Comments on: We need to evolve from single stakeholder to Multi-Stakeholder Co-ops https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/we-need-to-evolve-from-single-stakeholder-to-multi-stakeholder-co-ops/2013/11/04 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Mon, 26 May 2014 22:04:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Bob Haugen https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/we-need-to-evolve-from-single-stakeholder-to-multi-stakeholder-co-ops/2013/11/04/comment-page-1#comment-726166 Mon, 26 May 2014 22:04:56 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=33838#comment-726166 The multi-stakeholder co-ops I referenced were properly structured. It did not matter. In one, the biggest customer dominated the group because if they did not get their way, they would leave, and the co-op would suffer. In another, the president of the board dominated the group.

Just to be clear, I am not opposed to multi-stakeholder co-ops. I am for them.

I’m just saying the ideology of the participants matters a lot. And by ideology, I do not mean left or right wing, I mean are you for “me” or “we”. The farmer co-op I mentioned was definitely for “we”, and they included their whole community in the we. They were multi-stakeholder in practice, even if not in structure.

]]> By: Josef Davies-Coates https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/we-need-to-evolve-from-single-stakeholder-to-multi-stakeholder-co-ops/2013/11/04/comment-page-1#comment-725755 Mon, 26 May 2014 17:01:02 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=33838#comment-725755 “There are now over 14,000 of these Co-ops across Italy providing services to 5 million”
http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/pat-conaty-on-the-history-and-the-rediscovery-of-the-cooperative-commonwealth/2013/12/01

]]> By: Josef Davies-Coates https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/we-need-to-evolve-from-single-stakeholder-to-multi-stakeholder-co-ops/2013/11/04/comment-page-1#comment-725159 Mon, 26 May 2014 11:38:46 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=33838#comment-725159 “in practice, I’ve experienced a couple of them where one of the multiple stakeholders either took over or was so dominant that their wishes trumped everybody else’s”

Properly structured that shouldn’t be able to happen. In multistakeholder co-op model rules here in the UK (at least those supported by Co-opsUK), all user groups must have at least 25% of the overall say in order that they can protect their interests.

In practice most multistakeholder co-ops I’m aware of are similarly structured and many work amazingly well.

]]> By: Bob Haugen https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/we-need-to-evolve-from-single-stakeholder-to-multi-stakeholder-co-ops/2013/11/04/comment-page-1#comment-560783 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:14:14 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=33838#comment-560783 Multi-stakeholder co-ops are great in theory, but in practice, I’ve experienced a couple of them where one of the multiple stakeholders either took over or was so dominant that their wishes trumped everybody else’s. And I know of one farmer co-op that helps to fund other local co-ops (as opposed to turning their backs on them). So the ideology of the participants may be more important than the organizational form.

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