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20 May '13

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Global NewsBe the Best You Can Be—Quicker

Author:  nina johnson You know the feeling: you walk into your first meeting, you don’t know anyone, you’re not sure what to say or do, and everyone but you seems to know what’s going on. That’s how it can feel for a newly elected board director who has had no orientation, and this feeling can last for months. Many directors describe a typical three-year term this way: "The first year is for observing and learning, the second year you are up to ...

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Global NewsEducating and Energizing Startups

Author:  Ellen Michel The third annual "Up and Coming, Up and Running" food co-op startup conference took place in Bloomington, Ind., on March 8–10, 2012. This year’s gathering attracted 81 participants, representing 22 co-op startup projects and an additional number of established co-ops and facilitators. Conference evaluations were resoundingly positive, emphasizing the chance to share experiences, learn from qualified practitioners, and focus on ...

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Global NewsBank Transfer Day: Missouri, New Jersey Leagues, Kansas City CU and CUNA Prepping - Credit Union Times

Movement in Missouri is under way for Bank Transfer Day, with one small credit union already planning to staff an account opening desk at an Occupy Kansas City event planned for Saturday, Nov. 5, in that city’s Liberty Memorial Park. “We’ve been invited by rally organizers to be there and we’ll circulate, have our clip boards and our iPhones at the ready,” said Erin Williams, vice president-marketing/business development at the $8.5 million United Labor CU.

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Phyllis Robinson promotes P6 at the Brattleboro Food Cooperative. She is joined by Basilio Almonte de los Santos, an agronomist at CONACADO, and Ramón Matías Frías González, a cacao farmer and secretary of CONACADO’s board of directors.

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United StatesCo-ops Work to Build a Sustainable Economy

Sustainability means different things to different people. For most, it simply involves being environmentally friendly.

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Global NewsNew Group RDC for North Midlands

THE Co-operative Group has announced plans for a new regional distribution centre in the North Midlands, which will complete the overhaul of its food logistics network following its acquisition of Somerfield in 2009.

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