CA Co-op Conference 2012 Schedule

 

Friday, May 4

9am Keynote: John Restakis: Humanizing the Economy with Co-ops [watch video]
 
1: Breakout Workshops (select from the following)

• Celebrating and Respecting Cultural Diversity Among Co-op Members (Heskin)
• How to Start a Co-op (Coontz)
• Democratic Management with Accountability - MCLE (Huet)

2: Breakout Workshops (select from the following)

• Housing Co-ops (Lewis)
• Emilia Romagna Co-ops in Italy (Restakis)
• Bylaws & Legal Tools for Worker Co-ops - MCLE (Jacobs & Orsi)
• Creating Your Own Co-op Image-Tools & Tips for Maintaining a Consistent Message (Madden & Young)

3: Breakout Workshops (select from the following)

• Meetings that Don't Suck (Weaver)
• WAGES: Role of Cooperative Incubators in Transitioning Workers to Management Roles (Goldberg) [watch video]
• Co-op Self-Financing Approaches - MCLE (Tuttle)
• Understanding Co-op Financial Documents (Hoover)

4: Workshop and Facilitated Discussion Sessions

• Creating Financing Tools: What the JOBS Act Means for Co-ops - MCLE (Jenny Kassan)

DISCUSSION GROUPS

• Organizing for International Year of Co-ops
• Participation Strategies: Housing Co-ops (Labriola)
• Food Co-op Development (Sierra)
• Strategies for Including Cooperative Education in High School Curricula (Marshall)
• Worker Co-op/Incubator Projects

6-8pm: CO-OP CELEBRATION! Open to the public
          
9am: Celebrating International Year of Co-ops
Panel: Innovative Projects & Co-op Applications
*Indicates workshop is presented in Spanish
**Indicates workshop is presented in English with Spanish translation provided

1: Breakout Workshops (select from the following)

• Starting a Cooperative Through a Buyout of an Existing Business: Consumer and Worker Case Studies (Kaiserman & Thomases)
• Co-ops & Employment Laws - MCLE (Orsi)
• Board/Co-op Leadership Roles & Responsibilities (Sassoon)
• *Creating and Monitoring Budgets/Como crear y controlar los presupuestos de su cooperativa (Sansores) [watch video]

2: Breakout Workshops (select from the following)

• Developing a Budget for Creating a Food Cooperative (Reid) [watch video]
• Legal Issues with Cooperative Incubator Projects - MCLE (Huet)
• Marketing the Co-op Advantage (Madden & Young)
• *Five Things You Need to Know About the Difference Between Being an Employee and Being a Member of a Cooperative/Cinco Cosas Usted Debe Saber de la Diferencia de Ser Empleado de Ser Miembro-Dueno de una Coopertiva

3: Breakout Workshops (select from the following)

• Organizational Timeline and Development Process for Cooperative Development (Reid)
• People to People Financing: Lending Circles and Kiva
• **Case Study: Human Development at TeamWorks/Estudio de Caso: Desarrollo Humano & "TeamWorks" (Smathers)

3:50-5pm Plenary