ACE Institute

[gamergrrl]

Today is the last day of the Association of Association of Cooperative Educators Institute in Cleveland. It has been a fascinating experience, and although it is related to my work, it somehow didn't feel like work.  I met fascinating people and learned a lot about Ohio and the economic challenges people in this state and this country.  Over the

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[duncanmac]

Your posts definitely contain interesting details about the "co-operative movement" in general, which I honestly don't know much about. I'll probably have to do some research via Google or in the local library (OPL/former-Lirico). I would like to see more -- though I guess you probably have written more in your contrib for 'Plexy.

Have a fun long weekend!

[gamergrrl]

Duncan - One of the best places to get an introduction to the Canadian co-operative movement is in the Canadian Encyclopedia - copy the link: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001903. Or go to the Canadian Encyclopedia and search "co-operatives".

The entry was written by Ian MacPherson, a retired history prof from the University of Victoria and Canada's foremost expert on co-op history (in fact, I know him quite well and he was at the conference in Cleveland that I attended).

Hope this is useful.

[fajrdrako]

That sounds so cool - and the national differences are interesting. I wonder why US credit unions don't do business loans, and whether that's theirchoice, or mandated by other factors.

Gave fun gaming!

[gamergrrl]

Apparently it has something to do with US banking legislation - there are restrictions on credit unions (maybe so they don't compete with the big banks in certain areas.)

[fajrdrako]

That sounds like a plausible explanation - and of course, I disapprove!