Workshops Schedule and Presenters

Schedule subject to change

Saturday September 29

Registration: 9-10 AM

10 AM Keynote Address: Co-ops:  Past, Present and Future
Presented by Kim Coontz, California Center for Cooperative Development.

12 pm - 1 pm Lunch & Committee Caucuses

Session I: Saturday 1:15 pm

Customer Service/Conflict Resolution and De-escalation. Presented by Leslie Leyba (Rainbow & Lusty Lady) Poonam Whabi (Design Action), Dee (Lusty Lady)

Promoting Worker Co*ops in the Economic Justice Movement. Presented by Innosanto Nagara (Design Action), Jay Donahue (AK Press)

Legal Status of Co*ops in Cali and the US Update. Presented by Tim Huet (Arizmendi)

Session II: Saturday 3:30 pm

Bay Area Co*op History Storytelling. Presented by John Curl (Heartwood), Jenny Worley (Lusty Lady), Melissa Hoover (US Federation of Worker Co*ops), Jacques Kaswan

Generational Turnover: Passing on Information and Preventing Stagnation. Presented by Jenny Glazer (Rainbow Grocery), Mahasin Munir (Arizmendi Lakeshore)

Cultural and Commercial Context – Building financial profitability into cooperative culture. Presented by Shawn Berry (Woodshanti)

Convening of Peer Assistance Group. Dan Thomases (Box Dog Bikes)

from 5:30: socializing and Happy Hour at La Pena Cafe

Sunday, September 30

Session III: Sunday 10 am

Bay Area Role in the Cooperative Movement/ NoBAWC Vision Roundtable. Facilitated by Miss Muffy (NoBAWC)

Facilitation Training. Presented by Yilda Campos (Rainbow Grocery), Tai (Rainbow Grocery)

How Matronage/Patronage Works. Presented by Melissa Hoover (US Federation of Worker Co*ops)

12 pm - 1 pm Lunch & Committee Caucuses

Session IV: Sunday 1:15 pm

Creating a Co*op Brand/Marketing Roundtable. Facilitated by Innosanto Nagara (Design Action) and Tim Simons (Inkworks)

Open Space: Dynamics of Privilege in the Cooperative Movement. Facilitated by Gopal Dayaneni

Applying For a Loan. Presented by Margaret Lund (National Co*op Loan Fund)

Open Source Software: Why is it important to the Cooperative Movement? And How can Coops Benefit? Presented by Yochai Gal (TechCollective)

3:30-4:30: US Federation meeting

from 5:30: Socializing and Happy Hour at La Pena Cafe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keynote:

"Co*ops: Past, Present and Future" by Kim Coontz, CA. Center for Cooperative Development

 

Topics Include :

• Forming new coops, support networks
• Promoting Worker Co*ops
• Supporting Aging Workers in Our Co*ops

Who's Coming?

Bay Area Worker Co-ops and community interested in workplace democracy in the Bay Area!

About NoBAWC

The Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives or NoBAWC (pronounced "no boss") is a grassroots organization of democratic workplaces dedicated to building workplace democracy in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
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