Thanks all, for your feedback so far. Sounds like I need a (few?) follow up post(s). I’ll also post some links shortly to resources we used. In Canada, most co-ops are provincially incorporated, so I assume that in the US each state will have its own co-op legislation.
I’ll share what we did here in Ontario, and you should be able to figure out how that works in your province/state. I’m not sure how this works in other countries, but the co-op movement in Europe generally is huge, so there should be some good resources on that side of the Atlantic. -------------------------------------------- Trevor Twining Cowork Niagara http://coworkniagara.com <http://coworkniagara.com/> Home of Niagara’s independent workforce twitter: @coworkniagara, @trevortwining > On Feb 18, 2016, at 11:28 AM, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Trevor, I think a lot of us are excited to learn more about how you pulled > this off! > > I encountered early thoughts on this topic as well, but found it difficult to > get a clear sense of how to go about in a way that would be viable. I think > any more details you can provide on that would be helpful to others > considering similar structures. > > Thanks! > Tony > --- > Projects: New Work Cities <http://nwc.co/consulting> • Open Coworking > <http://opencoworking.org/> • Cotivation <http://cotivation.co/> > eBook: No More Sink Full of Mugs <http://nwc.co/mugs> > Connect: Personal site <http://tonybacigalupo.com/> • Twitter > <http://twitter.com/tonybgoode> • Facebook > <http://facebook.com/tonybacigalupo> > New: Preorder the Ultimate Coworking Toolkit > <http://nwc.co/consulting/toolkit> > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 8:53 AM, Jenifer Ross <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Ditto. Can you provide more details on the financial structure? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 18, 2016, at 10:40 AM, Jacob Sayles <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> I'd love to know more about this. I'm certainly sold on the value alignment >> but I don't have a sense for how it works. >> >> On Thursday, February 18, 2016, Trevor Twining <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Apologies. I used an internal link. </embarrassed> >> >> Here’s the real link >> >> http://coworkniagara.com/blog/2016/02/10/why-co-operatives-and-coworking-go-hand-in-hand/ >> >> <http://coworkniagara.com/blog/2016/02/10/why-co-operatives-and-coworking-go-hand-in-hand/> >> >> Trevor Twining >> [email protected] <> >> 416-201-2254 <tel:416-201-2254> >> twitter/skype/linkedin: trevortwining >> >>> On Feb 18, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Trevor Twining <[email protected] <>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hey everyone, >>> >>> When we were developing the business plan for our space two years ago, a >>> prospective member asked us if we had considered setting Cowork Niagara up >>> as a co-operative. We didn’t know what that was, so we checked it out. >>> >>> It was the best thing that we could have done. We’re the only co-operative >>> coworking space in english-speaking Canada (there’s one other in Quebec). >>> I’m now convinced that if more spaces use this model it will help create >>> stronger, more resilient coworking communities. I’m sharing this in the >>> hopes that it piques your collective curiosity. >>> >>> I wrote a post about it on our newly-launched blog. If any of you have any >>> questions about this, feel free to ask. >>> >>> http://cowork/blog/2016/02/10/why-co-operatives-and-coworking-go-hand-in-hand/ >>> >>> <http://cowork/blog/2016/02/10/why-co-operatives-and-coworking-go-hand-in-hand/> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------- >>> Trevor Twining >>> Cowork Niagara >>> http://coworkniagara.com <http://coworkniagara.com/> >>> Home of Niagara’s independent workforce >>> twitter: @coworkniagara, @trevortwining >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> <http://discuss.coworking.com/> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> <http://discuss.coworking.com/> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > <http://discuss.coworking.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > <http://discuss.coworking.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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