Get a jump start on the 2010 national conference in the U.S. Federation's archives

The organizers of the 2008 National Worker Cooperative Conference deftly delegated note-taking responsibilities to volunteers and ended up with a treasure trove of documentation. If you want to refresh your memory of where we left off, or are eager to get a jump start on the 2010 conference so you can ask informed questions, the archive of conference workshop notes from New Orleans (also listed below) is full of information.

Be sure to also read up on the work done since then in the USFWC's April_2009, July 2009, and November 2009 newsletters. The July 2009 edition has a report from the Madison members' meeting which outlines priorities for the near future.

• African-American Women in Worker Cooperatives: Then and Now
• Argentinean Cooperative Movement and Cooperative Fund Experience
• Biodiesel Co-ops: A Community Industry
• Building Organizational Social Capital Through Employee Ownership and Participation in Decision Making
• Building an Inclusive Movement: The Role of Politics and Principles
• Building the Cooperative Movement in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast
• Community Connections: Anti-Oppression in Co-op Planning & Practices
• Construction Cooperatives
• Cooperativas y Latinas/Latinos (en Español)
• Develop This!: The Gloriously Imperfect World of Co-op Conversions
• Educational Opportunities
• Effective Online Tools for Dummies
• Feeling Lost and Confused? Maybe You Should Come to This Workshop
• Financial Planning: Some Strategies for Growth
• Green Union Co-op Development Initiative
• Growing a New Economy: Local and Regional Support Networks for Democratic Workplaces
• How to Hold Each Other Accountable (formerly Taking 'The Man' Out of Management)
• Introduction to Worker Cooperatives
• Managing the Cooperative Difference
• Rural-Urban Connections in Building a Cooperative Food System
• Senior Workers Benefits
• Swimming in the Mainstream: How to Build Alliances with Small Business Groups and City Government
• Taxation of Patronage Dividends: Are They Subject to Employment Tax?
• Union-Coop Roundtable Discussion
• What's the Economy For Anyway? Why We Need a Solidarity Economy
• Worker Cooperative Credit Union Proposal
• Youth Empowerment through Cooperation