151 November - December 2010

Issue Number:

151

Issue Months:

November December

Issue Year:

2 010

Issue's Articles

Title	Issue	Date
A Trojan Horse in Our Midst BY Laddie Lushin, Esq. The Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act (which I'll refer to as the ULCAA or the Act) is a "model" statute proposed for adoption in the individual states.	151 November - December 2010	December 8, 2010
St. Peter Food Co-op Chooses Flexibility in Reincorporation BY Stuart Reid St. Peter Food Co-op in Minnesota reincorporated under Minn. 308b statutes, one of the first state limited cooperative associations (LCA) options, in 2007.	151 November - December 2010	December 8, 2010
Governance Considerations for New Retail Food Cooperatives BY Thane Joyal The Uniform Limited Cooperation Association Act (UCLAA) and a variety of state statutes have provided new financing flexibility for organizers of food cooperatives.	151 November - December 2010	December 8, 2010
Understanding the ULCAA BY Lynn Pitman Since 2001, new cooperative laws have been adopted in five states—Wyoming, Tennessee, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin—and introduced in the Nebraska state legislature.	151 November - December 2010	December 8, 2010
Flexible or Flawed BY Dave Gutknecht Securing adequate capital from members as well as external sources is a primary cooperative challenge.	151 November - December 2010	December 8, 2010
How Are We Doing? BY Mel Braverman In my work with department managers,	151 November - December 2010	December 8, 2010
Farm Aid 2010 BY Cissy Bowman Farm Aid's 25th anniversary concert was held on Oct. 2 in Milwaukee, Wis. It was a celebration of music and of the devotion of the organization to family farmers.	151 November - December 2010	December 8, 2010
Domestic Fair Trade BY Erbin Crowell Since the beginnings of the movement, co-ops have been catalysts for the transformation of economies around them.	151 November - December 2010	December 8, 2010
A General Manager Bids Farewell BY David Montano When I woke up that fateful morning, I had first-day-on-the-job jitters. However, I was excited about my new job and eager to get started.	151 November - December 2010	December 8, 2010
Basics and Beyond BY Karen Zimbelman In 2009, in response to member interest and needs, the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) launched two new training programs, one geared towards co-op general managers and one geared t	151 November - December 2010	December 8, 2010
Building Blocks: A=L+C BY Dave Gutknecht I remember learning balance sheet basics at some of my earliest co-op meetings. "A = L + C" was written for all to see, then explained again and again: Assets = Liabilities + Capital.	151 November - December 2010	December 8, 2010