Not to bury but to raise Peter Couchman - Plunkett Foundation Co-operative Ways Forward Conference January 2014

1. Not to bury
but to raise
Peter Couchman
Plunkett Foundation

3. “Once a co-operative
society becomes a
soulless corporation,
its days are
numbered”

4. “
I am angry with a
movement that
was not prepared
to hold its rulers to
account.”
Maurice Glassman

5. “
We need to
rediscover tension
and conflict in order
to bring the
co-operative
movement back
to life.”
Maurice Glassman

7. ps
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Co
ite
qu
re
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n
“Co-operators are
far too nice to
each other.”

9. Democratic structure
Board
Region
Board
Branch
Area
Store

10. 3 actions

11. Break the links
Board
Region
Board
Branch
Area
X
X

12. Create a
shop layer

13. Create a new generation
of co-operative education

14. “to understand
the profound
implications of
co-operation”
Joseph Reeves

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