Freegle Reps Report 2011-04-13

Reps Report 20Feb to 13April11

Messages 10,825 to 12,690, 1,865 messages covering 235 threads

Apologies for the delay in issuing this report. It is my fault (Cat).

Trademark-it was decided that we would continue to monitor the UK IPO but we would not register it ourselves. This is something discussed at the Reps summit and will be covered in more detail in the future.

Funding and Bank Account (for Freegle UK)-Reps thought Unity bank was the best option for a National Freegle Bank account. This has now gone to Structure WG for a decision.

Bank account providers need us to submit a constitution.

Constitution (for Freegle UK)-This is with Structure WG at the moment and it is hoped to be ratified soon.

Adjudication Panel Review-

Reps discussed and individually contributed feedback to Structure about the Ombudsman/Deputy/Adjudication Panel's collective views on the Adjudication Panel process. Reps Skill Survey-updated Volunteers Skill survey-how could it be better, what to do with all the info. Central Mods Remit-needs ratifying. Volunteer Code of conduct-concept passed onto People WG for discussion. Working Groups (WGs)-

Team structures, encouraging active participation-ongoing brainstorm. Media WG and task list-ongoing brainstorm.

WG Coordinators-Reps discussed recruitment process and options.

WG coordinators are:

Structure- Jacky (Great Yarmouth)

People-Tracy-Marie (Sheffield)

Start- Alison (Burgess Hill)

Media- Carole Sixmum (Hayle and St. Ives)

Start WG group resignations and issues-discussed and responded

Assigned Reps as links between Reps Group and Working Groups (WGs)

Structure - Edward, Sian

People - Saira, Ollie Start - Paul, Sian Media - Adam, Paul Tech - Ollie, Edward Local Funding - Kath, Jane

GAT (Group Affiliation Team)

Team members/Reps overlap. Rejection of a new group application (ratification of). Agreed Tom (New Group Coordinator) could join Yahoo group used by GAT (but he is not an active GAT member, he just has access to the information posted on the Yahoo Group). GAT annual review-non-GAT Reps will post feedback to Central asap. GAT new Rep observer- Ollie and Edward will continue share this role.

Other Reps Group matters-

Reps Co-Ordinator role and housekeeping rota-in an effort to find fairer ways of distributing Reps group admin tasks and improve our working practices. Child Protection Policy-Saira is taking the lead on this task as she has expertise in this field. Police enquiry-Saira followed up procedural enquiry about a local group member. Rep Email account issues-sorted. How Teams work best-ongoing brainstorm.

How to Poll on Reps. What constitutes a discussion. When is a Poll not a Poll.

Reps Summit-discussions and actions covered: logistics agenda production of stats creation of strategy document assigned presenters to agreed themes

Themes and presenters: Strategy (What is Freegle? Where is it going? and How?) - Edward and Sian after consultation with other 7 Reps

People - Jane & Saira

Publicity - Cat and Adam

Platform - Edward & Ollie

Organisation - Sian & Paul

Finance (Funding) - Adam and Kath

All 9 Reps met up in Leeds on Sunday 03April and we will be posting feedback on Central in the coming weeks.

Complaints referred one to a local group, received a few about Reps and discussed whether anonymised complaints should be forwarded on to the complainant and if so who should do this.

Random Received a request for an internship (politely turned down) Received more overseas enquiries and some positive feedback (logged) Received offer of help to create a charitable website (politely turned down) Received invitation to partake in Start Festival (will apply for a place)

Media Matters discussed: celebrity opportunities Defra Eco-Schools Universities

Furniture Reuse Network-tried to set up a link

Pledge concept for commercial websites Twitter Blog

Testimonials-sorting out a team to look after these

Councils Media WG and future structure Entered the LetsRecycle.com Awards (we have NOT been shortlisted) Removed links to One Stop Shop as confusing and now duplicating information and resources on the Wiki

http://wiki.ilovefreegle.org/

Approached CH4 Scrimpers TV production company

Events and media mentions 17Feb-Big Society Give it up! Workshop London (Cat and Edward) 19Feb-Daily Express feature on Champion Recyclers 23Feb-invited and attended steering group for first Community Waste Forum (Brighton) 24Feb-invited and contributed to forum at public lecture given by Dept Sustainable Communites (Brighton University) "Why our Hearts Stop us from Recycling" 27Feb-iLoveFreegle named Best in Sunday Times top 5 UK recycling websites Feb-March mention in Yahoo finance pages online 02March-invited and attended inaugural meeting of Green Group for Brighton Chamber of Commerce 08March-invited and attended 10:10 1st birthday event (Brighton) 17March-invited but did NOT attend Big Society Debate at house of Commons 19March-attended Friends of the Earth Reduce Waste campaign photo shoot (Brighton) 23March-invited (by Head of Sustainability from Council) and attended One Planet Living Workshop for City of Brighton 24March-Cat elected Environmental Representative for the Voluntary and Community Sector in Brighton 25March-UKAware (sustainable lifestyle trade show) Freegle stand at Olympia London (funded by local grant from Brighton City Council) 25march-meeting with Streetbank.com and Freelender.org in London 30March-invited to be steering group committee member for Chamber of Commerce (Brighton) 03April-Reps Summit in Leeds 05April-meeting with Friends of the Earth and Environment Centre (Brighton) 06April-invited to be part of City Sustainability Partnership (Brighton) Strategy team 13April-invited and attended The Value of EcoPsychology workshop at the British Psychological Society (London) -19]] coming up

19April-Consumer Focus and National Marketing Conference London (Barbara (Chilterns) and Cat)-yes we did attend :-) 10May-invited and attending Low Carbon Councillors Day for City of London (Cat) 11May-Digital Champions Day London (Cat possibly) 12May-National Digital "Networked Nation Day" Conference London (invited by RaceOnline 2012) (Cat)

possibility of 27-31 JULY Start Eco Festival, Clarence House, London (we have to apply for a place and wait to see if we get selected).

Cat

on behalf of all the Reps

Sian, Saira, Paul, Ollie, Kath, Jane, Edward and Adam

posted on Central 24th April 2011

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