open-source cooperation
Now i am sharing with you an article by a DBA on co-ops as an answer to the current dilemma of how to subsist as an open-source software developer. It’s an earnest look at the need for a new model for [...]
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Good idea? Bad idea? Heck, i’m just excited to see this being seriously considered on the national stage. Adopting a cooperative health care system in this country isn’t exactly taking baby-steps, but it is introducing the concept, and the ideals, to the standard-American whose [...] Thank you CCMA! Thank you Pittsburgh! Thank you Ann Hoyt. Thank you People’s Food Co-op Board of Directors. Thank you Chris Von Rabenau. Thank you Jane from East End Co-op. Thank you Jim & Pam Meltzer. Here are pictures from the last night of the conference and then our Sunday excursion to Fallingwater and [...] — Tak Tang, Wedge Community Co-op & Joel Brock, People’s Food Co-op
The final workshop of the conference. An IS4C demonstration, including its history and its evolution, leading all the way up to the latest releases of Fannie. I got to co-present this workshop [...] From the company that don’t “be evil“, a generous and vocal gesture in support of cooperation: CDF Gets a $120,000 Google Grant The Cooperative Development Foundation recently received $120,000 in ad credits from Google.org, the non-profit arm of the search-engine giant. The grant helps CDF boost its ranking on the Google search engine, and [...] — Tak Tang, IT Manager, Wedge Community Co-op & John Eicholtz, IT/Management Team, Greenfields Co-op “What we do is never understood but always praised or blamed” — Friedrich Nietzsche OK, i confess. I spent the afternoon geeking out in the only two tech workshops of the conference. I was asked to sit in on [...] — Don Kreis, Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society & Erbin Crowell, Cooperative Fund of New England This was another great session full of lots of valuable information. I’m in a hurry though so i’m going to make this one snappy! First off, our co-op heritage is one of an integrated cooperative economy. This means stretching [...] — Ann Hoyt, University of Wisconsin This one was a GOOD one! This topic could be it’s own semester-long college course. But obviously we had to breeze through the material in an hour and a half. I am not a history buff, and i took notes as best i could, so consider this a [...] — Mark G., Michael Healy, Bentley Lein, CDS Consulting Co-op Understanding the board’s role as leaders/pioneers will naturally result in more effective leadership and member linkage. Not news to us board members who spent the recent board retreat exploring this very subject. So, maybe not all of this workshop was news to me [...] — Sarah Zaug, The Wedge, HR manager There was plenty of discussion which led to some worthwhile take-aways. Such as: Supporting the GM/Link – This role is difficult and lonely. We often see and hear that Lori is stressed, overworked, and working looong hours. How can we better support the Co-Manager filling this role? [...] |
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