Session materials from "Toward Co-ops as Revolutionary Spaces for Challenging Gender Norms of Domesticity," presented by Lauren Beitler at NASCO Institute 2015.
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Session materials from "Worker-Owned Co-ops and Workplace Democracy," presented by David Morgan at NASCO Institute 2015.
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Session materials from "Principled Living: Cooperation Among Cooperatives," presented by Thomas Bowen and Christina Jennings at NASCO Institute 2015.
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Session materials from "Creating a New Co-op - 3 - Incorporation & Bylaws," presented by Corrigan Nadon-Nichols at NASCO Institute 2015.
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Incorporation is the process of making your co-op a legal entity which can own property, take out loans, and enter into contracts. But there are often many choices that can stymie a group's progress: Corporation or LLC? Which tax-exemptions do we want? We will discuss the why and how of incorporating a co-op, with particular attention to creating bylaws for the new organizations.
Session materials from "Cooperative Governance: A Look at Policy Governance Principles Applied to Student Cooperative Housing," presented by Billy Thogersen and Ashleigh Lassiter at NASCO Institute 2015.
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Session materials from "Negotiating with Institutions: A Collaborative Case Study," presented by Meghan Smith, Corey Walters, Lily Tanner and Ben Pearl at NASCO Institute 2015.
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Session materials from "Reinvest in a Just Transition: How Your School Can Support Cooperative Economic Development," presented by Lauren Ressler and Ian Trupin at NASCO Institute 2015.
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Session materials from "Planning for Growth and Renovation," presented by Chiji Ochiagha at NASCO Institute 2015.
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Investing in ourselves includes planning and budgeting for growth and renovation of our cooperatives. We'll look at how this can be achieved for small to medium sized housing cooperatives.
Session materials from "Womxn & Wealthbeing," presented by Scarlett McIntosh and Alexandria Collins at NASCO Institute 2015.
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Session materials from "Budgets, Governance, and Anti-Oppression," presented by Alfred Twu at NASCO Institute 2015.
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Changing processes and resource allocation can create the structural changes to make cultural changes long lasting. In this workshop we will do a line by line discussion of a few real budgets and policies from the Berkeley Student Cooperative and examine their intended and actual effects on making cooperatives more inclusive. Learn how to draft anti-oppressive policy language and budgeting formulas.
