Cooperative Network

EDUCATION

Cooperative Leader Education Series

July 24-25 St, Cloud, MN DETAILS	July 26-27 Tomah, WI DETAILS
REGIRSTATION DEADLINE JULY 6th

NATIONAL DISCOUNT PROGRAMS

As a member of Cooperative Network, you are eligible to participate in the National Discount Programs coordinated by FCCServices. We invite you to take advantage of significant discounts with Dell, AT&T, Sprint, Staples, FedEx, National and Alamo Car Rental, Lands’ End, Halo Branded Solutions, 800-Flowers, Ricoh, Omaha Steaks, and more! DETAILS

CO-OP HEALTH CARE REFORM

ARTICLES AND RELEASES

CO-OP Health Plans: Can They Help Fix
Rural America's Health Insurance Markets?
Presenters
Andrew Coburn, Ph.D. & Bill Oemichen, J.D.

Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs):
An Interim Assessment of Their Prospects

• Health Care Cooperatives and
Consumer-Governed Health Care:
Consumer-Owned Private Health
Insurance Plans Conference

• A Brief History of Health Care
Cooperatives and Consumer Consumer-
Governed Health Care

• Federal Consumer Operated and
Oriented Plans (CO-OP):
What It Could Mean for Minnesota

• FOCUS ON...
Health Care Reform in Action

• Federal Consumer Operated
and Oriented Plans (CO-OP)
Health Care Reform Website

• Small Employer Tax Credit
under PPACA

• Recent Releases and
Archived Health Care Stories

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

POSITIONS AVAILABLE DETAILED LIST

History Book Celebrates 75 Years of Statewide Electric Co-op Action
DETAILS / ORDER FORM

NEWS BRIEFS

Oemichen, Cooperative Leaders Share Success Stories with Senior White House Officials at White House

Cooperative Network Commends Creation of Consumer Protection Prosecutorial Unit at
Department of Justice

Cooperative Network Commends Withdrawal of Youth Farm Labor Rule

Klobuchar Bipartisan Provision Restoring Agriculture Hours-of-Service Exemption Across Full Food and Farm Supply Chain Clears Senate

Cooperative Network Supports
Dairy 30x20 Initiative

Cooperative Network Hosts
Annual Co-op Day
Governor Dayton, Commissioners, and Legislators pack the agenda

Ag Economic Development
Bill Passes Senate 33-0

Cooperatives Distribute Money, Contribute to Economies
CHS Distributing a Record $129.5 Million to Minn. and Wis. Agriculture

Senate Unanimously
Passes Two Co-op Bills

NEW LAW EFFECTIVE 1/1/12
Minnesota Cooperative Annual Renewals

CALENDAR

May

28 - Memorial Day

June

6-7 -Madison Cooperative Business Conference: "Growing Jobs through Co-op Ownership"
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison, WI
DETAILS

17 - Father's Day

20 - Dairy Legislative &
Regulatory Committee
updated on Pioneer Farm and Discovery Farms
UW-Platteville

28 - Farm Supply Committee
Location TBD

12 MONTH CALENDAR

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