national CO-OP conference REPORT

The annual, Consumer Coop Management
Association (CCMA) Conference is sponsored
by the National Cooperative Business
Association and organized by the University of
Wisconsin, Center for Cooperatives. Three La
Montanita staff members and five Board members
joined over 400 participants at the 51st annual
event in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Keynote speakers
were Jim Blaine, President of the State Employees’
Credit Union and Martin Lowery, Executive Vice
President of the National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association. There were over 30 workshops
offered covering a wide variety of management
and governance topics. At this year’s CCMA
our Board President Martha Whitman, Vice
President Marshall Kovitz and Membership
Coordinator Robyn Seydel, all either gave presentations
or participated on panels.
national CO-OP conference REPORT
the inside SCOOP
El Pinto Albuquerque, New Mexico
Original Salsa & Green Chile. 16 oz, Assorted Varieties, Sale 2/$7
Beneficial Farms Santa Fe, NM
Fresh Fertile Eggs, 1 dozen, Sale $3.49
Rudi’s Organic Bakery Boulder, Colorado
Organic Hamburger Buns, 16-18 oz, Assorted Varieties, Sale $2.69
Heidi’s Raspberry Farm Corrales, NM
Organic Gourmet Raspberry Jam, 10 oz, Assorted Varieties, Sale $5.99
505 Organics Albuquerque, NM
Organic Salsa & Green Chile Sauce, 16 oz, Assorted Varieties, Sale $3.99
Tijeras Organic Alchemy Albuquerque, NM
Crimson Clove Hair Revitalizer, 4 oz, Sale $9.99a
VALID IN-STORE ONLY from 7/4-7/31, 2007: Not all items
available at all stores.
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July
Specials
This conference is held in a different part of the
country each year and you may recall that La
Montanita hosted CCMA in Albuquerque in
2005. The stated goals of the gathering are to provide
high quality training on timely topics chosen
by participants, focus on the unique demands of
cooperative management and governance, expand
awareness of issues facing co-ops and their importance
in our world, provide opportunities for networking
among people in the cooperative movement,
and both inspire and entertain.
In addition to the educational opportunities provided,
gathering with our peers once a year may offer
the conference’s greatest value. What we learn from
one another at these events is often more enlightening
than the structured workshops It is always a
pleasure to step away from our day-to-day activities
at La Montanita and join other cooperators nationwide
for a more objective look at our Co-op and the
cooperative movement as a whole.

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