NASCO Staff & Board Update

In August, NASCO Staff visited members in Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, and Kansas; worked remotely with members in Oregon, Maryland, and Texas; provided development/expansion support to groups in Idaho, Ohio, Texas, California, and Pennsylvania; began preparing for board elections; continued raising funds for the Low Income Scholarship Fund; created a poster for our Shared Resource Library (which we’ll be mailing to our members soon); and finalized the majority of details for NASCO Institute.

ICC Austin Job Posting

ICC Austin is hiring a Financial Administrator. View their listing. Deadline is August 22, 2014. 

NASCO Staff & Board Update

In July, NASCO staff continued to busily prepare for NASCO Institute; visited members in Massachusetts, Texas, and California; began planning member visits for the fall; presented at the Association of Cooperative Educators Institute; worked with groups preparing project submissions for NASCO Properties’ open Request for Proposals; trained Rek Kwawer, NASCO’s new Director of Operations; and attended a celebration of the International Day of Cooperatives at the United Nations.

Report-back: ACE Institute Youth Cohort

The USA Cooperative Youth Council (USACYC), has been working towards a more youthful and youth filled cooperative movement for the past few years, having been formally founded at the NCBA conference in 2012 as part of the International Year of the Co-op. Since then many conference calls, e-mails, and in person meetings at other coop/new economy conferences, have taken place. So this July it was a huge success to see a cohort of 26 youth and young adults brought together in Austin at the ACE Institute.

Who are the NASCO staff? ... What do they do?

NASCO has four full-time staff positions – Director of Development, Director of Education, Director of Operations, and Director of Properties. These four positions work together to ensure that NASCO can provide services and programs for its members. NASCO is a family of organizations with three boards and half a dozen committees, dozens of member cooperatives who we visit, an annual training Institute, a development consulting program, and a network of cooperative properties. 

Request for Institute Session Proposals

NASCO is currently accepting session proposals for the 38th annual Cooperative Education and Training Institute. This year's theme, "Co-ops for Life: Owning Our Future," will focus on the importance of individual and organizational development as a strategy for cross-sectoral movement building.

Meet the 2014 Philly Co-op Interns

NASCO Cooperative Internship Network participants Mowie Freeman and Scarlett McIntosh were recently featured in a blog post by the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA). Check it out!