December 2022 Newsletter
December Webinar: The state of the USDA with USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Services administrator Dr. Karama Neal
On Thursday December 8 at 10am PT/1pm ET, Dr. Karama Neal, administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Business Cooperative Service, will speak on the following:
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Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act;
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USDA strategic plan;
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Rural Development (RD) priorities;
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Cooperatives in the various Food Systems Transformation work,
including meat;
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Key topics discussed at the four Interagency Working Group on Cooperative Development meetings in July/August 2022; and
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Q/A.
A link to register is available at coopguild.wildapricot.org/event-5046923.
Our members-only recordings library includes links to our past webinars.
Currently, CPG offers California CLE credit for qualifying webinars. Most CPG webinars can count as CLE credits in most US states. If you’d like to help us offer CLE credit in other states, please email Sarah Kaplan at the Webinar Committee: sarah@cuttingedgecounsel.com.
Rochdale Day - 21 December 1844
Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers opened their store on Toad Land in Rochdale, England.
No Coffee Chat this month
The CPG Membership Circle will resume our monthly coffee chats in January.
Updates on CPG incorporation
CPG is now incorporated as a Delaware corporation and has applied for 501(c)(3) status. Our Bylaws are being finalized and we are in the process of winding down our fiscal sponsorship with SELC as we build out CPG as a nonprofit organization.
2023 CPG Membership Drive
CPG’s membership is renewed on an annual basis at the beginning of each year; Members who join part way through the year are assessed a prorated amount for membership. This year, we are holding our membership drive in January; 2022 memberships will be extended through January 31st, 2023. Members and contacts will receive an email later this month with more details. Thank you for joining us to grow the strength, capacity, and diversity of co-op legal and accounting services as Members of CPG.
Planning for 2023 webinars
Please contact the CPG Webinar Circle (webinars@professionals.coop) for suggestions on cooperative topics that you are interested in hearing about in 2023. The Webinar Circle is considering offering webinars on the following topics: cooperative tax, financing cooperatives, union cooperatives, nonprofit cooperatives, limited equity cooperatives, platform cooperatives, decentralized autonomous organization-cooperatives (DAO-coops), governance system comparisons, holding cooperatives. Please let us know your top questions regarding these topics or other topics of interest to you.
Community listings
Participate in the Cooperative Professionals Guild
The Cooperative Professionals Guild is a growing network of co-op professionals created by us, for us. We’re currently volunteer-run. Here are some ways you can participate:
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Submit community listings for the next newsletter using this Google form;
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Send messages to the CPG network by emailing the CPG listserv at members@professionals.coop;
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Attend meetings or join governance circles. Committee members are also eligible to join the Stewardship Circle.
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Webinar Committee: Email Sarah Kaplan at sarah@cuttingedgecounsel.com.
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Membership Committee: Email Pacyinz Lyfoung at pacyinz@gmail.com.
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Finance Committee: Email Alexandra Devendra at alexandra@aligned.law.
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2023 CPG Conference Circle: Fill out this form forms.gle/ezPhbxPvRCh1Gf6r8