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A 30-minute SELC teach-in and supporting materials introducing governance, management, board roles, and power distribution in worker cooperatives and worker self-directed nonprofits.
It targets a central governance basics question: which decisions belong to members, boards, officers, managers, or delegated roles?
New worker co-op teams trying to understand governance roles before writing policies or bylaws.
Heirloom Library entries are summaries and wayfinding notes. The original source is the best place to read the full resource.
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This free 30-minute recording is a high-level orientation to how worker co-ops distribute ownership and control, distinguish governance from management, and think about representative and collective boards. SELC's primary resource page includes the recording, slide deck, and follow-up resources.
The teach-in uses California cooperative-law examples and briefly discusses a Berkeley loan program, so it is not a current legal guide for every jurisdiction. Use it to frame governance-design questions, then check current local law and organization-specific requirements.