164 Jan-Feb 2013

Issue Number:

164

Issue Months:

January-Februrary

Issue Year:

2 013

Issue's Articles

Title	Issue	Date
Agile and Efficient: Board Committees and Committee Structures that Work BY Todd Wallace The use of committees by boards is ubiquitous—as it should be, considering a small group’s agility when compared to a whole board.	164 Jan-Feb 2013	February 20, 2013
Taking Care of Board Fundamentals BY Joel Kopischke As cooperative boards strive for heavenly results, they need to be sure the devil is not in the details.	164 Jan-Feb 2013	February 20, 2013
CreekSide Co-op: Opened November 2012 BY Jonathan McGoran Of the many startup food co-ops in and around Philadelphia, the furthest along, and the one with which Weavers Way has worked most closely, is CreekSide Co-op, which opened for business in November	164 Jan-Feb 2013	February 20, 2013
A Community of Co-ops Grows in Philly BY Jonathan McGoran By 2007, Weavers Way Co-op was a Philadelphia neighborhood institution, with a growing urban farm program, expanding partnerships with local schools, nearly 3,000 member households, and annual sale	164 Jan-Feb 2013	February 20, 2013
You Are Not Alone BY Melanie Reid Is your co-op too small to have a human resources manager on staff? Is the HR function in your co-op divided up among different people?	164 Jan-Feb 2013	February 20, 2013
Against the Tide BY Rochelle Prunty River Valley Market in Northampton, Mass., opened in 2008, early in the current wave of new food co-ops and just before the start of the economic decline.	164 Jan-Feb 2013	February 20, 2013
Paradigm for a New Economy BY Patricia Cumbie Nearly 2,800 cooperators from 91 countries converged on Quebec City, Canada, for the 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives under the theme, "The Amazing Power of Cooperatives," in October this	164 Jan-Feb 2013	February 20, 2013
New Year Brings CGN Change BY Dan Nordley Last January, the Cooperative Grocers’ Information Network (CGIN) board and executive director met for several days to figure out how CGIN could better meet our mission of strengthening all retail	164 Jan-Feb 2013	February 20, 2013
Food Co-ops Raise Over $147,000 BY National Co+op Grocers Last fall, the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) and its member and associate co-ops -collaborated on two initiatives with fantastic results:	164 Jan-Feb 2013	February 20, 2013
A Global Cooperative Mandate BY Dave Gutknecht The world clearly is in dire need of approaches to social issues that are more democratic and more just.	164 Jan-Feb 2013	February 20, 2013