NASCO Institute 2021 Program Guide
Program guide PDF for NASCO Institute 2021 including keynote bio, accessibility statement, schedule, course tracks, and additional resources.
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The Nuts and Bolts of Co-op Evictions (Ontario)
Celia Chandler provides an overview of the LTB process for co-op evictions in Ontario.
As of 2021, "It’s been seven years since housing co-ops evictions moved to Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB). Celia Chandler works with many housing co-ops on member issues and will lead you through the nuts and bolts of evictions at this one-hour session. If you need to brush up on the co-op eviction process including navigating the LTB during COVID, this workshop is for you!"
2021 - NASCO Family Annual Report
The Annual Report of the NASCO Family Boards, FYE 2021.
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Group-Equity Housing Cooperative Incorporation Statutes by State
River City Housing Collective Hand Signals
River City Housing Collective's visual for hand signals. This is reviewed during an information session with prospective members, and whoever is facilitating a meeting where a new member is present will review the hand signals before the meeting starts.
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COVID Recovery Knowledge-share
This is a discussion guide. for your co-op to talk about the impact of COVID on your community.
Meeting Facilitation Beyond the Basics
This workshop takes us beyond in-person meetings into the world of virtual meeting facilitation. In this slide deck, we will provide best practices for virtual facilitation and tools to build consensus within the group. This includes exercises to try out facilitation tools with group discussions.
Co-op Conflict Support Tools
This is an overview of Co-op Conflict Support. In this slide deck, you will find the limits of conflict resolution, review proactive processes and tools for navigating conflict, and additional resources.
Co-op Members’ Roles and Responsibilities
This workshop slide deck reviews cooperative members' responsibilities to each other, future members, and the co-op as a whole. We will provide tools to describe and promote member roles and responsibilities in your co-op.
Affordability and defining it for your co-op discussion guide
Cooperatives often include affordability in their mission and strive to maintain it. Members in the cooperative will all have different expectations and ideas of what this means when entering the cooperative. This discussion guide about affordability and defining it for your cooperative will help clarify member expectations and long-term planning for your cooperative.