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Save the Date: NASCO Staff & Managers Conference
The NASCO Staff & Managers Conference will take place in Boulder, Colorado on April 27-28, 2016. A full event program and registration details will be posted on our website in early 2016.
This conference is a cooperative education and training program that is designed specifically to meet the needs of staff and managers of campus-based housing cooperatives. The conference serves as a collective learning forum that strives to empower campus co-op managers from across Canada and the United States. Conference participants share ideas through workshops, discussions, and informal networking. Please direct questions to: morgan@nasco.coop.
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Vote for NASCO's Board of Directors!
NASCO has seven open seats on its board, and all Active Members and Individual Members are able to vote in the election to fill these seats. Ballots have been distributed to all members - if you did not receive yours, please contact rek@nasco.coop.
The candidate statements can be read here. Ballots must be cast by January 31, 2016.
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Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard Inducted into US Cooperative Hall of Fame
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Job Posting - Executive Director - Waterloo Co-operative Residence, Inc.
Waterloo Co-operative Residence, Inc. (WCRI), located in Waterloo, Ontario, is hiring the position of Executive Director. Applications are being reviewed on an ongoing basis. Questions should be directed to Magnus Mee, HR Committee Chair, at hrcom@wcri.coop. View the posting here.
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Next System Teach-Ins
We're really excited to be partnering with the Next System Project on their Teach-In initiative - a call to action to students, faculty, and community members to organize teach-ins about systemic crisis and systemic alternatives on university campuses across the country this spring.
We know that universities mostly exist to teach and reproduce the status quo economic and political system - and the history of student organizing shows us that when students demand and create spaces on their campuses to imagine what a real alternative could look like, the results can be extremely powerful.
Folks in NYC and Madison have been working over the fall to roll out two initial teach-ins in February and March that can serve as models for what will follow later in the Spring. For everyone else, we want to encourage people to visit teachins.thenextsystem.org and sign up to help organize or just attend a local teach-in.
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18 Co-op Gift Ideas
 The holidays are a great time to catch up with friends, family, and loved ones. But gift giving can often feel overwhelming, and options can seem limited if you don’t want to support businesses that exploit people and the planet.
If you’re still looking to buy the perfect gift this while also supporting cooperative businesses this winter, check out this handy guide created by our friends at the Toolbox for Education and Social Action! (And feel free to use this guide year-round, as the gifts aren’t winter-specific!)
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NASCO Receives $3,000 to Update Organizer's Handbook
NASCO has received a generous $3,000 grant from the Cooperative Foundation to update the content and structure of the NASCO Co-op Organizer’s Handbook, transferring this comprehensive 60 page manual to a much more accessible web-based format!
The Organizer's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to creating group-equity housing cooperatives, and is an essential resource for the student or community organizer focusing on housing issues.
See the full list of 2015 grants here.
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Requests for Content from Five Cooperative Conferences
Is your inner-cooperative-educator looking for a creative outlet? Do you have an academic paper about co-ops that you’re hoping to share with the world? Check out these Requests for Proposals from various upcoming co-op conferences:
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California Co-op Conference, April 29-30, 2016, Sacramento, California. Proposals due January 12, 2016.
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Joint Conference of the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC) and the Association of Cooperative Educators (ACE), June 1-3, 2016, Calgary, Alberta. Proposals due January 15, 2016.
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CCMA: the National Conference for Food Co-ops, June 9-11, 2016, Amherst, Massachusetts. Proposals due January 15, 2016.
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International Co-operative Alliance Committee on Co-operative Research international research conference, May 24-27, 2016, Almería, Spain. Proposals due December 31, 2015.
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International Summit of Cooperatives, October 11-13, 2016, Quebec City, Quebec. Proposals due February 29, 2016.
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