BRING POPCORN!
SEND MOVIES!
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We have a great program of short films, funny training video clips and sneak previews scheduled for Friday evening, June 22.
It's not too late to submit your film. Please send submissions to:
USFWC
PO Box 170701
San Francisco, CA 94117
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Hello, cooperators!
TWO MORE DAYS LEFT....The registration deadline for the national worker coop conference is June 1,2012.
Please register as soon as possible to ensure your spot. This is especially important if you're staying on campus or have children.
We cannot guarantee housing or meals after June 1.
See you in Boston!
USFWC Conference Staff, Stephanie and Melissa
Ongoing thanks to Patrick St. John for all conference design and Carlo Mogavero for site building.
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SESSION SPOTLIGHT
Crowd Funding, Technology Startups and Cooperatives: A New Era of Innovation?
Join us at the Daylong Development Intensive for this session!
High-tech startups structured as cooperatives create a whole new set of possibilities and questions: global markets, high growth, manufacturing, new products and services, R&D, innovation. Technology ventures have the opportunity to be socially and environmentally responsible in their legal charter. They also require funding on a scale that has so far been difficult to pull together for cooperatives. The new JOBS Act may be changing this. Instead of conventional VC (venture capital), could it be that we are seeing the emergence of "CV (community venture)" funding?
This session explores what's happening with technology innovation and cooperatives around the world, focusing on crowd funding as a potentially game-changing strategy for financing. The session will include a brief presentation and Q&A with three speakers. Luan Cox will present GreenUnite.com's crowd funding platform for projects focused on sustainability; Michael Peck from Mondragon USA will explore how the world's largest worker cooperative approaches technology and innovation; Jon Guice of Combined Power Cooperative will discuss their model for a renewable energy cooperative. Following will be a panel discussion about crowd funding and other creative financing options, and implications for/of co-ops and the JOBS Act.
Date and Time: Friday, June 22, 2pm
Location: Mass. Institute of Technology, Room 3-270
Speakers: Luan Cox, GreenUnite; Michael Peck, MAPA Group; Jon Guice, Combined Power Cooperative
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The Discover Roxbury Civil Rights Tour
This year, in addition to opportunities to tour the Equal Exchange HQ and see local Boston cooperatives, we're thrilled to connect with the Discover Roxbury Civil Rights Tour. Here's how Discover Roxbury describes it:
"Boston's Black community has been on the move politically, socially, and artistically since 1638. Our trolley tour travels through three centuries of Boston's historic Black neighborhoods. We follow the progression of the Black churches, reveal the struggles of the Civil Rights movement, and introduce participants to the movers, shakers, and strivers in Roxbury's Black History. Highlights include the former residences of Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcolm X, and a visit to the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists."
If you're thinking about it at all, please come! We'll need to get a minimum of 30 people registering for the tour to do it. Participation is limited to 50 people. |
Calling All Families with Kids! Register NOW!
Parents should register as soon as possible
CHILDCARE
We are arranging childcare for attendees, and we'll need to know as soon as possible how many children are attending, and how old they are. Please contact conference@usworker.coop or call (415) 379-9201 ASAP with your childcare needs and details.
HOUSING FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS
Because our host site does not allow young children in the dorms, we are arranging free and low-cost community housing for families. If you have children, please get in touch ASAP with your housing needs. We cannot guarantee housing for families with children who register after June 1.
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Top 5 Reasons Your Coop Should Send You to the Conference
1. You'll bring back valuable information
2. It's probably in your coop's mission
3. It's the most affordable legal/accounting/consulting advice you'll ever get!
4. You might expand your market or find new vendors.
5. Registration is cheaper than a toner cartridge!
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Last Call for Vendor Tables
To reserve a ridiculously affordable table at our carnival-style midway of vendors and information tables, please contact Stephanie at sneely@usworker.coop by June 7.
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