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SUMMARY:2020 Foundations of Directorship Course for CMEs
DESCRIPTION:AICD and BCCM present Foundations of Directorship Course for CMEs\, virtually facilitated using Zoom technology\n9-11 September 2020 \nYou are invited to participate in the Foundations of Directorship Course for CMEs\, delivered online by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) in partnership with BCCM. \nBCCM and the AICD have designed this course specifically for co-operative and mutual directors operating in Australia. The contextualised course covers the responsibilities for boards and directors operating within the CME sector. Over three days\, participants will gain a foundational knowledge of their directorship duties and responsibilities with interactive workshop sessions covering board duties\, meeting processes\, finance\, strategy and risk. \nSessions are facilitated by experienced directors and the program incorporates case studies tailored to the co-operative and mutual business model to help increase relevance for participants. \nParticipants will be eligible to receive the Foundations of Directorship Certificate upon successful completion of a voluntary assessment. \nThis course is open to any director or executive officer of BCCM Members or Clients. \nExpress your interest in the next available AICD course
URL:https://bccm.coop/event/foundations-of-directorship-course-for-cmes-2020/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Co-operative Conversations Episode 7
DESCRIPTION:Episode 7  Part 1: Interview – The co-operative advantage\n6.30 pm –  7.15 pm AEST – Interview \nFiercely proud of their 100% Australian ownership\, Oz Group Co-op is passionate about providing their community with the freshest blueberries\, raspberries and blackberries through sustainable farming. \nFormed in 2001 as a partnership between four Coffs Coast growers. It became a co-op in 2013. Founded by members of the Coffs Coast Sikh community in an innovative pivot after the decline of the local banana industry and has grown to be the biggest blueberry supplier in Australia. \nPete Lewis talks to Stephen Thandi\, Oz Group Chair and local businessman – he also owns and runs Coffs City Glass and Aluminium and Northern Beaches Glass and Aluminium. \nHis path to running a berry co-op is an interesting one: he started farming as a hobby after work and on weekends when a tenant left his farmland in a derelict state after the downturn in the local banana industry. After completing a Certificate III in Horticulture\, he joined Oz Berries in 2005 in order to focus on farming with the knowledge that his fruit would be quality controlled\, packed and marketed for him. Stephen was encouraged by other members of the co-op to nominate for the board of directors in 2014 due to his life experience running his glass businesses for 30 years. \nHe sees the strength of the co-op in its collective nature: that when working together local farmers can achieve better things. He will talk about their transition from bananas to berries to the large business they are today\, their journey into America and a Driscoll’s partnership\, as well as how the different farmers all managed to work together in order to achieve stronger buying and selling power. \nWatch on demand \nEpisode 7 Part 2: Roundtable 0  How to leverage paddock to plate and farmer-owned\n7.45 pm –  8.45 pm AEST – Roundtable discussion \nThis is about how co-ops can give you a marketing advantage that is leveraging the zeitgeist about Aussie produced and paddock to plate. \nHear all about the innovative co-operatives marketing truffles\, dairy products and berries and using their collaborative structure as a powerful marketing tool when Pete Lewis speaks to the experts from some of Australia’s most innovative farming co-operatives. \nThey will share how they take advantage of their co-operative structure and membership for consumer advantage. What difference does farmer-owned make to their bottom line? And how exactly do they push their food provenance\, paddock to plate and made and produced in Australia credentials? Are their difficulties finding consensus in marketing and branding? What kind of support have they received? \nThey also explore world best practice and talk about the importance of distribution\, community and educating consumers. \nJoin journalist Pete Lewis with special guests. \nWatch on demand \nJoin Pete Lewis for an inspiring interview series as he explores the journeys of some of Australia’s most interesting and successful co-operatives. Pete’s long and varied experience as a journalist specialising in agriculture will ensure he gets to the heart of the issues you want to hear about. This livestream is part of the Co-operative Farming program.
URL:https://bccm.coop/event/co-operative-conversations-episode-7/
LOCATION:Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="BCCM's Co-operative Farming Project":MAILTO:coopfarming@bccm.coop
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200930T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200930T173000
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SUMMARY:Mutual entities and fundraising - Understanding the regulatory framework
DESCRIPTION:Free webinar for BCCM Members \nLed by Claire LaBouchardiere\,  Senior Executive Leader\, Corporations and Fiona Laidlaw Senior Specialist\, Corporations\, from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)  \nFirms considering issuing mutual capital instruments will wish to weigh up the option of a retail offering to members and beyond\, to the general public. \nThis webinar\, led by Claire LaBouchardiere and Fiona Laidlaw will describe the regulatory environment for retail share issues. \nThey will outline ASIC’s rules for share offers and the expectations that firms will need to meet. \nBCCM members are entitled to access this program free of charge. \nPlease contact BCCM to access past event videos in the members’ section of this site.
URL:https://bccm.coop/event/mutual-entities-and-fundraising-understanding-the-regulatory-framework/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Co-operative Conversations Episode 8
DESCRIPTION:Episode 8  Part 1: Interview – A conversation with Emma Robinson\, Beef Collaboration Project Inc\n6.30 pm –  7.15 pm AEST – Interview \nNorth Queensland-based Emma is passionate about family farming\, beef and business models. She believes the co-operative business model can help future proof the family farm and she is on a mission to make it work\, via the Beef Collaboration Project Inc. Pete Lewis talks to Emma about her strategy for building producer membership and providing scalable opportunities in the bush. \nAfter many years of studying business models and looking at agricultural practice around the world\, the inspiring new-generation farmer believes successful farming is all about building relationships\, collaborating – and becoming price makers not takers. Listen to her fascinating journey spreading the word about collaboration in farming and how much it can benefit agriculture and the economy. Establishing a co-op is not the easiest road to take. Emma has some excellent insights into the reality of setting up co-operative\, what’s involved in acquiring members\, and why she is so committed to the model. If you want to understand the steps to setting up a Co-op from the ground up\, this is one interview you will find valuable. \nWatch on demand \nEpisode 8 Part 2: Roundtable – The people factor: How to attract\, keep and engage membership in co-ops\n7.45 pm –  8.45 pm AEST – Roundtable discussion \nIt doesn’t matter if you’re big or small\, often the most crucial part of forming and growing co-operatives is the membership. From putting the right structures in place in the beginning to keeping members engaged and moving in the same direction through growth and success and trials and tribulations\, there are plenty of ways you can get it wrong or right. \nPete Lewis talks to expert agricultural leaders about the importance of members and how to make it work. \nThey will share their unique experiences with membership attraction\, retention and relationship-building.  All of their stories are very unique\, but they all have lifetimes of essential advice for farmers interested in  future-proofing Australian agriculture\, or in discovering why co-operative farming is so successful. What is the membership advantage? How do you put the right systems in place to ensure members feel it’s fair? Do members have to like one another? And how do you attract\, retain and grow quality members? This is a meaty\, must-watch roundtable. \nJoin journalist Pete Lewis with special guests. \nWatch on demand \nJoin Pete Lewis for an inspiring interview series as he explores the journeys of some of Australia’s most interesting and successful co-operatives. Pete’s long and varied experience as a journalist specialising in agriculture will ensure he gets to the heart of the issues you want to hear about. This livestream is part of the Co-operative Farming program.
URL:https://bccm.coop/event/co-operative-conversations-episode-8/
LOCATION:Online
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