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Implementation Table
Goal 1: Increase Trade [this goal was modified to include the prerequisites of
increased awareness and improved relationships among organizations]
Resources Needed
Objective 1: Identify Obstacles to cooperatives doing business with each other
Planned Completion Date: end of April 2004.
Actual completion date: December 2004.
Step 1.1: Literature search [ongoing]
Library, Internet, Noémi's time
Step 1.2: Individual cooperative survey
low-cost survey writing software, technical assistance (from
Paul) for survey web-hosting, server for hosting survey
-Draft survey [completed April 2004, revised July 2004]
Noémi's time
-Seek feedback on survey from Cooperative Life Board [completed April
2004]
Coop Life's Board's time
-Contact representatives of state and regional-level coop associations to gain
endorsement of survey [incomplete]
Noémi's time, state/regional associations' representatives'
time and goodwill [the first resource was in short supply, and
the second was largely lacking]
-Send survey to coops in Northeast region with endorsement of associations
[completed October 2004, only VT Credit Union League participated]
Noémi's time, Coops' time, Internet, paper alternatives for
non-Internet connected coops, placement in coop trade
publications such as Cooperative Life Leader
-Follow-up to increase survey response rate, particularly in under-represented
areas [completed October 2004]
Noémi's time, CDI staff time, method of analyzing incoming
survey results, long-distance telephone
-Compile and report results [completed December 2004]
Noémi's time, data processing software
Objective 2: Identify Possible Solutions to bring to cooperatives
Planned Completion Date: end of May 2004
Actual Completion Date: still in progress. Many possible
solutions identified by planned completion date.
Step 2.1: Literature search [ongoing]
Library, Internet, Noémi's time
Step 2.2: Conduct focus groups with coop members, managers, employees, directors This step was dropped from the implementation schedule due
to time constraints.
Objective 3: Develop solutions that will address cooperatives' needs
Planned Completion Date: end of September 2004
Actual Completion Date: incomplete, in progress
Step 3.1: Compile directory of coops
It was determined that a preferable method of producing a
coop directory would be to create an open directory to which
organizations could add themselves. Following are the steps
that were taken.
-Brainstorm and prioritize desired features of directory [completed September
2004]
Online products committee time, brainstorming tool