rochester co-op

[nibot]

So, I think it's time to get moving with starting a co-op in Rochester. An ambitious project, yes, but it needs to be done. I am going to get started with seeking out connections in the community and looking for a group of true believers. I am also going to contact existing co-ops in the region and ask them about their experiences, details of incorporation, etc. Here are some upstate NY co-ops:

• Nickel City Co-Op — Buffalo, NY

• Triphammer Cooperative, Von Cramm Cooperative — Ithaca, NY (Cornell University)

• Beta Sigma (still a co-op?), Folwell House, Sill House — Geneva, NY

• Bunche House, Ecology House — Hamilton, NY (Colgate College)

• others, without web pages

Also need to start crafting the "vision"... My own includes elements of USCA co-ops, the Swedish Nations, and TEP house (at MIT). Any ideas on what to name this entity and/or its house? "Rochester Student Cooperative Association" could be spiced up a little. Oh yeah, if you're thinking, "What is a Co-op??" then you should read What is a Co-Op? from NASCO. Then let me know if you want to be part of this endeavor. (-:

Comments

[hypostatization.livejournal.com]

i am interested.

[nebulousmaze.livejournal.com]

"Roch SCA"

Cool. Good luck with the efforts!

[nebulousmaze.livejournal.com]

Oy! Cheers for the 5th place finish!! How are you going to spend your Google_donated $50? ;-)

[emidala.livejournal.com]

that article about the swedish nations first made me frown, but then I agreed with the author. the entire system must look odd to an outsider: it looks weird to me now, after only three years in exile!

[fireflies100k.livejournal.com]

Did you look at the interior of that Nickel City Place?! ~swoon~ Whatever you devise should have a house just like that!

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

I think it's time to reveal the truth, expose all, come out about the fact...
that you are a SECOND GENERATION COOPER!
That's right,the parental units were also co opers.
Buwahahaha

[easwaran.livejournal.com]

Upstate NY seems like a good co-op region. There should be more. The reason I chose Berkeley over CMU is the lack of co-ops in Pittsburgh. If Rochester gets one, perhaps someone some day will do the same for Pittsburgh.