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SUMMARY:Accidental Co-operative and Mutual Enterprise Secretary Course
DESCRIPTION:Separate registration essential \nAre you working as\, aspiring to be\, or wanting to know more about how to be an effective Secretary for a Co-operative or Mutual Enterprise (CME)? \nThen our newly announced Accidental Co-operative and Mutual Enterprise Secretary course is perfect for you. \nDeveloped in partnership with the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA)\, this tailored and specialised course aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the role\, responsibilities\, and functions of a CME secretary and is tailored for the legal and regulatory requirements of co-ops and mutuals. \nThe Accidental Co-operative and Mutual Enterprise Secretary course will: \n\ndetail the core duties of an Australian CME secretary\ndescribe the range of legal responsibilities of a CME secretary under the Corporations Act and Co-operatives National Law\ndefine the typical tasks and activities of a CME secretary\nlocate and apply useful resources for the role of a CME secretary\noutline how co-operative and mutual values and principles inform and guide the role of a CME secretary\n\nBook online \nTo learn more about this course\, please email Anthony Taylor.
URL:https://bccm.coop/event/accidental-co-operative-and-mutual-enterprise-secretary-course/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:CME 100 Chairs' Forum
DESCRIPTION:Invitation only – BCCM member event – separate RSVP essential \nHybrid (online/face to face) \nThe only cross-sector meeting for the Chairs of Australia’s leading co-operative and mutual enterprises. \nThe 20th CME 100 Chairs’ Forum – Thursday\, 8 May 2025\, 11:45 am – 2:30 pm (AEDT) \nThis Chairs’ Forum is a complimentary\, invitation-only event for BCCM Member Chairs \nContact Carmel Butler for more information.
URL:https://bccm.coop/event/chairs-forum-1-may-2025/
LOCATION:Australian Unity\, Australian Unity\, ANA Room\, 271 Spring Street\, Melbourne\, Australia
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SUMMARY:ESG webinar 5: Sustainability – the First Nations perspective
DESCRIPTION:Separate RSVP essential \nThe 2024-25 BCCM ESG Community of Practice (CoP) Program and workshop series is open to ESG CoP Alumni and BCCM members with registration. For further information and how to register\, please contact the community of practice leader\, Peter Watts. \nWorkshop Webinar #5 – Sustainability – the First Nations perspective \nThe groups that make up the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander People have lived sustainably with their surroundings for thousands of years. In this workshop we will hear from Jessica Wegener from Wyla Sustainability who is an Indigenous woman from Ngiyampaa country in western NSW. Jessica is an expert in translating sustainability principles between different cultural contexts and what can we apply from our First Nations people to how we run our organisations in the present day. \nSynopsis\nJessica will run an interactive session with the opportunity to ask questions throughout – covering the following: \n\nFirst Nations environmental sustainability goals – including reference to traditional Knowledge\, practices\, and stewardship of the land and natural resources led by First Nations People. How you can engage in this process of revival of Traditional knowledges and protective process to ensure First Nations People’s feel confident in engaging with you.\nESG programmes in organisations and their alignment with First Nations outcomes.\nReconciliation in the aftermath of the unfortunate referendum outcome – and the statement from the heart.\nPreparation for inclusion of First Nations knowledge and practices into RAPs and organisation’s environmental policy and decision-making through collaborative partnerships and co design between Indigenous communities\, and local investment to foster sustainable land and resource management.\n\nSpeaker\nJessica Wegener\, Co-founder\, Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation\nJessica Wegener\, Ngiyampaa Wangaaypuwan Pilaarrkiyalu King Mayi from Western NSW has completed a diploma in Indigenous land management\, Small Business Management\, Project Management and has undertaken studies towards achieving an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science. Immersing herself in opportunities to develop and share knowledge. \nJessica is a co-founder of the Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation\, where she created resources for mob Across Australia to revive the good fire in Country. She was successful in creating and running the first-of-its-kind four-year mentoring in traditional fire management systems. Jessica is a board member on a number of Aboriginal organisations and committees. Jessica has been working in Land Rights for many years to progress the economic opportunities for Aboriginal communities through balancing the social\, cultural\, environmental and economic growth capacity to deliver land management opportunities that are supportive of revitalising traditional knowledge to heal country. \nJessica currently develops Curriculum for the Newcastle Waldorf Schools and runs a Mentoring program in traditional knowledges. In her spare time\, Jessica attends a number of UNDRIP and Pacific Indigenous Peoples conference to ensure Sustainability\, and Indigenous Peoples monitoring and management of EECs and ocean health issues are advocated for and heard across platforms within the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, self-determination and Prior informed consent Protocols and protection of First Nations knowledges. As respectful\, reciprocal relationships and protections form for the cultural arts and sciences of connected traditional knowledge practices grow\, so too will the knowledge holders rise to carry out these methodologies and the return of healthy people healthy country pathways will be revived. \n 
URL:https://bccm.coop/event/esg-webinar-5-sustainability-the-first-nations-perspective/
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SUMMARY:Trebor Scholz - From Vibe to Viability: A methodology for building transformative alternatives in the digital economy
DESCRIPTION:Associate Professor Trebor Scholz\, is a leading voice in the global push for democratic digital infrastructure\, exploring how communities are building alternatives to extractive tech through cooperative experiments across 60+ countries. From AI cooperatives to community-run data centers and food delivery systems powered by 80 worker co-ops\, these are functioning systems\, not simply conjectures. \nWhen care workers in Sydney co-own the app that books their shifts\, when artists in Vancouver take back control of their images\, when Uber drivers in Denver stop renting the tools of their trade and start owning them\, when Indigenous communities in South Africa launch their own WiFi cooperative – these are not isolated acts. They’re part of a global movement to rebuild the digital economy from the ground up. \nScholz draws a line from 28 weavers in 1840s England to present-day builders reclaiming digital agency. His methodology – combining analysis\, organizing\, education\, and institution-building – has improved the lives of over a million workers\, launched the Solidarity Tech subfield\, and provided practical\, real-world alternatives. But failure is part of the story: What happens when democracy cuts into your evenings? When scaling solidarity sparks friction? When burnout hits? When people can’t agree – and you’re still hustling to make the dream real? This talk challenges you to rethink what’s possible – and help build a future that doesn’t scale like empires but lasts like communities. \nThis event is present in partnership with the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society and is supported by RMIT Culture. \nRegister now
URL:https://bccm.coop/event/trebor-scholz-from-vibe-to-viability-a-methodology-for-building-transformative-alternatives-in-the-digital-economy/
LOCATION:The Green Brain\, Building 16 (Storey Hall) – RMIT University\, The Green Brain\, Building 16 (Storey Hall) - RMIT University Building 16 336/348 Swanston St\,\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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