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Co-operative governance is a core attribute of the co-operative model. In order for your co-operative to be a viable and successful organization, it is essential that all stakeholders understand the different facets of healthy co-operative governance. Saskatchewan Co-operative Association invites you to attend our upcoming webinar that will aid in your co-op's understanding of governance in a fresh and accessible manner.

What will you learn?
The webinar will give a brief overview of co-operative governance. It will include:

• advice from the members of First Ownership Co-op who combine over 100 years of co-op membership, development, leadership across Canada and around the world;
• learn from their experience on how to implement wise & enjoyable co-operative governance;

Webinar participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussion with the presenter and other participants.

Who is this for?
The presentation will be useful for anyone seeking a basic understanding of governance issues, particularly people who are in the process of developing or expanding a co-operative. Experienced co-operators who would like to learn about another perspective on co-operative governance are also invited to attend.

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Registration Fee: $30 + tax

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Speaker: Vanessa Hammond

Involved with co-ops since the age of 13 in rural Ireland, Vanessa has lived in 12 countries while working in 65 countries worldwide. During which time Vanessa has worked with a multitude of formally incorporated co-ops in over 20 countries and co-op type groups in about 30 other countries.

Along with her acclaimed international co-operative experience, Vanessa is actively engaged through her work in the Canadian health care co-operative sector. Vanessa currently represents Canada on the International Health Co-op Organization (IHCO). She is currently preparing to represent Canada at the upcoming meetings of the IHCO and the HCW14 (Health Care Worldwide 2014) meetings in Europe along with the joint AGMs of the IHCO, HCCFC and the Quebec Federation at the Global Co-op Summit, all set to take place at the Quebec 2014 International Summit of Co-operatives in early October.

Aside from her governance work with healthcare co-ops, Vanessa works as a co-op developer based in Victoria, BC. On her spare time, Vanessa spends her time with family and friends in addition to supporting Celtic cultural events all over North America

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Slow internet stinks. It kills business growth, hinders education, impedes health care services, and generally just makes life a little less enjoyable. But what can you do? Aren’t we all just stuck with the service we’ve got?

On the next CommunityMatters® conference call, Christopher Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and Billy Ray of Glasgow Electric Power Board will join us to talk about Community Broadband Networks, publicly-owned providers of high-speed internet.

You’ll learn about the benefits of community broadband along with tips for getting started with a network in your city or town.

Read more on our blog

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Featuring:

• Christopher Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
• Billy Ray, Glasgow Electric Plant Board

Christopher Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and host of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast will share more about why our communities need broadband, and how community-owned networks can offer a viable service.

We'll also hear from Billy Ray of Glasgow Electric Plant Board in Glasgow, Kentucky. Billy will share how he helped spearhead efforts to create the first municipal broadband network in the country.

CONTACT:
info@communitymatters.org

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Labrador City
Association francophone du Labrador (AFL)
17 h 30

Through a partnership with the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Co-operatives (NLFC) and the Department of Innovation, Business and Rural Development (IBRD), RDÉE TNL is offering a service to francophone communities in Newfoundland and Labrador: co-operative development assistance.

After undertaking extensive training in co-operative development given by the NLFC, our Economic Development Officers are now ready to share their knowledge and invite all those who are interested to take part in our awareness sessions that will be held in St. John’s and Labrador City.

These sessions will introduce participants to the co-operative and its benefits as a business model.  Presenting examples of existing co-operatives in Newfoundland and Labrador, these sessions will highlight the steps to take in forming a co-operative and the resources available for those who wish to take on the adventure! Through these awareness sessions, RDÉE TNL wishes to promote the contribution of co-operatives in community economic development and to show how this form of business can be a sustainable solution to some economic and social issues.

Under the form of a dinner and discussion, the sessions will be held in Labrador City on March 13th at 5:30 pm at the Association francophone du Labrador (AFL) and in St. John’s at the Centre Communautaire des Grands-Vents at 6:30 pm on March 13th 2014 as well. These sessions will be presented in English, with French handouts and French assistance where further explanation is needed.

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CPS-019 is the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) policy for determining whether a charity is carrying on an acceptable business (a "related" one) or an unacceptable business (an "unrelated" one).  This webinar will present the key elements of CPS-019 and will examine:

• How to identify what a business is
• The term "carrying on" a business
• The difference between related and unrelated business by using a decision-tree

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For more information, read Policy Statement CPS-019, What is a Related Business? from the CRA.

To watch past webinars, go to Recorded webinars.

For more information, go to Questions and answers about webinars.

Charities Directorate Information Webinars

There is a limit of 1,000 connections per webinar. Once this limit has been reached, registration will close. Once you have registered for a webinar, please log in, using your email address, a few minutes before the webinar starts.

To participate in our webinars, your system must:

• have a sound card with speakers or a headset;
• not have a network firewall that blocks media streaming; and
• have a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or greater.

Immediately upon registration, you will receive a web page confirmation. Then, two days before and the morning of the webinar, you will receive an email reminder with the login address.

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