;International Co-operative Alliance Statement on the Cooperative Identity:
A co-operative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise.
=== Types ===
* Producer
* Consumer
* Worker
* Platform https://platform.coop/about
== Bylaws ==
* [https://loconomics.gitbooks.io/loconomics-cooperative-bylaws/content/ Loconomics Cooperative, Inc. Bylaws]
* [[File:Loconomics-cooperative-bylaws.pdf|thumb]]
* The uk.coop offers [https://www.uk.coop/developing-co-ops/model-governing-documents model governing documents]
* The Internet Of Ownership coop [https://ioo.coop/library/ library] has 140+ resources available.
* The ICA Group of Boston/Northampton/NYC offers [http://ica-group.org/coop-resources/ resources] and does business conversions.
* [https://www.webarchitects.coop/rules WebArchitects Rules] (we're a member of WebArchitects Coop)
* [https://mayfirst.org/en/official-documents/ MayFirst Official Documents] (Agaric is a member? of MayFirst)
== Values ==
== Principles ==
The co-operative principles are guidelines by which co-operatives put their values into practice.<ol><li> '''Voluntary and Open Membership''' <br [[Coop/>Co-operatives are voluntary organisations, open to all persons able to use their services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination.Principles]]
<li> '''Democratic Member Control''' <br == Local ==* http:/>Co-operatives are democratic organisations controlled by their members, who actively participate in setting their policies and making decisions/www. Men and women serving as elected representatives are accountable to the membership. In primary co-operatives members have equal voting rights (one member, one vote) and co-operatives at other levels are also organised in a democratic mannermeetup.com/agaric/
<li> '''Member Economic Participation''' <br == Legal ==* [http://>Members contribute equitably to, and democratically control, the capital of their co-operativejrwiener. At least part of that capital is usually the common property of the co-operative. Members usually receive limited compensation, if any, on capital subscribed as a condition of membership. Members allocate surpluses for any or all of the following purposes: developing their co-operative, possibly by setting up reservescom/team/lenore/ Lenore Palladino] in Northampton, part of which at least would be indivisible; benefiting members MA specializes in proportion to their transactions with the co-operative; and supporting other activities approved by the membershipcoops.
<li> '''Autonomy and Independence''' <br == North America ==* [https://>Co-operatives are autonomous, self-help organisations controlled by their memberswww.techworker. If they enter to agreements with other organisationscoop/ North American Technology Worker Cooperatives], including governmentsof which Agaric is a founding member, or raise capital from external sources, they do so on terms that ensure democratic control by their members and maintain their co-operative autonomypublished [https://www.techworker.coop/sites/default/files/TechCoopHOWTO.pdf A Technology Freelancer's Guide to Starting a Worker Cooperative]
<li> '''Education, Training and Information''' <br == Global ==* https://github.com/hng/>tech-coops A listCo* https://community.coops.tech/t/a-proposal-operatives provide education and training for their members, elected representatives, managers, and employees so they can contribute effectively to the development of their co-operatives. They inform the general public a- particularly young people and opinion leaders global- about the nature and benefits of co-operation. <li> '''Cooperative-it-operation among Conetwork-operatives''' <br />Cofrom-operatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the co-operative movement by working together through local, national, regional and international structuresica/1171* https://www.civicoop. <li> '''Concern for Community''' <br org/>Co-operatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies approved by their membersNetherlands - [[CiviCRM]] cooperative that helped with [https://www.wikimedia.<nl/ol> == Local ==Wikimedia Netherlands]http* https://www.meetupsymbiotic.com/agariccoop/- Montreal Canada - [[CiviCRM]] cooperative
== Learn ==
== Industry ==
# http://www.geo.coop/about Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO)
# http://www.umasscec.org/ UMass Cooperative Enterprise Collaborative
# http://cooperative-curriculum.wikispaces.com/ Babson College and a whole bunch of other Universities# https://community-wealth.org/content/cooperatives-0
== MBA ==
* http://democracycollaborative.org/content/worker-cooperatives-pathways-scale
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