News and Updates

Cooperative Internship Network - Accepting Applications

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Are you looking for a job this summer? Would you like to work in a cooperative? NASCO’s Cooperative Internship Network places talented cooperators in jobs with cooperatives and cooperative organizations. The Internship Network provides a great opportunity to develop new skills, gain experience, and begin developing a career in the cooperative sector.
 

Save the Date: WestCo 2015

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WestCo, an annual conference for members of cooperatives in the Western United States and Canada, will be held this year in Berkeley, CA from April 24th through 26th. WestCo is a space for local cooperators to build community, attend educational workshops and social events, and celebrate their common interests and experiences. This year’s conference is organized by members of the Berkeley Student Cooperative. More programming details will be released in March.

NASCO Staff & Board Update

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Recently, NASCO staff have been very busy working on a variety of projects: we’re accepting applications for at least 10 exciting summer cooperative internships; programming has been finalized for the 2015 Staff & Managers Conference; 40 original cooperative educational videos were recorded and posted to our website; we’re supporting local organizers in Berkeley, CA to plan WestCo 2015

Staff & Managers Conference Programming Update

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The 2015 Staff & Managers Conference will feature a walking tour of local co-ops, a group dinner at a cooperative brewpub, a film screening featuring Austin-area co-ops, special guest presenters, and sessions focusing on expansion projects, regional cooperative associations, board governance, cooperative management structures, zoning, university relations, member certification programs, sharing cooperative data/resources, and getting people to pay their rent.

Berkeley Student Cooperative Development Fund - Accepting Applications

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The BSC is proud to announce its 4th annual Cooperative Development Grant! The Berkeley Student Cooperative’s $10,000 Co-op Development Fund is for cooperatively-run business projects only. Only one project/program will be awarded the fund. Preference will be given to projects that serve students or underserved members of low-income communities within the San Francisco Bay Area.

NASCO Board Election Results

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We are excited to announce the results of the 2015 NASCO Board of Directors election. We had nine candidates for five seats (four three-year terms and one one-year term), and ballots cast by more than twenty members.
 
The following people have been elected to the board:
 
Maya Menlo - ICC Ann Arbor (three-year seat)
Bradley Hunt - Berkeley Student Cooperative (three-year seat)
Scarlett McIntosh - Berkeley Student Cooperative (three-year seat)

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Submit Resources to our Library

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One of the most valuable assets of the cooperative movement is our collective knowledge, and NASCO’s Shared Resource Library, a constantly growing collection of documents and files, is a tool for sharing that knowledge. Our library relies upon your contributions. Please follow this link to share your co-op’s governance documents, member education materials, and resources.

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