Use advisors and committees effectively Maintain good board-manager relations Conduct businesslike meetings Follow sound business practices Forge links with other cooperatives and cooperative associations
Effective advisors and committees Come prepared to meetings Have an agenda Meet outside regular business meetings Understand management Active in cooperative
Communicate with board Maintain manager/board/employee/member transparency Networking Availability
Agenda Roberts Rules of Order Maintaining interest Maintaining civility Constitutionality
Honesty Profitability Dependability Bylaws REPUTATION!
Between other cooperatives With firms and agencies Amongst customers/members With non-members