Session materials from "Co-op Maintenance: Keeping Your House Around for the Long Term," which was led by Geoff Mayers and Nick Coquillard (Inter-Cooperative Council - Ann Arbor) at NASCO Institute 2014.
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Session materials from "Cradle to Grave: A Life in Co-ops," which was led by Kim Penna Garmany (College Houses and Austin Cooperative Business Association) at NASCO Institute 2014.
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You know about housing co-ops, you're a member of a credit union, and you shop at the local food co-op, but what other co-ops businesses are out there? This 90 minute workshop will explore how the cooperative business model can meet your needs at every stage of your life, highlighting some especially creative cooperatives.
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Session materials from "Big Co-op Issues (roundtable)," which was led by Jake Pietsch (College Houses) Alex Green (NASCO Board and Inter-Cooperative Council - Ann Arbor) at NASCO Institute 2014. Separate sessions were held for members and staff of large co-ops.
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Session materials from "The Global Cooperative Movement," which was led by Jeff Bessmer (Santa Barbara Student Housing Co-op) at NASCO Institute 2014.
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Session materials from "Forming a Corporation and Getting Tax-Exemption," which was led by David "Rosebud" Sparer (Herrick & Kasdorf LLP) and Daniel Miller (NASCO) at NASCO Institute 2014.
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Why do co-ops become legal corporations? What does it take to incorporate? What are the pros and cons of different legal statuses? What does non-profit status do for a co-op, and does your co-op qualify? Come learn the answers to these questions and more, with specific examples to help your co-op.
Session materials from "Global Co-op Management Dialogue and Case Studies," which was led by Jeff Bessmer (Santa Barbara Student Housing Co-op) at NASCO Institute 2014.
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American co-operatives are generally isolated from the broader and very active dialogue on co-op management. This workshop will give a brief overview of the global co-operative movement and its central and foundational ideas. Then we will review examples of co-ops that have used these concepts to improve their organizations and discuss how these ideas may be relevant for our co-ops.
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Session materials from "Co-ops and the University: Negotiating the Fragile Terrain," which was led by Steve Dubb (Democracy Collaborative) at NASCO Institute 2014.
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Session materials from "Rainbow Grocery's Self-Management Model," which was led by Leslie Leyba (Rainbow Grocery Cooperative) at NASCO Institute 2014.
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Session materials from "Cooperative Housing Models," which was led by Matt Meyer (Cooperative Development Institute) and Linda Brockway (National Association of Housing Cooperatives) at NASCO Institute 2014.
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Session materials from "This is Delegated to the Ones I Love," which was led by Laird Schaub (Fellowship for Intentional Community) at NASCO Institute 2014 & 2015.
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