Cooperative Professionals Guild

October 2022 Newsletter

Look for the new Member News and Community Announcements section we’ve added towards the end of this Newsletter.

October Webinar: 10/27: Union Co-op Legal Issues with Ariana Levinson

Join us on Thursday, October 27th at 10am PT/1pm ET for a presentation on union co-op issues by Professor Ariana Levinson. Professor Levinson is a fellow in the Rutgers School of Management & Labor Relations Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership & Profit Sharing. You can register here. Dr. Levinson has included suggested reading material for this event which is available on the event registration page. 

Webinar recordings and CLE note:  Our members-only recordings library includes links to our past webinars. Currently, CPG offers California CLE credit for qualifying webinars. If you’d like to help us offer CLE credit in other states, please email Sarah Kaplan at the Webinar Committee: sarah@cuttingedgecounsel.com. 

2023 CPG Conference 

We are starting the planning process for an in-person conference in 2023.  Please take a moment to provide us with your preliminary thoughts about topics and location by completing this survey:  https://forms.gle/x9M1DsTCjeUbQzQ17. Please use this additional form to join our Conference Circle if you'd like to help with conference planning or have ideas to suggest: forms.gle/ezPhbxPvRCh1Gf6r8.

Get in touch with other members using the CPG listserv or Directory

Cooperative Professionals Guild members who would like to send a message to all CPG other members can use the CPG listserv by emailing members@professionals.coop. This is a great way to ask for advice or share exciting co-op news before the next newsletter comes out.  Also remember, you can directly email any member in the Directory by clicking the "Send Message" button shown at the top of their profile.

Member news and community listings   

  • October is cooperative month! The theme this year is “Cooperatives Build Economic Power”. Read more on the coopmonth.coop site. 

  • There are two more webinars in Bernstein Shur’s Co-op 101 webinar series, which are being held from 11am-12pm on a series of five Wednesdays: Human Resources Best Practices on October 26 and Housing Co-ops: Now and the Future on November 2nd. Registration for each can be found on the links provided. 

  • Terrapin Legal PLLC and the Spokane [WA] Bar Association are co-hosting an all-day CLE event, “Psychedelic law demystified: what to know when psychedelic legislation comes to your jurisdiction”, on November 3rd. CLE credit is available in Washington state. More info is available in this LinkedIn post, this social media post, and this registration link.

  • Mark your calendars: Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is hosting a webinar on “Land Return / Return to Land” on November 16th. More information will be available soon at this link.

Thanks for your participation in the Guild!

Have questions?

Please contact us at guildquestion@professionals.coop

Want to get involved?

Join one of our governance circles:

The Cooperative Professionals Guild is a growing network of co-op professionals created by us, for us. We’re currently volunteer-run. If you’re interested in being part of growing and shaping this group, you’re welcome to listen in on, or join, one of our governance circles:

●      Webinar Circle: Email Sarah Kaplan at sarah@cuttingedgecounsel.com.

●      Membership Circle: Email Pacyinz Lyfoung at pacyinz@gmail.com.

●      Finance Circle: Email Alexandra Devendra at ​​alexandra@aligned.law. 

●      2023 CPG Conference Circle: Fill out this form forms.gle/ezPhbxPvRCh1Gf6r8

Members of these circles may also join the Stewardship Circle (formerly the Steering Committee), which is shepherding CPG’s incorporation process and development.

Contribute to the CPG Newsletter and Blog:

We always welcome co-op related content suggestions and contributions to our newsletter. Short posts may be included in the newsletter that link to fuller information or articles on an external website or CPG blog. 

Please send specific news you’d like to share in our next month’s newsletter to Paola Eisner at  paola@cooplawgroup.com.

If you have content or design ideas for the newsletter or interest in being a guest contributor, please email Pacyinz Lyfoung at pacyinz@gmail.com.

We welcome content related to cooperatives, including:

-        Events, job postings, opinion pieces, and international news;

-        Materials related to governance models;

-        Submissions dedicated to the intersection of co-op issues and race, LGBTQIA, different physical abilities, neurodivergence, sustainability, and other equity, inclusion issues;

-        Creative submissions, including poetry, photography and other arts to share; and

-        Recognition of your or other cooperative professionals’ achievements.

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