Member Recruitment

Session materials from “Revitalizing Your New Member Acceptance Practices” presented by Emily Sears and Rahul Mannapperuma at NASCO Institute 2024.  Updating your co-op's practices to align with your vision, mission and goals is no small feat. After a downward trend of engaged student members, Neill-Wycik decided to overhaul their membership acceptance from a "First Come, First Serve" policy to a rigorous, robust process to ensure the alignment of new co-op members with the co-op's mission and vision as best as possible.

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This is a form used by the Champlain Housing Trust (CHT) in Burlington and St Albans, VT to evaluate new applicants.

The Michigan State University Student Housing Cooperative is a student-run housing organization for affordable and cooperative living in MSU's backyard. For information about the SHC and its houses, go to: http://www.msu.coop/

Directed // Filmed // Edited: Colin Marshall
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Session materials from "Implementing Intentional Affordability," which was led by Jeff Bessmer (Santa Barbara Student Housing Co-op) at NASCO Institute 2013.

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A guide to member recruitment and retention for student housing co-ops.