We're a group of people interested in building a cooperative ecosystem in DC. Together we're learning about, supporting community wealth creation and justice.

Joined October 2012
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Thanks to everyone who came to #DCCOOPDAY, we had a blast!
Talking about conflict resolution strategies in coops. The key is to have processes and don't throw people away #101 #dccoopday
#101 question: are there resources for best practices about decision making? #dccoopday
Great! Glad to have you. @SoulSonicLuv rt@DC_Coops #DCCoopDay I'm here to learn a new business model. Arts Collective
From the audience: lot of time people can confuse leadership positions for "bosses" when that's not their job #101 #dccoopday
#101 finance options are only limited by creativity- unions, private funds, foundations have all helped set up coops. #dccoopday
Principle #4: autonomy #5: cooperation among coops (spending $ w/ each other) #101 #dccoopday
#2: education #3: open membership #101 #dccoopday
Coop principle #1: democratic ownership.1 member 1 vote. #101 #dccoopday
Ajowa explaining the relationships coops have w/ economy and environment and how it's diff from regular business. #101 #dccoopday
What's the diff btw joint partnership vs. coop? #101 #dccoopday
Some Employee Stock Ownership Programs are coops some not. ESOP require owner to allow worker control. #101 #dccoopday
Coop #101 with Ajowa "you can coop anything" #dccoopday twitpic.com/b7vwa8