Regional Rendezvous 2025 Schedule

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Friday, September 19th

James Reeb UUC

9:30am - 10:30am

Welcome/Coffee Hour

10:30am - 12:00pm

Regional Co-op Climate Justice Planning

Esther West | Shared Capital

*Offered with Spanish Interpretation*

10:30am - 12:00pm

Ledgers for the People: Co-op Bookkeeping Without QuickBooks

Andy Browne | Nonprofit CPA

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Solidarity Economy Values

*Offered with Spanish Interpretation*

Xochitl Espinosa | Co-op Ed Center

Heather Davis | Co-op Ed Center

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Evicting our digital landlords: How we liberate our tech and build sustainable, democratically-run software 

Andy Bowling | comp.coop

2:45pm - 4:15pm

Cooperative Veterinary Care - a conversion

 Ole Olson | Isthmus Engineering

John Dally | Cooperative Veterinary Care

Kristin Forde | UW Center for Cooperatives

*Offered with Spanish Interpretation*

2:45pm - 4:15pm

Project 2025: Another Way is Possible

Colleen Butler | nINA Collective

ananda mirilli | nINA Collective

Full Group Closing for Day One

Saturday, September 20th

Badger Rock Community Center

9:30am - 10:30am

Welcome/Coffee Hour

10:30am - 12:00pm

Committees That Work

Ole Olson | Isthmus Enginering

*Offered with Spanish Interpretation*

10:30am - 12:00pm

Regenerative Practices for Thriving Cooperative Businesses

Colleen Skemp | CoLab Cooperative

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Dispatch from the Twin Cities Cooperative Scene

Diana Siegel-Garcia | Nexus Community Partners

Christina Nicholson | Nexus Community Partners

*Offered with Spanish Interpretation*

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Developing intentionally Sustainable Communities (Restorative Pratices)

Sue Hessel | Union Cab Cooperative

Jennifer Warnick | Center for Nonviolent Communication

3:00pm - 4:30pm

Growing Older & Wiser as a Cooperative: strategies for longevity and worker-owner satisfaction

Maureen Darras | US Federation of Worker Cooperatives

*Offered with Spanish Interpretation*

3:00pm - 4:30pm

Costa Rica Coop Immersion Tours

Ole Olson | Isthmus Engineering

Kyle Meisse | Isthmus Engineering

Kristin Forde | UW Center for Cooperatives

Regional Rendezvous After Party!

Isthmus Engineering is hosting an after party to finish out the conference on Saturday evening. Session attendees can get tours of Isthmus's facility, free food and drink - including a soft serve machine! - and network with workers from Madison area cooperatives. 

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Sessions

Schedule

Registration

Scholarship & Travel Stipend Information

House Out-of-Towners

Covid-19 Policy