Sites to Watch – V. 5
Look at the great things that these co-ops are doing. Using .coop
domains helps remind members and others looking for your site that
you do business a different way! Please send us a link to your site
and we'll let co-ops around the world look at what you are doing
with your .coop name.
www.architekten.coop
Architekten is a small co-op of architects based
in Switzerland that works on many types of designs from houses to
schools to offices. "Build on Us" is their tagline so visit
their site for contact information - or to just look at some
innovative designs.
www.coop-alsace.coop
Coop Alsace, the primary retailer in the French
region of Alsace - with 6 hypermarkets, 24 supermarkets, 84 local
supermarkets, 97 shops and 9 discount supermarkets - is now using a
.coop address (
www.coop-alsace.coop). All
public advertising and marketing is already referring to the .coop
address and email addresses were switched to .coop after a
transition process.
Coop Alsace, le premier distributeur dans la
région francaise de l'Alsace - 6 hypermarchés, 24 supermarchés, 84
supermarchés de proximité et supérettes, 97 magasins coop et 9
magasins discompte - utilise depuis peu une adresse .coop (
www.coop-alsace.coop). Toute
la publicité et le marketing font déjà référence à l'adresse .coop
et adresses d'email ont été commutées au .coop après un processus
de transition.
www.pastureland.coop
From their mission statement - "
PastureLand is a
small cooperative of family operated, organic grass-based dairy
farms located in southeastern Minnesota, USA. Our cows graze on
living pasture, and our farmers are dedicated to building the soil,
grass varieties, and pasture ecosystems that nourish our animals
providing dairy products rich in natural nutrients." And just last
week (July 2005), Pastureland's Summer Gold salted butter was
awarded
first place in the prestigious annual
American Cheese Society Competition for the second year in a row.
Congratulations!
www.oklahomafood.coop
The
Oklahoma Food Cooperative has both producer
and customer members. From their web site - "This is a wonderful
adventure that we have called together here. We have brought
together producers and customers into the same organization. Among
our producer and customer members we find a diversity of
lifestyles, beliefs, cultures and religions. Yet, we find common
ground based on our mutual need for a marketplace where we can meet
to find good, healthy, nutritious local foods. We are focused on
meeting local needs with local resources. We will discover new ways
to participate in neighborhood and community."
www.bcca.coop
The
BC Co-operative Association is a member
supported, non-profit organization representing the co-op and
credit union movement in British Columbia, Canada. BCCA promotes
co-ops as powerful tools for community control over local
economies, and as key strategies for economic and social reform.
BCCA is a regional affiliate of the Canadian Co-operative
Association with the mission to promote the growth and development
of the co-operative sector in BC.
www.federatedhsc.coop
The
Federated Co-op Center assists in the
establishment and certification of new Human Services Cooperatives
in the US. It also provides services and resources such as,
mediation, consultation, quality standards, and conflict
management.
www.nisc.coop
The
National Information Solutions Co-op which
provides hundreds of co-ops and companies advanced and integrated
accounting, business, customer care, billing and engineering
solutions and services adopted .coop for their web site and email.
CEO Vern Dosche notes that "…we've survived because of the
strength, consistency and integrity of the cooperative business
model. .Coop talks about where our heart is."
Published on 03 August 2005
