Over 150 co-operators gathered to celebrate Neighboring Food Co-op Association's Sixth Annual Meeting on March 18, 2017 at Greenfield Community College for a day of networking, peer learning, and workshops. "What if the residents of communities truly owned the economic base and infrastructure of their communities? What if they owned the farms, the land, the processing facilities and the grocery stores?" Co-ops make the "what if" possible! said keynote Cornelius Blanding, Federation of Southern Cooperatives. Special thanks to our sponsors for supporting this event.

1. “Diverse,
Inclusive &
Resilient”
18th March 2017
Greenfield
Community
College
Greenfield, MA
AFTERNOON
SESSIONS
NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017
NEIGHBORING
FOOD CO-OP
ASSOCIATION
Sixth Annual
Meeting
Everyone is
Welcome!
Co-ops Celebrate Diversity: Everyone is welcome here.
Co-opsAreInclusive:Wearebetterwhenweworktogether.
Co-opsBuildCommunity:Joinyourlocalfoodco-optoday!
Want to know more? Please visit us at www.nfca.coop.

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AFTERNOON SESSIONS
¡Lunch 12:00-1:00
¡Peer Networking Tables 1:00-2:00
¡Afternoon Workshops 2:00-3:45
¡Elections Results & Appreciations 3:45-4:00
¡Evaluation & Raffle 4:00-4:15
¡Depart 4:30

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LUNCH
THANK YOU,
FRANKLIN COMMUNITY CO-OP
& OUR CO-OP COMMUNITY
SPONSORS!

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THANK YOU, LEAD SPONSORS!

5. 1. 50 Years of Co-operation:
The Federation of
Southern Co-ops
2. Strategies for a
Competitive Marketplace
3. Meeting with Financiers:
Making Your Pitch
4. Our Co-ops' Role in an
Unstable Political
Environment
5. Attract & Retain Great
Board Members
6. Legal Grab Bag
7. “Healthy Food Access”
Programs: What Have We
Learned?
8. Messaging & Framing to
Engage Your Members
9. Start-up Board Roles &
Board Budgets
10. Food System Advocacy in
a New Political
Environment
11. Co-operative Management
Education
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PEER NETWORKING TABLES (1:00-2:00)

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AFTERNOON
WORKSHOPS

7. a) Access, Inclusion &
Participation
(Dining Commons)
b) Expansions & Resets
(C208 Multipurpose Rm)
c) Financial Tools for
Start-ups
(N250 Humanities Studio)
NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS (2:00-3:45)

8. PLEASE RECONVENE FOR WRAP UP!
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ELECTIONS & APPRECIATIONS
Joanne Todd,
Elections Committee
Chair
¡Elections Results
¡Thanks to our
Candidates
¡Special Thanks to
our outgoing Board
Members!

10. THANKS, GLENN & KAY!
NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017
Glenn Lower, General Manager
Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, VT
Kay Litten, Former Board Member
Co-op Food Stores / Hanover Co-op, NH & VT

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In recognition of and in gratitude for special contributions
to the advancement of our vision and of the wider
Co-operative Movement in our region,
The Neighboring Food Co-op Association
hereby presents
Kay Litten
with the 2017 Neighboring Co-operator Award
____________________________
Suzette Snow-Cobb, President
____________________________
Erbin Crowell, Executive Director
Co-operatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity.
In the tradition of their founders, co-operative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.
18th
March 2017
Date
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12. ¡ Honors an individual who
has made a special
contribution to our vision.
¡ NFCA donates to the
Howard Bowers Fund for
Food Co-op Education to
support opportunities for
staff, members and board.
¡ Individuals and
organizations invited to join
us in making a tax-
deductible contribution in
honor of Kay Litten and
other awardees.
¡ For more information, visit
www.cdf.coop/nfca
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NEIGHBORING CO-OPERATOR AWARD

13. ¡ Cornelius Blanding
¡ Facilitators & Presenters
¡ Staff & Board of Directors
¡ Franklin Community Co-op
¡ Greenfield Community
College
¡ Attendees, Guests and
Sponsors
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SPECIAL THANKS

14. ¡Please fill out an
evaluation form
NOW to be
entered in our
raffle
¡Drop nametags at
registration desk
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EVALUATIONS & RAFFLE

15. NFCA Northeast Start
Up Gathering
§ May 6th 2017, Keene, NH
Finance Department
Training
§ Date TBA
CDS Co-op Cafe
§ Nov 4th 2017, Keene, NH
NFCA Annual Mtg
§ March 17th, 2018
Visit nfca.coop/calendar
for more information.
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2017-18 SAVE THE DATES!

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