cooperative business intro power point
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Dispelling the Myths and Inspiring the Vision
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>>> Increase public awareness about cooperatives and their contributions to socio-economic development>>> Promote the formation and growth of co-operatives among individuals andinstitutions to address common economic needs and for socio-economic
empowerment
>>> Encourage Governments and regulatory bodies to establish policies, laws andregulation conducive to co-operative formation and growth.
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A Collective?MAYBE
A group of entities that share, or are
motivated by, at least one common issue
or interest, or work together on a specific
project(s) to achieve a common
objective.
Not necessarily focused upon an
economic benefit or saving (i.e. activists
collective, sports team, hobby club)
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A Collective?
Maybe.
A Commune?MAYBE.
An intentional community of people livingtogether, sharing common interests and
values, property, possessions, resources,
and, in some cases, work and income.
A commune may be legally organized as a
cooperative.
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A Collective?
Maybe.
A Commune?
Maybe.
Socialism? YES.
Socialism is not a political system. It is an
economic system for distributing goods
and services.
Can co-exist within a capitalist market or
economy, and within a democratic political
system.
Based on the principle that the means of
producing goods and providing services
such as all factories and companies
should be owned publicly and controlled
and planned by a centralized organization
rather than being controlled by members
of a small class of wealthy people.
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A Collective?
Maybe.
A Commune?
Maybe.
Socialism? Yes.Communism? NO.
A political system that espouses socialism
and puts its control into the hands of a few
the government. Cannot co-exist in a
capitalist market or economy.
Based on the principle that the means of
producing goods and providing services
such as all factories and companies
should be owned publicly and controlled
and planned by a centralized organization
rather than being controlled by members
of a small class of wealthy people.
No private capitol ownership, complete
collective ownership of all capitol by the
state.
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A Collective?
Maybe.
A Commune?
Maybe.
Socialism? Yes.Communism? No.
Legal Business Entity?YES.
A corporation with perpetual life, limited
liability, and controlled by a Board of
Directors elected by its members.
Has certain structural characteristics andguiding principles that set it apart from
other corporations.
The biggest difference being that a
cooperative is member-oriented rather
than investor-oriented.
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A co-operative is an autonomous association of persons unitedvoluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and culturalneeds and aspirations through a jointly-owned anddemocratically-controlled enterprise.
Operated according to values of
o self-help,
o self-responsibility,
o democracy, equality,
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equity ando solidarity.
Values are put into action through a set of 7 principles.
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1st Principle: Voluntary and Open Membership2nd Principle: Democratic Member Control
3rd Principle: Member Economic Participation
4th Principle: Autonomy and Independence
5th Principle: Education, Training, and Information
6th Principle: Cooperation among Cooperatives
7th Principle: Concern for Community
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Beginning of the modern Cooperative movement coincides
with period of industrial and agricultural revolutions.
Period of invention ushered in factory production, and a
reduction in home-based production as the mass
production outpaced and undersold cottage industry
production.
Small farmers were driven from their land due to land
estate enclosures and aggregation accompanying
modernized cultivation and livestock grazing systems.
Widespread poverty, unemployment, and general social
deterioration followed in the wake.
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The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers
1844
..Known for providing high quality, unadulterated goods.
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Quality Co-op For-profit Run their business in trustworthy manner 76% 61%
Have the best interests of customer in mind 74% 52%
Committed to providing highest quality service 77% 64% Provide products that are of high value 75% 70%
Can be counted on to meet customers need 79% 67%
Offer fair, competitive prices 77% 70%
National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) and Consumer Federation of America (CFA)April 19, 2012
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Worldwide, nearly one billion people are cooperativemember-owners and at least 100 million of them areemployed by co-ops.
In America, around 30,000 cooperatives exist, with nearly900,000 members.
93 million credit union member-owners control $920 billion
in assets.
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Agriculture
o Production
o Marketing
Consumer
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Service
o Finance
o Utilities
o Housing
o Insurance
Worker
o ~ 300 democratic workplaces in the United States, employing over
3,500 people and generating over $400 million in annual revenues.
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I. Identifying an opportunity
II. Building consensus on potential for cooperative
III. Developing trust among potential members
IV. Securing member commitment
V. Involving other stakeholders
VI. Starting up the cooperative
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The Evergreen Model
United States Steelworkers and Mondragon
National Cooperative Development Act of 2011