Really enjoyed having @leedscath visit #btv for a few days of her North American #coop & #intentionalCommunity study tour/pilgrimage. :)
Heading tomorrow to #Minneapolis for the meeting of #CoopPrincipal co-op investment clubs, followed by #CoopFest at the #SewardCafe on Saturday... :)
Just heard that the newest #coop investment club officially launched this weekend in #Colorado with 7 founding members and $625/month in investments!
Their FB page: https://www.facebook.com/COSolidarityFund/
That makes for 4 clubs now officially up and running; the other three are #Minneapolis, #Boston, and #Vermont.
#coopcapital #coopprincipal #coopfinance #coops #co #cobiz #Denver
The #Coop brewery network in the US is rumbling about starting up a yearly conference/gathering.
There are two #CoopBreweries in #Minneapolis, so thinking of trying to align it with the #CoopPrincipal inter-club gathering that sounds like it will be taking place there the weekend of October 6-7, as well as with the #blackonomics conference.
The #Vermont #Solidarity Investing Club just approved our 3rd investment: the loan campaign in support of MoCo, a startup food #coop in #MorrisvilleVT. Now we do #DotVoting on #Loomio to decide how to divvy up our liquid funds between the #coops currently accepting investment capital...
I'm a #coop nerd based in #btv (Burlington #Vermont). My day job is with the #Vt #EmployeeOwnership Center, & other projects include #platformcoop, #buytwitter, a co-op #brewpub, a #CoopPrincipal model #InvestmentClub, the #LaboratoryB #hackerspace, and the #keepbtlocal #mutualization campaign of our municipal telecom.
#coops #mutualism #creditunion #creditunions #vtbiz #vtpoli #coopfinance #communitymedia #sortition #coopwatercooler #workercoop #ESOP #memberdrivenbeer
Matt Cropp ๐ฒ๐ฒ
Matt Cropp (now @ social.coop)