This is the text of the working group reports section of our Annual Report.
Working Groups
A lot of the work of the co-op is done through the various working groups in the co-op. These groups are:
allocations
computer
development
education
employment
grounds and gardens
maintenance
rent
secretarial
welfare
Each group carries out the following tasks:
groups prepare proposals for the General Meeting
groups carry out activities and review policies
each [...]
On Wednesday the 21st of July a co-op member had a birthday and invited some friends to come and play jazz with him. The band consisted of drums, bass guitar, keyboard and quite a few brass instruments. A lot of the co-op came out to hang out and enjoy the jazz. It was lovely.
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HOUSING CO-ORDINATOR (Part time, up to 24 hours/week)
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The results of the blower door testing are in! We have reports for 1 Fletchers Terrace and 8 Argyle Street. (Both are PDF files, about 60 kB each).
The reports have quite a few numbers, but the recommendations at the end of the reports are in plain English. Happy reading.
On the evening of February the 11th a few of us went to a talk at AC Architects organised by Cambridge Carbon Footprint. They were talking about the refurbishment of the building they work in.
They did a lot of environmental improvements including boreholes for a ground source heat pump, solar thermal, natural ventilation and rain [...]
On the 11th of February we had a trip to the BRE, near Watford, to look at energy efficient buildings and to talk about refurbishing our houses to be more energy efficient.
We were introduced to the work of the BRE and regailed with stories of their work burning buildings, shaking buildings (inside a big concrete [...]
Next GM – 7pm on Thursday the 4th of March, coop hut.
Fairtrade films – early evening on Monday the 22nd Feb, coop hut.
Wild Thyme Café – Romsey Labour club, 28th Feb.
Surface cleaner and toilet cleaner – is currently in the hut, bring your own bottle and fill it up. Or ask Scotty, 4 Arg scottybwoy@hotmail.com
Make [...]
Like tens of thousands of others from around the world, including quite a few Coop members (Rich, Tom and Andy from 1Fl, Sam 20 Arg, Ben 22 Arg), I spent most of December in Copenhagen, to witness and try to influence the UN negotiations on climate change (COP15 – the 15th Conference of Parties of [...]
Cambridge is lucky enough to be the home of the excellent climate change NGO Cambridge Carbon Footprint. They do courses called ‘Carbon Conversations’, where people can explore ways in which they can make big reductions in carbon emissions, and together overcome the barriers associated with making such reductions. In the next few weeks there will [...]