CCMA conference 2010

This year marks the 54th anniversary of CCMA. The theme this year is “Love What We Do and Do What We Love”.

The conference will be June 10 – 12, 2010 in Bloomington, Indiana.

Register online for the 2010 Conference.

The conference will be held at the Indiana Memorial Union Biddle Hotel and Conference Center 900 East 7th Street Bloomington, IN 47405

ACCOMMODATIONS:
Make lodging reservations by contacting the Indiana Memorial Union Biddle Hotel and Conference Center at 800-209-8145 or online at www.imu.indiana.edu/hotel. If making reservations online, the group code is CCMA.

The Indiana Memorial Union Biddle Hotel and Conference Center is located at 900 East 7th Street in Bloomington, Indiana 47405. The special conference rate is $119/room with one full bed, $159/room with two full or queen beds, plus taxes.

A second room block has been reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn – Bloomington. For room reservations call 1-877-782-9444. The room rate is $129.95, run of house. The Hilton Garden Inn – Bloomington is located at 245 North College Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47404.

  • Reservations must be made no later than May 7, 2010 to receive the conference discount.
  • Individuals must identify themselves with Consumer Cooperative Management Association or CCMA to receive the group rate.

Coming soon:

  • CCMA Workshop schedule
  • CCMA Conference schedule
  • Special events and key note speaker information

For more information about CCMA visit the following sites:

Howard Bowers Fund for Consumer Cooperatives

CCMA is when the Howard Bowers Fund holds its annual fundraising. Find out more about the Fund and the 2010 fundraising activities on the Howard Bowers Fund page.

Past CCMA conferences

  • 2009 – Pittsburgh – By Art and Design: Thriving in Trying Times
  • 2008 – Portland – Grow Co-op: Expanding Stores, Building Communities
  • 2007 – LaCrosse – The Red Queen’s Race
  • 2006 – Atlanta – Golden Delicious: CCMA’s 50th Year
  • 2005 – Albuquerque – Who’s on First?: The Value of Values
  • 2004 – Minneapolis – Play it Again
  • 2003 – Lexington – Humpty Dumpty Rocks
  • 2002 – Eureka, CA – Think Virtual, Act Real
  • 2001 – Chicago – The Velocity of Cooperation
  • 2000 – Boston – Collaboration meets Competition
  • 1999 – Portland – Cooperation Unbound!
  • 1998 – Cleveland – Dantotsu: the best of the best
  • 1997 – Alexandria, VA – Dancing with the Red Queen: two-stepping between evolution & extinction
  • 1996 – Milwaukee – Embracing Change: Cooperation for the next generation
  • 1995 – Sacramento – Viva the cooperative difference
  • 1994 – Atlanta – Community Needs and Cooperative Response: the will & the way
  • 1993 – Minneapolis – Vision and Values: Building the Co-op Food Sector
  • 1992 – Seattle – Interact for Action
  • 1991 – Brattleboro –
  • 1990 – Madison – What’s for Sale: co-ops, consumers, & community
  • 1989 – Davis –
  • 1988 – Iowa City –
  • 1987 – Baltimore – Reinventing the Cooperative
  • 1986 – Baltimore – Cooperatives: We Mean Business
  • 1985 – Chicago – Revitalizing the Cooperative Advantage
  • 1984 – Minneapolis – Cooperative Technology: Retooling for Success
  • 1983 – Chicago – Where is the Consumer in the Co-op?
  • 1982 – Seattle – Trouble in the Food Sector
  • 1981 – Berkeley –
  • 1980 – Hanover –

compiled by Karen Zimbelman and Dave Gutknecht; updated as of October 2009.