
National Cooperative Business Association
Un declared 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives! http://www.ica.coop/publications/pressre leases/2009-12-18-int-year-coops.pdf.
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Thought I'd share this great article on worker co-ops. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/1 1/23/the-case-for-worker-co-ops/

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Good news! Co-op Equity Fund moving forward to help people invest in cooperative development http://www.rtfc.coop/information/capital connections/CapCon2009/Capconnections_no v2009.pdf
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DotCoop Global Award winners: National Cooperative Grocers Association, Pachamama Coffee and Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited. Read more about them at http://www.globalawards.coop/PreviousWin ners.aspx
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Geneva, Switzerland - DotCoop, the sponsor of the .coop domain name, announced the winners of the first-ever dotCoop Global Awards for Cooperative Excellence. The three winners are:

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Pick your favorite of two logos for the NCBA Marketplace member benefit where co-ops can save on their operating expenses. We need your vote to make a final decision! http://www.ncba.coop/pdf/NCBAMarketplace Logos_v3.pdf
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Collaborative Networks: Building Cooperative Bridges to a Sustainable Tomorrow with Eric DeLuca and Erbin Crowell. Learn more at
http://www.ncba.coop/coopeconomy/breakou t.cfm.
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Join the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) for its Annual Cooperative Conference at the Capitol Hilton in Washington DC, and to make the connections you need to bring greater awareness of the better business model.

National Cooperative Business Association From ICA: An exciting new co-operative campaign, ACT! (Addressing the Climate Threat) hopes to give individual co-operators and co-operative businesses a chance to unite on the issue. Sign the global petition, take the 10:10 pledge or add to the growing evidence base of existing co-operative action to address the clima...te threat, by inputting your co-operatives 'best practice' case study. ACT! Now and make our voices heard, www.actonclimate.coop
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Please sign to support theco-operativedemand foran Agreement at the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference, that is

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Steelworkers have united with Mondragon, the world's largest worker-owned cooperative to form industrial worker-owned cooperatives in North America! We hope to have ways for you to become involved sometime this Spring, but it depends on how fas...t the steelworkers and Mondragon move. http://www.usw.org/media_center/news_art icles?id=0439Read More
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Interesting article on workplace democracy and co-ops: http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/i nnovations/data/000151
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Policy Innovations - The Carnegie Council's online magazine for a fairer globalization.

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New Englanders! Participate in Cabot Cheese's Open Farmer Sunday November 1 and participate in their activities. Everyone else take a virtual tour of their farmers! http://www.cabotcheese.coop/pages/about_ us/farmer_stories/index.php
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Cabot Creamery stories about the Family run dairy farms in their Cooperative.

National Cooperative Business Association CDI is looking for artists who belong to artisan co-ops for their on-line artisan auction site. If you know of any co-op artists or artists wanting to belong to a co-op, please send Jane Livingston an e-mail at jane@cdi.coop. Anyone can bid on items placed on the site! Good time for holiday gifts!

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We are excited to launch the new NCBA Marketplace on BizUnite for all our members.
This new program offers your cooperative discounted business services which can reduce your operating costs, allowing you to focus on adding value to your members.
Please join us for a one hour demonstration to show you how to take adv...antage of the discounts you can find in NCBA’s new Marketplace. Simply click on the link below to attend one of our two scheduled sessions:
Thursday, October 15th 2 PM ET (https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/80 0975912)
If you want to find out today about some of the services available to you, you can follow the simple login procedures below and start enjoying immediate savings on many of your operating expenses.
Time:2:00PM Thursday, October 15th
Location:On-line

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NCBA members, we've rolled out a new member benefit that will save your co-op money. Join us for a Webinar on October 15 or October 22 to learn more about the benefit and how to get started. October 15: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/80 0975912 October 22: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/58 9046041

National Cooperative Business Association Staff at NCBA went to the D.C. premiere of Capitalism: A Love Story. It was great seeing NCBA members on the big screen! Have you seen the movie yet? If so, what'd you think of our co-op time?













