DotCoop Board Adds New Members

The dotCoop Board of Managers had a number of changes over the last year that has added members with a strong commitment to the cooperative business model and to .coop. Along with the original members of the Board, these leaders have helped shape the policies that continue to confirm the original charter of .coop to provide a strong identity for co-ops on the Internet. In December 2004, Harvey Sigelbaum, President and CEO of Multiplan, left the Board to devote more time to his other business responsibilities. Mr. Sigelbaum had been Chair of the Board since the start of dotCoop in 2001. Chuck Snyder, President and CEO of the National Cooperative Bank, took over as Chair at that time.

At the same time, three new members joined the Board. DotCoop was pleased to welcome the following new Board members:

Tan Kin Lian, Chief Executive Officer, NTUC Income (www.income.coop), Singapore
NTUC Income is a member of the Singapore National Co-operative Federation. Under his leadership his organisation was awarded with a corporate award for innovation -- the Singapore Innovation Class (2004). NTUC Income has more than 1 million policyholders and total assets in excess of S$12 billion.

Johan Vázquez, Cooperativa de Tecnología, Información & Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico (www.itt.coop)
Founded in 2002, iTTCOOP is the first worker's cooperative specializing in Information Technology and Business Intelligence in Puerto Rico. iTTCoop's primary objective is to breach the technology gap between cooperative industries and their commercial counterparts.

Neil Homer, Head of Corporate Development, Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-operative Society, Ltd. (www.osg.coop), UK
Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-operative Society is the largest regional independent retailer in the Heart of England with an annual turnover of around £335 million, 89,000 active members and 4566 employees. The Society is made up of six trading groups: Retail, Motor, Funeral, Travel, and Property and Corporate Development, which includes Childcare.

They joined the following Board members:

Kathy Brick, Senior Vice President & CFO, U.S. Central Credit Union (www.uscentral.coop)

Jean-Claude Detilleux, Chairman, Caisse Centrale de Crédit Coopératif (www.credit-cooperatif.coop), France

Dame Pauline Green, DotCoop Vice-Chair, Chief Executive and General Secretary, Co-operatives UK (www.cooperatives-uk.coop)

Rosemary Mahoney, CEO and Cooperative Developer, MainStreet Cooperative Group, Inc. (www.mainstreet.coop), US

Walden Swansen, Chief Executive Officer, CoopMetrics (www.coopmetrics.coop), US

Chuck Snyder, President & CEO, National Cooperative Bank (www.ncb.coop), US

Deepak Tikku, Managing Director, Board of Directors, National Dairy Development Board (www.nddb.coop), India

DotCoop appreciates the contributions made by all of these current and former Board members to the continuing focus of providing an Internet identity to cooperatives around the world.

Published on 04 August 2005