could be a better process but all you have to do is email Oren or myself. There are 2 options:<div><br></div><div>1. if you have existing website you want to keep "coop name".<a href="http://bostoncoops.org">bostoncoops.org</a> could forward to it.</div>
<div>2. if not we can easily set up a google site with "coop name".<a href="http://bostoncoops.org">bostoncoops.org</a> and give appropriate editing access to who needs.</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Gabriel Baldwin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gabebaldwin@gmail.com">gabebaldwin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
This is very cool Nathan! I love the boldness and openness. I think its probably safe to share openly. The only things that I think could bit back would be if there were any subjective analysis of individuals or services that could be perceived as negative or slanderous. I didnt see anything that raised a flag for me :) others thoughts?<div>
<br></div><div>I love how you have a "coop name".<a href="http://bostoncoops.org" target="_blank">bostoncoops.org</a> address. It would be great if we could get a quick 'how to' for getting each of coops on there as a sub page to <a href="http://bostoncoops.org" target="_blank">bostoncoops.org</a> so that coops if they wish to share their info in the same format could. Thoughts?</div>
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<div><br></div></font></span><div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Gabriel<br><br></font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Nathan Larson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nathanlarson@gmail.com" target="_blank">nathanlarson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Hello Treasurers list. I wanted to talk about public transparency in accounting. A small thing that I think could make a huge difference is to get coops to be publicly transparent about their accounting. With this information we could crunch data to show how coops save money, see trends, and better improve the lives of cooperators by insight into how other coops operate and where efficiencies can be gained. And of course the benefit of accountability is immediately gained with transparency too. <div>
<br></div><div>But is there any downside? </div><div><br></div><div>I hope not because our coop has already gone public. Data for food, utility (including gas/electricity/oil consumption), rent, and landlord expenses are all available from our coop's website: </div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://whirlybird.bostoncoops.org/house-operations/finance" target="_blank">http://whirlybird.bostoncoops.org/house-operations/finance</a></div><div><br></div>
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