Learning Objectives...

• What the different types of motions are and when to use them
• How to know which motion gets priority
• How to make motions and debate them
• How to amend a motion
• How to amend an amendment.

Participants should be prepared to participate in an intense
learning session

Details
March 6, 2009, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Executive Royal Inn, 2828 - 23 Street NE, Calgary, AB
Members: $450, Non-Members: $525

Visit the Alberta Community and Co-operative Association website for more information>>

or download the registration form here>> 

Learning Objectives...

• Understand budgets and their role in internal control
• Understand the key information contained in financial statements and statement relationships
• Identify sources and uses of cash
• Calculate ratios for liquidity, return on equity and return on investment, Discover aids to financial decision-making and comparison

Details
February 20, 2009: 7:00 - 10:00 pm
February 21, 2009: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Please note: This is a one and a half day workshop
Executive Royal Inn, 2828 - 23 Street NE, Calgary, AB
Members: $385, Non-Members: $460

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or download the registration form here>> 

Learning Objectives...

• Co-ops from other business forms
• Clarifying principals
• Build a sense of pride in the history
• Learn about other co-operatives
• Identifying the co-operative advantage
• Basic Roles of the delegates and directors

Details:
January 21 and 22, 2009: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Please note: This is a two-day workshop
Executive Royal Inn, 8450 Sparrow Drive, Leduc
Members: $500, Non-Members: $575

Visit the Alberta Community and Co-operative Association website for more information>>

or download the registration form here>>

Canadian Social Forum 

The Canadian Council on Social Development is creating the space for 750 people from across the country to meet face-to-face and participate in a program that meets poverty head-on.

You'll hear about how poverty reduction is being accomplished in ways that are innovative, inspiring and workable. You'll have the opportunity to create new connections with people from every part of the country, help build momentum for real action, and collaborate for effective social change.

This event will connect the new wave of leaders who know that reducing poverty is the only strategy for real prosperity.

More information about the Canadian Social Forum, including the preliminary program, is available on the Forum website (http://www.ccsd.ca/).

"Field to Table: Value-added Co-ops and Food Security in Alberta"

Join us to examine and identify:

• the role of co-ops in addressing food security issues
• co-op opportunities throughout the value chain
• connecting the rural and urban aspects of food security.\

Speakers Include:

• Herb Barbolet, Centre for Sustainable Development, Simon Fraser University
• Rod Bradshaw, Calgary Farmers Market New Generation Co-operative
• Donald Daigle, The Really Local Harvest Co-operative, New Brunswick
• Andrea Gunner, Agriculture Consultant and Manager, BC Organic Milling Co-operative
• Tom Wa'Kighoma Tibamwenda, Chairman of the Uganda Co-op Alliance (UCA)
• Representative from Peace Country Tender Beef Co-op Ltd.

Table discussions will follow the presentations with the objective of developing ideas and strategies for co-op projects that address the issues and opportunities.