The executive director’s blog
The Executive Director’s blog
An opportunity for Executive Director Ramsey Margolis to share his musings on cooperatives.
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Out with the old
After winning the prize for Most Improved Publication in the 2009 Cooperative Communicators Association competition for the redesign of Cooperatives News, an interview with CCA News editor Lynette Alcorn for their member newsletter is now online.
VINZ members were correct to demutualise
That this heading may not be a popular statement among cooperators I realise, however...
Comparing apples with apples
As a small child, I read the Daily Express my dad brought home from work avidly, to begin with spreading the broadsheet on the floor and kneeling on it because I wasn’t big enough to hold it.
Sulphur Jack's Son
Ravensdown sales rep Mike Davey’s father was known as Sulphur Jack to his work colleagues who alleged there was no blood in his body, just a potent blend of adrenalin and fertiliser.
Bank report on rural co-ops proves sadly lacking
In his eight-page report A Financial Commentary on New Zealand Rural Cooperatives, National Bank rural economist Kevin Wilson demonstrates an understanding of cooperatives which might not be shared by co-op members.
Irish dairy farmer’s scathing comments on NZ co-ops
Writing in NZX AgriFax, Irish dairy farmer and Nuffield scholar Jason Rankin had strong words for what he found in New Zealand cooperatives:
Why cooperatives thrive
Found on the U.S. National Cooperative Business Association website at www.ncba.coop, the following tips on how cooperatives are successful have been gleaned from articles that first appeared in the NCBA's CBJ Cooperative Business Journal, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's magazine for cooperative business, Rural Cooperatives.
How cooperatives fail
Also found on the U.S. National Cooperative Business Association website at www.ncba.coop, the following tips on how cooperatives have failed were gleaned from articles which first appeared in the NCBA's CBJ Cooperative Business Journal, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's magazine for cooperative business, Rural Cooperatives.
Cooperatives as religion?
At the evening meal after one of the recent cooperative education workshops, Orb Communications director Chris Haunton made an interesting comment: he talked about how the tone of some of that day’s seminar reminded him of Sunday School.
Adding your two penn'worth
This is the executive director's space to comment on cooperative issues. In short: a blog.
