the chance to contribute to a cause most worthy!
URL:https://www.888causeway.coop/event/a-bit-of-888-christmas-cheer/
LOCATION:Kelvin Club\, 30 Melbourne Pl\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Exploring the Social Economy: the Good\, the Bad\, and the Ugly
DESCRIPTION:Social economy\, solidarity economy\, co-operatives\, social enterprises\, mutuals … what does it all mean and how does it get us to a more eqitable\, sustainable … humane economy? What are the real challenges – the pros and the cons?  \nJoin us for an evening of facilitated dialogue and enlightening conversations\, hosted by the 888 Co-operative Causeway at the Kelvin Club. Dive deep into the intricacies of the social economy\, featuring insights from leaders and practitioners. This is your chance to: \n\nLearn about different forms of social economy organisations\nChallenge myths and preconceived notions – and explore the pros and cons\nFoster cross-sectoral collaboration for greater collective impact.\n\nOur panel for the evening includes: \n\nCarolyn Suggate\, Founder & Director of ORICoop\, working tirelessly for a more equitable organic agriculture sector\nColin Long\, Just Transitions Organiser at Victorian Trades Hall Council\, co-founder and Board member of Earthworker Cooperative\, CoPower (an energy retailer)\, Earthworker Smart Energy Cooperative\, and Hope Cooperative (a co-operative of young asylum seekers)\nRobyn Evans\, researching member contributions in co-opererative social housing (888 Co-operative Causeway and RMIT FORWARD bursary awardee).\n\n \nCarolyn Suggate is a co-founder of ORICoop and a driving force in pioneering innovations across climate\, ecological sustainability\, and organic farming. She has developed a collaborative\, community-based co-operative investment vehicle focused on the organic and biodynamic farming and food industry.  She runs her own organic and regenerative farm in North East Victoria\, specialising in livestock\, food\, and artisan grains. She is passionate about supporting the next generation of committed\, open-minded producers\, believing it is a pivotal time to be an innovator in the organic sector. Juggling a family of three teenagers\, a tree-climbing husband\, and ambitious travel plans\, Carolyn lives by the belief that life should be lived and fulfilled to its utmost potential. \n \nColin Long is the Just Transitions Organiser at Victorian Trades Hall Council\, Melbourne\, Australia. He is also responsible for supporting Trades Hall’s work on cooperatives\, and is a founder and Board member of Earthworker Cooperative\, Earthworker Smart Energy Cooperative\, and Hope Cooperative (a co-operative of young asylum seekers). He is a member of the Global Advisory Board of Trade Unions for Energy Democracy\, and several other national and international union climate change organisations. \n \nRobyn Evans serves as a director in a Victorian social housing co-operative. Exploring member contributions in co-operative social housing\, she is involved in research collaborations with 888 Co-operative Causeway. Robyn is also a recipient of the RMIT FORWARD bursary award to assist her work in this important area. \nDate: 17/10/2023\nTime: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm \nComplimentary finger food: on arrival\nDrinks: available for purchase at the bar\nDress up a little: but no stress (low-key casual is fine) \nLocation:\nThe Kelvin Club\n14-30 Melbourne Pl\, Melbourne \n \nTicketing: \n\n$25 for the passionate\n$20 for union\, co-operative\, and Kelvin Club members\n$15 concession.\n\nDon’t miss out on this enlightening discussion: secure your spot today. \nThe 888 Co-operative Causeway is a Victorian based social economy member network. The co-operative offers a community of mutual support; members are all individuals and enterprises focussed on creating social\, cultural and economic value for each other\, the Victorian community and beyond. Practically the co-operative offers a city HQ with members enjoying co-working diskspace in the heart of the CBD as well as access to the Kelvin Club. Members include the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals\, Co-operative Bonds\, Sorted. and the Community Services and Health Industry Training Board Victoria. The co-operative regularly hosts events like this\, and even a podcast to support and further develop the social and solidarity economy in Victoria. \nPicture: Joaquim Borge \nBasil’s Table is an interview series presided by Basil Varghese\, a well-known Melbourne-based community builder and advocate for social justice\, who has long been committed to ‘bridging the gap between those that have and have not’. As a Patron of 888 Co-operative Causeway\, Basil hosts these conversations with special guests online or at the Kelvin Club in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD on topics relevant to building a connected community across Victoria.
URL:https://www.888causeway.coop/event/exploring-the-social-economy-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/
LOCATION:Victoria
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SUMMARY:Basil's Table: Building co-operative futures in the tech bros era
DESCRIPTION:The future of cooperation in a time of uncertainty \nRSVP: 5pm\, 5 December\, 2022 / finger food / dress up a little  \nAll proceeds cover costs and contribute to our co-operative work (we are a not-for-profit / non-distributing co-op) \nBookings essential (see bottom of page). \n \nThis time we are going ‘big picture’. Christmas in all its forms is coming up for many\, and the New Year is just around the corner. A good time to take stock and think about the future! Also\, a good time to simply kick back with co-operators and friends and enjoy a bit of good cheer and conviviality. \nHave the tech-bros got all the answers? With the passing of Deliveroo\, and Twitter appearing to slowly die like the proverbial canary in the coal mine (or alternatively morphing into a bird of prey) many are looking for new ways of organising and owning the platforms we use – to build stronger local community relationships for social\, economic\, and environmental resilience.  \nWe ask:\n• In the face of global political and climate uncertainty – are populist ideologies from the left or right the only alternatives?\n• Mutual aid and reciprocity – what kinds of social\, technological\, and environmental systems\, institutions and relationship building initiatives are required? \nFeaturing:\n• Elena Pereyra – CoHousing Australia\n• Jose Ramos – Action Foresight\n• Bridgette Engeler – Entrepreneurship and Innovation\, Swinburne University\n• Alexar Pendashteh – Technologist / Social Entrepreneur. \nThe discussion will be opened by 888 Co-operative Causeway Patron\, Basil Varghese and facilitated by co-op board members\, Sonja Schulze (and Antony McMullen). \nIn addition – there will be a very special announcement – regarding an opportunity to join our co-operative as part of a broader exciting initiative with a major university. \nWho will be speaking? \nElena \n \nElena Pereyra is a registered architect on sabbatical while she undertakes a PhD at Deakin University. She specialises in sustainable urban systems\, regenerative development\, participatory planning\, co-design\, and collaborative housing. With experience across public buildings including international aquariums and local education projects\, apartments and private residential\, her focus has moved to environmentally and socially sustainable design. \nElena has served on the board of Cohousing Australia since 2013 and as Chair (2016-) and now Co-Chair (2019-). Elena is passionate about the environmental\, social\, and economic potential of cohousing and seeks to support its feasibility in the Australian multi-residential housing context. Elena’s research is into participatory processes and community capacity building to achieve broader regenerative outcomes particularly in reducing environmental impact\, building community resilience\, and fostering greater agency in civic governance. \nAs a regenerative development practitioner with a focus on urban systems and placemaking she contributes to numerous forums and advisory committees. These include commons governance\, climate emergency response and active transport infrastructure. Elena has also worked as a post-graduate tutor at the University of Melbourne and Deakin University in Regenerating Sustainability\, Urban Sustainability and Climate Change\, Building Sustainability\, and Integral Design Theory; Sustainable Futures. \nJose \n \nJosé Ramos holds a doctorate from Queensland University of Technology in critical globalization studies\, winning their award for outstanding doctoral thesis. He has published over 70 articles\, chapters and papers and focuses his research on the experiments and prefigurative innovations we need to navigate the Epic Times we live in. \nHe has lectured at a number of universities over the past 15 years\, and has recently established the Futures Lab Academy as a hub for delivering educational programs which twine and align inner and outer social change\, such as the Mutant Futures Program. His boutique practice Action Foresight has worked with dozens of governments\, agencies and communities in over 20 countries. He has recently cofounded a co-op\, the Participatory Futures Global Swarm\, to amplify the use of participatory futures around the world to intervene in and to influence the public imagination of the future. \nHe is co-editor of the peer reviewed Journal of Futures Studies. His recent books include the Cosmolocal Reader\, an anthology of case studies and essays exploring approaches to planetary mutualization and distributed production; Infectious Futures\, an anthology of essays exploring the divergent futures brought forth by Covid-19 and future pandemics; and soon to be published Planetary Cities\, an anthology that explores the futures of the city in the context of a planetary era. He works with a world-wide ecosystem of friends and colleagues from many walks of life\, attempting to the best of his ability to rise to the challenges presented by our world. \nBridgette \n \nBridgette is a professional futurist and pracademic who’s curious about post-growth innovation and designing in crisis. She teaches strategic foresight\, innovation and entrepreneurship at Swinburne University and her work focuses on the (un)intended consequences of change. \nBridgette has worked on projects ranging from public participatory futures installations for Melbourne Knowledge Week and Hong Kong Business of Design Week\, VR and AR wearables for people with early-onset dementia and the challenges of self-sovereign identity and digital wallets\, to exploring how technology and new materials can support sexual and reproductive health. \nBridgette is a PhD candidate investigating how a lack of prospective thinking in design contributes to an ongoing cycle connected to material consumption that is broadly destructive and contributing to collapse of life-critical global systems. She holds a Masters in Strategic Foresight (Swinburne University) and a Masters in Women’s Studies (Monash University). \nBridgette asks lots of questions\, doesn’t play golf\, and enjoys more than the odd glass of wine. \nAlexar \n \nAlexar is a technologist and social entrepreneur with a focus on distributed technologies and large-scale cooperation. \nTrained as an engineer\, Alexar has a vision for a technologically advanced Australia with active regional hubs. \nHe is currently the acting president of Linux Users of Victoria and an organizer in Designing Open Democracy and Blockchain for Social Impact. \n888 Co-operative Causeway\nThe 888 Co-operative Causeway is a Victorian based social economy member network. The co-operative offers a community of mutual support; members are all individuals and enterprises focussed on creating social\, cultural and economic value for each other\, the Victorian community and beyond. Practically the co-operative offers a city HQ with members enjoying co-working diskspace in the heart of the CBD as well as access to the Kelvin Club. Members include the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals\, Co-operative Bonds\, Sorted. and the Community Services and Health Industry Training Board Victoria. The co-operative regularly hosts events like this\, and even a podcast to support and further develop the social and solidarity economy in Victoria. \nWhat is Basil’s Table? \n \nBasil’s Table is an interview series conducted by Basil Varghese\, a well-known Melbourne- based community builder and advocate for social justice\, who has long been committed to ‘bridging the gap between those that have and have not’. As a Patron of 888 Co-operative Causeway\, Basil hosts these conversations with special guests online or at the Kelvin Club in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD on topics relevant to building a connected community across Victoria.
URL:https://www.888causeway.coop/event/the-feeling-is-mutual-the-future-of-cooperation-in-a-time-of-uncertainty/
LOCATION:Kelvin Club\, 30 Melbourne Pl\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:888 Co-operative Causeway official event,Basil's Table
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SUMMARY:Mutual social impact: investing in each other for the 21st century
DESCRIPTION:Our next event will be at the Kelvin Club with a heavy-hitting panel to discuss the role of modern mutuals in meeting 21st century social challenges. \nOur panellists Lynne McLennan\, Adam Vise and Roland Wettenhall will discuss the roots of the friendly society movement in addressing social needs through mutual effort\, the steps mutuals like UFS Dispensaries and Australian Unity are taking to meet new social challenges\, and the recent policy changes that mean modern mutuality is poised for a renaissance as the social impact model of choice. \nLynne McLennan is CEO of UFS Dispensaries. In her time as CEO she has taken UFS from seven pharmacies and a gift store to being a high-profile member-owned social enterprise with 22 pharmacies\, three medical centres\, a day spa\, a dedicated COVID-19 vaccination and testing clinic and Supercare Nursing Services operated at sixteen pharmacies across Victoria. \nAdam Vise is Group Treasurer at Australian Unity. Adam has played a leading role in Australian Unity’s pioneering use of Mutual Capital Instruments to raise $350 million\, which included large placements from mutual superannuation fund HESTA. He is also Chair of Birchal\, a leading equity crowdfunding platform that has supported a seed funding raise by a new environmental services mutual. \nRoland Wettenhall is a historian of friendly societies in Australia. Roland will share some fascinating (and sometimes hairy) stories about the role of the friendlies in providing for Australians for hundreds of years. \nDate and time: Thursday 26 May\, 6.00pm – 7.45pm (AEST).\nLocation: The Kelvin Club\, 30 Melbourne Pl\, Melbourne.\nCost: $25 (Full)\, $20 (Co-op/Union/Kelvin Club members)\, $15 (Concession)\, Free (Financial members of 888 Co-operative Causeway)\nBookings are essential: see booking links at bottom of page\nFood and drink: Finger food included\, drinks at bar prices\nContact us at coopcauseway@gmail.com for any inquiries\, including about waiving the ticket price for this event \nEnjoy some finger-food on arrival. Purchase drinks at the bar in convivial and quirky surrounds. \nKelvin Club \nIntroduction and concluding reflection: Basil Varghese\, 888 Co-operative Causeway Patron\nModerated by: Antony McMullen\, 888 Co-operative Causeway Chairperson. \nBackground info \nA recent article highlighted that launching a social enterprise\, or investing for impact\, are new models of social business\, but it’s a model that co-ops and mutuals have been pursuing for centuries! Co-operatives and mutuals have been crowdfunding community wellbeing long before the terms social enterprise and crowdfunding were even invented. \nAccording to the BCCM\, Mutual Capital Instruments (MCIs) are a new type of share that can only be issued by mutual entities\, that enable the raising of investment capital\, while protecting the mutual ownership structure. Developed through the Treasury Laws (Mutual Reforms) Act 2019\, MCIs function to make the Australian Corporations Act operate fairly for mutually owned businesses\, allowing mutuals to compete on an equal footing with other firm types. In November 2020\, the BCCM member Australian Unity became Australia’s first mutual to issue MCIs. MCIs are similar to Co-operative Capital Units (CCUs). \nThe old AMP in Tasmania \nLast century there were turf battles between ‘the friendlies’ who employed their own doctors for their members and those in private practice represented by the precursor of the Australian Medical Association. Australian Unity was formed in 1840\, when eight people met in a pub in Melbourne to form a friendly society to look after the health and wellbeing of its members. Despite other mutual enterprises such as AMP (formerly the Australian Mutual and Provident Society) selling out of member ownership\, exceptions like Australian Unity and UFS pharmacies have shown how co-operatives and mutuals can meet the challenges of the 21st Century without diminishing their community-driven values. \nTake a look at this article by Roland Wettenhall to explore this rich history ahead of the event. \nIf purchasing a ticket poses a problem – please contact us for a waiver coopcauseway@gmail.com
URL:https://www.888causeway.coop/event/mutual-social-impact-investing-in-each-other-for-the-21st-century/
LOCATION:Kelvin Club\, 30 Melbourne Pl\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:888 Co-operative Causeway official event
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