International Co-op Summit a Smash Hit, etc.
Jane Livingston
Heartfelt praise from the French delegation at the Summit
The first International Summit of Cooperatives is now behind us. But the effects of its success are still rippling throughout the cooperative movement, as evidenced by the amount of positive feedback we have received from key participants and speakers who attended the Summit.
“The Summit was the start of a great adventure for the cooperative movement and has given it a new momentum. It showed just how much power this movement has in the world. The cooperative model clearly seems to be the solution for overcoming the problems of this global crisis we are experiencing.”1
Philippe Mangin, President of Coop de France, who headed a
delegation
of 35 cooperative leaders representing France's
key
agricultural and agri-food cooperatives
“This very impressive summit was a first for the history books. For over 30 years, I have been hoping that the cooperative movement would show itself off to the world like this. We need to thank the International Co-operative Alliance and Desjardins Group (both led by women!) for taking the initiative, setting the bar so high and making it such a huge success.”2
Hugues Sibille, Vice-President of Crédit Coopératif,
a
national bank in France,
and Summit speaker
As well as food for thought
“Cooperatives need to make themselves more visible in the global economy. We should not be afraid of letting the cooperative model evolve to further its development.”3
Dominique Lefebvre, President of the Fédération Nationale du
Crédit Agricole (FNCA)
in France, the first cooperative in the world with 7
million members,
and Summit speaker
“The cooperative model is the model of the future, because it can reconcile the market economy with democracy. And it creates these compatibility conditions within the market economy itself.”3
“Cooperatives are part of this positive economy whose mission ─ if things go well ─ is to replace traditional capitalism.3”
Jacques Attali, economist and writer, President of Planet
Finance, in France,
and Summit speaker
Michael Howard
My check is in the mail.
Mike
cooperat...@googlegroups.com writes:
>Hey folks,
>We have collected $70 toward becoming a member of the "100 for $100" that will get the folks at Toolboxes for Change (hmm, right name?) enough doremi to make another pressing of Co-opoly. Anyone in the Bangor area who'd like to learn how to play
>this increasingly well-reviewed board game ("everyone wins or everyone loses"), let's schedule a session--in town if that's easier, or on the UM campus in Orono if ditto.
>Meanwhile, please, won't three more folks ante up $10 per person and send it to me at POB 657, Orono ME 04473 asap? Or find me roaming around at the Harvest Festival at Bangor Civic Center this weekend.
>FYI: I hope to start gathering info on the healthcare insurance co-op again (Maine Community Health Option) now that, for the moment, the Affordable Care Act is law; will report back and would appreciate others who learn about MCHO keeping us
>informed.
>Below, see today's news release from the International Co-op Summit HQ at Desjardins Group in Quebec City. I understand significant liaisons were established among Franco- and Anglo-Canadian co-ops and co-operators. Marchons, marchons...
>Jane Livingston
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>Heartfelt praise from the French delegation at the Summit
>
>The first International Summit of Cooperatives is now behind us. But the effects of its success are still rippling throughout the cooperative movement, as evidenced by the amount of positive feedback we have received from key participants and
>speakers who attended the Summit.
>
>“The Summit was the start of a great adventure for the cooperative movement and has given it a new momentum. It showed just how much power this movement has in the world. The cooperative model clearly seems to be the solution for overcoming the
>problems of this global crisis we are experiencing.”1
>
>Philippe Mangin, President of Coop de France, who headed a delegation
>of 35 cooperative leaders representing France's key
>agricultural and agri-food cooperatives
>
>“This very impressive summit was a first for the history books. For over 30 years, I have been hoping that the cooperative movement would show itself off to the world like this. We need to thank the International Co-operative Alliance and
>Desjardins Group (both led by women!) for taking the initiative, setting the bar so high and making it such a huge success.”2
>
>and Summit speaker
>
>As well as food for thought
>
>“Cooperatives need to make themselves more visible in the global economy. We should not be afraid of letting the cooperative model evolve to further its development.”3
>
>and Summit speaker
>
>“The cooperative model is the model of the future, because it can reconcile the market economy with democracy. And it creates these compatibility conditions within the market economy itself.”3
>
>“Cooperatives are part of this positive economy whose mission ─ if things go well ─ is to replace traditional capitalism.3”
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>and Summit speaker
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