Consensus 101
This handout is from Laird Schaub's (Fellowship for Intentional Community) workshop titled "Consensus 101" at NASCO Institute 2013.
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NASCO 2013 Annual General Meeting Minutes
The minutes and commentary from the 2013 NASCO Annual General Meeting
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Fair Housing
The handout from the Institute 2013 Fair Housing workshop.
Board & Member Roles & Responsibilities - NASCO Institute
Session materials from "Board & Member Roles & Responsibilities," which was led by Daniel Kronovet (Berkeley Student Cooperative) at NASCO Institute 2014 and 2015.
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History of Housing Coops
Presented at NASCO Institute by Jim Jones (Collective Seeds Consulting Cooperative)
A history of group housing cooperatives in North America. A look at both student and community based cooperatives, starting in 1873 and continuing to the present. How did we all get here? Why aren't there co-ops like ours in other countries? What events in our country have influenced and affected our cooperatives?
Demystifying and Decolonizing “Ethnic” Food
Presented by Vivian Onuoha
Doing it Online: Group Decision Making with Computers
Presented by Charlie DeTar
Group decision making with computers: what we know, what we don't know, what we need to learn. We all have to get things done between meetings - what are strategies for success? This document discusses available tools, platforms, and best practices for online collaboration in co-ops.
Bikes! Friends! Food! "Trash"! Taking Direct Action Against Food Insecurity with Boulder Food Rescue
Presented by Nora Leccese (Boulder Food Rescue)
We want to share with you the secrets to creating a bike powered food rescue in your own city. This handout is meant to help you identify who has food to donate, who needs it, who wants to bike it across town, and how to organize that enormous mess! Boulder Food Rescue picks up food that would otherwise be thrown out (mostly fruits and veggies) at grocery stores and transports it BY BIKE to organizations who serve hungry, homeless and low income folks in Boulder, Co, and we want to share our model.
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Expanding Citizenship: Workplace Democracy and Civic Engagement in Food Co-ops
Presented by Cecile Reuge (University of Vermont & Vermont Workers' Center)
In the 1880s, the Knights of Labor, known as largest labor union in the world at the time, organized a network of almost 200 industrial cooperatives across the United States. Today, the presence of labor unions is at an all-time low. Meanwhile the cooperative movement continues to grow, but in whose best interest? This resource will explore the history of food cooperatives within the broader context of cooperative and labor movements as well as workers rights in food consumer cooperatives.
Introduction to Community Wealth Building - Coop Careers
Presented by Steve Dubb (The Democracy Collaborative), Rachel Plattus (New Economy Coalition), Joe Rinehart (US Federation of Worker Cooperatives & Democracy at Work Institute), Farzana Serang (CoFED), & Lisa Stolarski (Center for Community- Based Enterprises)