Re: Worker cooperative in association with a non-profit

[John Logue <jlogue@kent.edu>]

Santiago -

Given your location,I would suggest that you contact either Frank Adams, 
SACCO, Suite D, 12.5 Wall St., Asheville, NC 28801, 828-232-0632, 
joehill@mindspring.com, or Jim Megson, ICA Group, Suite 200, One Harvard 
Street, Brookline MA 02445, 617-330-0010, jmegson@ica-group.org.  Both are 
co-op experts.

John

At 07:09 PM 12/12/2001, you wrote:
>Sorry I did not make it clear.  I am in Miami, Florida.
>
>At 12/11/2001, you wrote:
>>Santiago --
>>
>>Sounds like a very interesting project!
>>
>>The odds are you want somebody relatively close and inexpensive.  There 
>>are public sector employee ownership programs in OH, NY (though I'm not 
>>sure how big it is today), WA, MI, VT, and VA; there are highly 
>>knowledgeable non-profits in CA, MA, IL, NC and PA.
>>
>>Where are you?  We can provide referrals.
>>
>>John Logue
>>
>>At 08:54 PM 12/08/2001, you wrote:
>>>A local non-profit social service organization (about 20 employees) has 
>>>decided to consider reorganizing itself along the following lines:  the 
>>>non-profit (501(c)(3)) would continue to exist, but the employees would 
>>>become the owners of a worker cooperative which would contract with the 
>>>non-profit to perform the services (which consist generally of outreach 
>>>and advocacy).  The non-profit currently acts, along with its ongoing 
>>>functions,  as a sort of  "incubator" for new organizations:  for a 
>>>transitional period it acts as fiscal agent for the organization in 
>>>formation, and the employees of the new organization become employees of 
>>>the non-profit; and then eventually the new organization goes off on its 
>>>own.  A committee of which I am a member has been asked to come back 
>>>with a more detailed plan by the end of the year.  Can you give us any 
>>>help, or recommend anyone that might be able to do so?
>>>
>>>Santiago G. Leon
>>>Home phone (305)666-7361, fax (305) 661-2127
>>>Office phone (305) 577-4270, fax (305) 577-3502
>>>Office email sleon@answerrisk.com
>>
>
>Santiago G. Leon
>Home phone (305)666-7361, fax (305) 661-2127
>Office phone (305) 577-4270, fax (305) 577-3502
>Office email sleon@answerrisk.com