Here you will find the Board Member Job Description, Candidate Statements, a NASCO Active Member Ballot and a NASCO Individual Ballot. Please review the candidate statements closely and allocate your ballots carefully.

Greetings,

 

We would like to invite your members to WestCo 2013 which is happening this April 19-21 at Santa Barbara Student Housing Co-op in sunny Isla Vista, California!

 

WestCo 2013 includes educational and exchange workshops, social events, and more with co-operators from the U.S./Canada in western and mountain timezones.  Participating co-op members are welcomed and encouraged to present workshops or social events and accommodation will be provided among our 5 houses.

Nominations are now officially open for seven seats on the Board.

 

Three of those seats are for 3-year terms, three are for 2-year terms, and one is a 1-year term.

 

Your co-op is invited to nominate someone to fill one of the open seats on the NASCO Board of Directors.

 

 

We have designed the timeline to give member co-ops sufficient time both during nominations and balloting to utilize whatever process they desire for these decisions.

The Austin Cooperative Summit will be a small meeting designed to facilitate the exchange of best practices and cross-sector learning among cooperators, and to strengthen the local cooperative community.

 

Join for workshops on developing a co-op, advocacy, local co-op history, and more.  The program concludes with a regional strategic planning session.

 

If you're in the Austin area, you won't want to miss it!

The NASCO Board of Directors will be meeting February 23-24 in Philadelphia, PA. According to NASCO's bylaws, board meetings are open to members of active member coops. If you wish to attend a NASCO Board meeting, please contact NASCO staff at info[at]nasco.coop.

We welcome these new Directors to NASCO's Board!

On February 2nd (1:15-2:45pm Eastern) NASCO staff will present on a panel during the 50th Session of the Commission for Social Development at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.